Witnesses to the album 'Wayward Souls'

Album cover 'Wayward Souls'
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"Each of these delicate songs creates its own space with a narrative that's startling deep... ...astounding musicianship, coaxing the most eerie of sounds from a limited palette... ...comparable perhaps to Tom Waits' more experimental tracks.
A genuinely outstanding record, one of the best of this year."
- Dan Hunt (Zero Tolerance), Zero Tolerance magazine
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"Splinterskin aims at accessing realms of the imagination which are more usually the province of film-makers, and his gift for narrative is so strongly developed. This is an outstanding debut album, and one I will be returning to long after this review is over and done with. "
- Simon Collins/ Judas Kiss magazine, Judas Kiss magazine

“Splinterskin, one-man-band from Ohio, can be deemed as one of the most interesting projects within the broad brush of the noir genre. Wayward Souls depicts a journey with disturbing sounds, able to bewitch with its twists and its dreamlike, esoteric distortions...”
-Edoardo Baldini (Rockline.it)

"Creepy,crumbling,wooded, tales done in high regards and of a certain said mastery of such....This one will leave you looking under your chair for spiders or serpents or to the corners for weird and uninvited shadows...or, perhaps, demons....a night terror of an ordeal...."
- Old Haint Press, OLDE HAINT PRESS
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"Splinterskin manages to enthrall its audience with its simple yet effective music.
The illusive fantasy like tales told sometimes remind me of poems of Tim Burton or
a darker version of The Brothers Grimm. ...dear reader; purchase this album, darken your room, put on some candles and frankincense and enjoy these interesting tales with a glass of wine.  You surely won’t be disappointed. A recommendation which will end up high in my year list, I can assure you!"
- Gothtronic
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" Splinterskin is a project that could just about define ‘weird and wonderful’ as a musical genre... Experimental folk at its very finest – highly recommended."
- Hierophant Nox
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"Especially effective are the poetic lyrics that seem to rivet the listener’s soul in hopelessness. While most of the compositions have an inner theme of impending doom and gloom, there; nevertheless, is a certain, indescribable sense of spirituality that exists throughout the CD. "
- Doug Crill (Mass Movement Magazine UK), Mass Movement

"If you are keen to modern dark folk music prepare yourself to something different from the Odin tales or the medieval influences, because 'WAYWARD SOULS' sounds like a Poe tale sung by a leper. "
- Maurizio Pustianaz, Chain dlk

"Splinterskin is a storyteller weaving tales of terror and menace.
His voice has to be heard to be believed; a breathless rasp that rarely rises above a whisper.  Waywards Souls is a truly singular piece of work from a truly singular individual."
- Compulsion magazine

"'Wayward Souls' houses mystical, and basal bosfolk seemingly resurrected
from ancient compost, including the mysterious sound of his voice.
His songs are authentic and unpolished, sometimes against a backdrop of a rainstorm.
The atmosphere of Wayward Souls is impressive, like a mystical fog enveloping you slowly. "
- Heaven Magazine, Heaven Magazine

"Splinterskin also has a very eccentric charisma, which is reflected in the lyrics...
The guitar playing is classically influenced, sometimes even contains elements of flamenco,
and in his voice, tormented yet still folksy enough to Neofolk non-purists to vex.
The song is so plagued and seems broken by the experience of life and just looks so intense and so fascinating.
A fascinating album!"
- Oblivion

Interview with Splinterskin October 2010
(link is below)
- Old Haint Press, OLDE HAINT PRESS