Splinter - Devil's Jigsaw (2004), excellent Dutch prog rock torrent download



Splinter is a progressive rock band from Holland with a fresh, dynamic sound, presented by five young enthusiastic guys. With different backgrounds, but with the same ideas, they produce energetic, melodious and powerfull prog rock. After a starting period the band began to promote their "Splinter sound" in 2001. The band has already launched two demo’s and they have released a compilation disc with more songs from the period of their second demo called "Reflections". 



Splinter already played as a support act for "The John Hayes Project", Swedisch Karmakanic and performed several times with The Flower Kings in 2005.



Track Listing: 

01. The Devil's Advocate (10:28) 

02. Neon (Black Is White) (8:04) 

03. Guernica (5:21) 

04. Paradox (2:47) 

05. Hear And Now (3:37) 

06. The Hymn (4:10) 

07. Twist Of Fate (5:59) 

08. Reflections (9:26) 



Total time: 49:52



Musicians:

Ron Hoekstra - vocal, guitar 

Didier Kerckhoff - guitars, vocals 

Menno Broer van Dijk - synthesizers, Hammond, keyboards, vocals 

Berry Vink - drums, vocals 

Marcel Everts / bass guitar, bass pedals, vocals 



Guest musican:

Rita de Haas - oboe solo on "The Hymn"



Album review from www.dprp.net:

"Splinter are a young five-piece band from Holland. Formed in 2001 they released their first EP, Luchtkastelen the following year. A follow-up EP Reflections appeared in 2003 to popular acclaim and the band were quickly tipped as one of the most promising young talents on the prog scene. A full album is hotly anticipated but in the meantime we have The Devil's Jigsaw, a collection of songs written around the time of the last EP and initially recorded by the group for their personal archives. However, so pleased were they with the results that they have decided to release them as a private release via their website.



Considering the nature of the recordings, all captured in one take with minimal (if any) overdubs, the results are very impressive. True, these are not top fidelity recordings dressed up with studio finesse, but they were never intended to be so. What you get is an honest recording that more than ably demonstrates the musicianship and ensemble abilities of the five band members. Credit must go to Fred Hendrix, singer/songwriter with Aquila, for the mix which is very clean and clear allowing each instrument to be heard in detail, even when acoustic instruments like piano are competing with massed ranks of electric guitars.



The music displays a degree of variety not often heard in young bands. Opener The Devil's Advocate starts with a quirky keyboard riff which is soon battered aside by some heavy guitar giving the piece a Dream Theater like quality. Things quieten down before the introduction of the vocals with a keyboard interlude that bears the hallmarks of a Spock's Beard song, although it would be fair to say that both of these comparisons are only valid to a point as Splinter do maintain their own sound. This is evident on Neon (Black Is White) with its initial staccato rhythm, crisp, neat guitar solo, layered vocal section melodiously backed by some nice piano and very grandiose finale. 



Keyboards, particularly piano, dominate the album, particularly on tracks like Here & Now and the rather lovely The Hymn (To The Infamous Dutch Weather System), candidate for song title of the year! That is not to say the other musicians are redundant. Guitarist Didier Kerckhoff has plenty of opportunity to shine with his electric guitar on tracks like the aforementioned The Devil's Advocate and Guernica and the group play very well as a unit throughout the album. The final two tracks, Twist Of Fate and Reflections are re-recorded versions of songs from the second EP both worthy of inclusion as both tracks are very impressive, particularly Reflections which twists and turns, features a variety of different and engaging solos and makes full use of Menno Broer's keyboard rig.



If these are the compositions that Splinter were originally prepared to consign to the studio vault, then they must consider that they are capable of something rather special for their first official full length album, tracks for which are currently being composed. They have the potential to live up to the expectations placed on them based on the material released thus far and I eagerly await a properly recorded suite of songs. The Devil's Jigsaw may just be a collection of quickly recorded reference demos but they are well worth hearing and could easily be the best 10 Euros you spend this year."



Download size: 68,49 MB



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