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at war with self

Tech/Extreme Prog Metal • United States


At War With Self - sounds more like a psychological diagnosis than a band! This spanking new group is an instrumental power prog trio leaping onto the progressive scene at Mach 1. 
The project is the brainchild of guitarist / multi-instrumentalist Glenn Snelwar. Torn Between Dimensions, the band's debut recording on the Free Electric Artists label 
(a part of Laser's Edge), features Snelwar on guitar, mandolin, and keyboards; Michael Manring on fretless bass and e-bow; and Fates Warning's Mark Zonder on drums and percussion. Zonder's solidly 
tasty drumming firmly anchors the trio along with the melodically propulsive bass work of Manring, all wonderfully adorned by Snelwar's fierce playing. 

The band serves up intense, emotional pieces in a wide variety of musical styles. Snelwar's intention is to "open doors to listeners who may be unfamiliar with progressive rock, classical 
guitar or metal." At War With Self have an equal passion for such diverse types of music as progressive and metal bands like King Crimson, Voivod and Pink Floyd; classical composers such as 
Bartok and Villa Lobos; as well as bluegrass and jazz. Torn Between Dimensions takes these influences and combines them into something undeniably progressive and strikingly original. The end result 
is a dense wall of sound, with different textures and feels within each number, one song flowing seamlessly into the next.


2005 - Torn Between Dimensions
2007 - Acts Of God
2009 - A Familiar Path
2015 - Circadian Rhythm Disorder

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