Splinter
Hometown: Fort Worth, Tx.
http://www.myspace.com/splinter1
Splinter Concert Photos
Wednesday, November 11, 2006
Redrum (Austin, Texas)
Hard rocking Fort Worth metal band Splinter volunteered to be our second experiment in video, allowing us to film some of their appearance at the Redrum Club in Austin.
A small venue, the Redrum has taken over the heavy metal reins from the now D.O.R. Club, the Back Room, home to Austin's metalheads since the late 70s. Not only did the Redrum inherit the heavy metal scene, it seems to have also inherited the Back Room's infamous "center pole" right smack dab where the lead sets up, obscuring views of the vocalist from some angles. With some workarounds, I was able to shoot from the sides and avoid the head on views. I will be shooting the upcomming Cattle Decapitation show at the same venue later this week and needed to get a feel for where to set my video cameras, so this was a welcome opportunity.
Playing songs off their first release and off an upcoming disc, Splinter has a sound that incorporates a number of different metal styles, influenced heavily by bands such as Slayer, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, and I think even a little Judas Priest. Their songs are "hooky" and memorable, not just some klodgey mass of noise and guitars like so many others. This is more a return to old school metal or alternative metal rather than death or speed metal.
Good old fashioned knuckle busting rock & roll. "Get Some" is probably one of my favorites from last night, and I liked "Fallen" as well, and have made those videos available here. Check them out!