VALLENFYRE‘s second album, Splinters, has been unleashed today (May 13) in North America via Century Media Records! In anticipation of this release, the band is proud to premiere the video for the album’s title track as another preview of Splinters: HERE.

Greg Mackintosh (vocals, guitar) comments: “We wanted to make an unconventional video for a crushingly, dark song. The title track ‘Splinters’, whilst not the most obvious choice musically because of its ultra slow tempo, made perfect sense when taken in context with the lyrics. There was never even discussion of a typical performance video as they are generally the style that 99% of metal bands choose, which is fine, but we wanted to make a short film. Using a cinematography style set somewhere between the film ‘Begotten’ and F.W.Murnau’s ‘Nosferatu’, the video tells the story of a man who finds a splinter growing from his side and as his condition worsens, the embodiment of his disease tries to take a hold. Hopefully this makes for a more interesting video than us just banging our heads, which no doubt we will be doing on stage sometime soon.”

To hear more of Splinters, be sure to check out the following previously released tracks:

“Scabs”:

https://soundcloud.com/centurymedia/vallenfyre-scabs

“Odious Bliss”:

https://soundcloud.com/centurymedia/vallenfyre-odious-bliss

Best known as a founding member of UK Gothic Metal pioneers PARADISE LOST, Greg Mackintosh transformed the anger and sadness ensuing the loss of his father into VALLENFYRE’s Death/Doom/Crust debut, A Fragile King (2011). This heartfelt and cathartic release is now followed-up by the even more abrasive and extreme second full-length, Splinters. Inspired by the likes of HELLHAMMER/CELTIC FROST, AUTOPSY, ANTISECT, DISCHARGE, NIHILIST, early NAPALM DEATH, early BATHORY, and CONFLICT, VALLENFYRE continues to dig deep into the roots of extreme music– yet due to Greg’s infallible song-writing skills, as well as the crushing sound courtesy of producer Kurt Ballou (CONVERGE, BLACK BREATH, BEASTMILK), Splinters is far from mere nostalgia.

To pre-order the album, head over to CM Distro for a variety of formats:www.smarturl.it/vallenfyreCMD. Read on for a few international reviews of the critically acclaimed Splinters:

VALLENFYRE line-up:
Greg Mackintosh (PARADISE LOST) – Vocals and Lead Guitars
Hamish Glencross (MY DYING BRIDE) – Rhythm and Lead Guitars
Scoot (DOOM, EXTINCTION OF MANKIND) – Bass
Adrian Erlandsson (AT THE GATES, PARADISE LOST, THE HAUNTED) – Drums

VALLENFYRE online:
http://www.vallenfyre.co.uk
http://www.facebook.com/Vallenfyre

Metallers VALLENFYRE will release their upcoming album “Splinters” on May 12th in Europe and on May 13th in North America via Century Media records. The band have recently revealed the artwork of the album which was created by Brian D’Agosta, who previously drew a logo for VALLENFYRE bassist Scoot’s other band, EXTINCTION OF MANKIND, as well as artwork for many other bands.

“VALLENFYRE was something I felt utterly compelled to do. It was almost like I didn’t have a choice. I was told by a bereavement counselor that I should write down and vocalize my feelings. I did just that and then everything just seemed to take a natural course,” is how Greg Mackintosh (vocals/lead guitars), best known as a founding member of long-running UK gothic metal pioneers PARADISE LOST, describes the initial spark helping him to transform the anger and sadness ensuing the loss of his father into the death/doom/crust opus A Fragile King (2011). While being the main songwriter in PARADISE LOST, Greg also stepped up to being the front-man for VALLENFYRE — and sang for the first time, citing Karl Willetts (BOLT THROWER), Chuck Schuldiner (DEATH), Oscar Garcia (NAUSEA, TERRORIZER), Pete Steele (CARNIVORE, TYPE O NEGATIVE) as influences. A Fragile King turned out to be a heartfelt, cathartic and therapeutic release, which now finds it continuation on the even more abrasive and extreme second full-length, “Splinters.”

The band also posted a new video trailer online, featuring part of the album’s opening track, ‘Scabs’, which can be seen below: