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Splinters is the follow-up disc for the Doom/Death supergroup Vallenfyre. Vallenfyre started as a project for lead guitarist/vocalist Greg Mackintosh(Paradise Lost) after the loss of his failure. He buried his grief and anger into his music, and Vallenfyre was born. With the help of Hamish Glencross(My Dying Bride) on guitars, Scoot (Doom, Extinction of Mankind) on bass and the awesome drumming of Adrian Erandlsson(At The Gates, Paradise Lost, The Haunted), Mackintosh has created another sonic landscape, one much heavier and brutal than his work with Paradise Lost.
The three and a half minute Scabs opens the disc, and within that time, we are greeted to the death vocals(you will hear throughout the disc), blast-beat drumming, and tremolo guitar playing. Bereft is the second track on the disc, and at just over seven minutes its also the longest on the disc. The song moves between brutal heaviness,and a more doom-laden section halfway through the song, harkening back to the Mackintosh's early work in Paradise Lost. Other than the man behind the mic and the songwriting, there really is no similarities between the bands. This is definitely an outlet that allows Mackintosh to release his anger, frustration, and loss into something much different.
Instinct Slaughter is the shortest track, and falls just under a minute and fifty seconds. Its a fast brutal song, and there is not much else you can say about it. The first track I heard, was for the song Odious Bliss, which you can see/hear HERE. Savages Arise and Aghast, are both very heavy and brutal songs, but they differ in how they get there. While the latter is just brutal, Aghast slowly builds up in typical doom fashion, before it is unleashed. The song changes tempos a few times and is a definite highlight on the disc, and a song I remembered when the disc was over. |
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Killing Songs : Bereft and Splinters |
Joel quoted 85 / 100 | |||||
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