Seven)Suns

TNM presents the heavy metal string quartet Seven)Suns; Blanca Cecilia Gonzalez, Earl Maneein, violins; Fung Chern Hwei, viola; Jennifer DeVore, cello, with special guests Billy Rymer, drums; and Robert Dick, contrabass flute and vocals.
This concert features new works by Earl Maneein, Fung Chern Hwei, and legendary flutist Robert Dick, merging the energy of highly disciplined classical training and off-the-wall, in-your-face, hard core metal.
How is this possible? Join the astonished and find out.

Program:
Feeding Wolves - Earl Maneein
Death Meditations - Ear Maneein
Satan, Do You Know Any Metallic Sonatas? - Robert Dick/Earl Maneein (World premiere)
BcB - Fung Chern Hwei (World premiere)
Sunflower Pockets - Earl Maneein (World premiere)
Trivisia - Earl Maneein (World premiere)

“Can a string quartet be metal? The short answer is ‘absolutely,’ with the elaboration being that SEVEN)SUNS is probably more metal than most metal bands out there.”
— Greg Kennelty, Metal Injection

“Seven)Suns’ work is much more than ‘string quartet interprets metal songs.’ That’s the easy hook, and the quickest entry point, but their incorporation of electronics, and the complexity of Maneein’s compositions and arrangements, make this group something very special and forward-looking. They should be embraced by the neo-classical community every bit as fervently as by adventurous metalheads.”
—Phil Freeman, Burning Ambulance

“Converting tracks from bands like Pantera, Converge, and Dillinger Escape Plan into string music seems no easy feat, but Seven)Suns did this masterfully, altering the music into something that was at times ominous, foreboding, and still elegant and graceful.”
—DeadRhetoric.com