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Founded in 2010 as a side project/bereavement vehicle for
Paradise Lost mastermind
Gregor Mackintosh after the death of his father, the punishing English extreme metal supergroup
Vallenfyre (Old English for "strong fire") eventually developed into a precision death metal machine. With a lineup featuring
Mackintosh, Hamish Glencross (
My Dying Bride),
Adrian Erlandsson (
At the Gates,
Paradise Lost), and Scoot (
Doom, Extinction of Mankind), the Halifax-based quartet issued its debut long-player, the cathartic and heartfelt yet undeniably powerful and abrasive
The Fragile King, through Century Media in 2011. The group's 2014 sophomore effort, the aptly named
Splinters, continued to look toward stalwart decibel-makers like
Celtic Frost,
Autopsy,
Discharge,
Napalm Death, and early
Bathory for inspiration, as did 2018's hard-hitting
Fear Those Who Fear Him. ~ James Christopher Monger