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FEAR IS THE MIND KILLER

In 2013, Scottish progressive metallers Dune were about to play a gig at Bannerman’s in Edinburgh. There was only one problem: their singer hadn’t shown up. After some deliberation, they went onstage and played instrumentally. It was a decision that’d shape their destiny.

“People were saying that it sounded really vast and cinematic in that science-fiction way,” grins Victor Vicart, the band’s vocalist, guitarist and keyboardist. “So we kicked our singer out, changed the spelling of our name, and decided to concentrate on capturing that feeling from the books and movies we loved. It felt like home.”

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