Gnostic - First Version Of Splinters Demo Options

[Todd Simpson]

I played in a band called GNOSTIC looooooong ago with a Drummer named Steve Flynn From another band called ATHEIST. He was darn good. Anyhoo, we recorded our first demo in the place that Mastadon recorded one of their early demos (LedBelly Sound) and Kelly Schaefer (vocalist from Atheist) came down to produce it. Great fun Sad news, the band went sorta "Blackened Metal" and re - recorded the demo (Version 2 of the Splinters of Change Demo) which is widely seen as not as good as version 1. This is something very obscure and only of interest to folks who have ever heard of ATHEIST which is a very small number of folks. But man are those folks NUTS about Atheist and anything related. So anyhoo, I kept getting emails from strangers about the "Version 1" tracks which were evidently all pulled down from the web as far as anyone could tell, right after the band got signed to SEASONS OF MIST Records (A French Death/Black Label). So I put them back up At least for now, until somebody with a lawyer blocks it. Here is the link to the full playlist of all 5 songs in their original form, with some degree of dynamics in tact. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEgM...TaMez7hMyzSRjY2 Here is the first Track. Please 2 Enjoy

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This post has been edited by Todd Simpson: Jan 5 2017, 11:56 AM

[DeGroot]

Consider me one of those that was nuts for Atheist.

Not sure why but the rest of my post didn't submit. Had a long winded post. In short, this demo rules!

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This post has been edited by DeGroot: Apr 12 2017, 06:01 PM

[Todd Simpson]

Thanks I was a big fan of how this demo turned out. When they got signed, they went more towards black Metal, which was the influence of the original guitar player, Sonny. My replacement was also a black metal fan, so the melodic medal harmonies that I brought to the table were scrapped for sheer speed. The fans reacted badly and the band was dropped after only one album. Here is how they ended up after the "Blackening" treatment

Consider me one of those that was nuts for Atheist.

Not sure why but the rest of my post didn't submit. Had a long winded post. In short, this demo rules!

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