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“𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘥, 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵-𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘰 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯, 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.”
– 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝙴𝚙𝚘𝚌𝚑
Belgium based Turpentine Valley reduces its post-metal to purity, ‘etching’ it to the soul of anyone open to it. No words, massive sound. Hitting it hard. Layered guitars. Growling bass. Allowing music to tell its story: slow, intense, hard and relentless. Although its members already play together for more than half a lifetime, Turpentine Valley still could be called a rather young band, only seeing the light in 2016. Releasing its debut album ‘Etch’ through Dunk!records on November 1st 2019 was the next step in spreading its instrumental post-metal ever since. Three songs from that record (‘Vergeten’, ‘Trauma’ & ‘Abrupt’) can be heard in the soundtrack of the Netflix crime drama ‘The Twelve’.On 25 February 2022, Dunk!Records released successor ‘ALDER’ on 12” vinyl in Europe, A Thousand Arms Records released the album in the US on vinyl and cd, and Ripcord Records took care of the UK-release of this album on tape. On this new album, the band explores the dark boundaries of the instrumental post-metal genre even more explicitly, without compromising on melody and intensity.
Turpentine Valley is:
Kristof Balduyck – guitars
Thomas Maes – bass
Roel Berlaen – drums
