For A Familiar Path:
Glenn Snelwar - acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, bass, e-bow, synths and vocals
Manfred Dikkers - drums and percussion
Maggie Snelwar - additional vocals
For Acts of God:
Glenn Snelwar - acoustic and electric guitars, e-bow, mandolins, synths
Damon Trotta - vocals, bass guitars, e-bow, synths, didgeridoo
Mark Sunshine - Vocals
James VonBuelow - Electric Guitars
Manfred Dikkers - Drums
Steve Decker - Drums
Dave Archer - Synths
For Torn Between Dimensions:
Glenn Snelwar - electric and acoustic guitars, e-bow, mandolins, synths
Michael Manring - Bass guitars
Mark Zonder - Drums and percussion
Influences
Voivod, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Yes, Slayer, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Kevin Gilbert, Michael Hedges, King's X, Bela Bartok, Meshuggah, Alberto Ginastera, Frank Gambale, Kansas, Fishbone, Nickel Creek, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Chick Corea, Faith No More, Dillinger Escape Plan, Alice in Chains, Bach, Queens of the Stone Age, Rush, The Beatles, Univers Zero, Crosby Stills and Nash, the Deftones, Allan Holdsworth, Soundgarden
At War With Self is the project conceived by multi-instrumentalist Glenn Snelwar, best known as one of the guitarists on the Gordian Knot debut which featured members of King Crimson, Cynic, Watchtower and Dream Theater. The debut At War With Self disc, Torn Between Dimensions, featured progressive metal instrumental compositions and Grammy-nominated bassist Michael Manring and Mark Zonder on drums (Fates Warning, Warlord, Slavior). The disc was critically acclaimed and was followed up with the 2007 release, Acts of God. Rather than replicate the debut, Acts of God was a complete re-invention of the project while remaining true to the concept of being progressive. Acts of God saw an entirely new line-up for the project, which was a collaborative effort between bassist Damon Trotta and Snelwar that incorporated new styles and the addition of vocals, and was also received with critical acclaim.
A Familiar Path is the third chapter of At War With Self, which is a return to Snelwar’s roots as a musician that maintains the concept of the project changing for each release. The original concept in which Snelwar combined classical guitars into progressive and thrash metal has been re-visited and fully realized with A Familiar Path. The new incarnation of At War With Self features Manfred Dikkers, who joins Snelwar again from the Acts of God sessions on drums and percussion. The tracks on A Familiar Path are “the heaviest, most aggressive and accurate version of what I’ve had in mind for combining metal and progressive influences with classical guitars” says Snelwar. Instrumental tracks such as a hybrid half-classical, half-metal rendition of a Heitor Villa-Lobos guitar study, the Slayer-meets-King Crimson aggression of Concrete and Poison and Diseased State, a new rendering of Reflections originally featured on the debut Gordian Knot disc and the guitar shred of The Ether Trail, are balanced with the vocally-centered title track and Ourselves. A Familiar Path is accompanied with artwork that completes the emotion and intensity inspired by the 42 minutes on the disc.
Hey man!How are you?Hope everything is cool...I've been meaning to ask you when's the new record of yours coming out?Looking forward to listen to it a lot... I took the freedom of embeding a little video that I've done recently.I don't usually do this,but I'm more and more into blues&slide kinda thing each day now and this is an example of where I would like to go with it.Hope you'll dig... Peace, Grega
Thanks for the friendship sir.Your music is superb.Cloudkicker is great too, he has helped me alot in attempts to record an album soon.Also you can download both of his albums for free the links are on his page.
glenn, i must say that...your album torn between dimensions, to me, is by far, the best music ive heard since years!!!! specially "coming home"....this is unbelieavable, its so beautiful. this is wonderfull. thank you so much for that innovative music! more!!
Hey! When you'll have the time,you can check my latest project called "Catharsis Trinity rmx" up at my space.It's basically tree songs from my second album totally redone in collaboration with Jesse. Hope you'll dig it.
Hey! Big thanks man!I guess you know by now how much I appreciate your kind words regarding my music :) The fact alone that artists like yourself dig my stuff makes me a happy man. My cd is doing O.K. I guess. As expected:musicians love it,women hates it haha... Seriously,I'm not doing this for money and stuff like that,so I'm cool with the response I get. I take it you're finishing your album too since you're working on cover design?Awesome,it's one of the few things I'm looking forward a lot to hear. laterzzz... Grega
Thanks for the add, Glenn!! I've gotta say, it was incredible to hear a band (AWWS) capture such a smooth dichotomy in their playing style. It's my life in music!! (Especially "Run")...That's a typical day of work followed by school followed by practice. Are you fellas going to be playing in Michigan (or close to it) anytime soon? Oh, glad to hear you also appreciate "Losing It"; the time changes on such a dramatic/slower song will forever trip me up on drums...ok, maybe not FOREVER :-)
Man I think your music is pretty cool. Like the different elements put together and your arrangements and chords. Are you using that Fly for those heavy metal tones? Sounds gnarly. Yep I'm just a couple hours north, by Ft. Wayne. :)
