Brainwashed Review: Sun Splitter/Bridesmaid split

Brainwashed had some nice words to say about the new split 7" with Bridesmaid.

Link Here.

"After recently loving the Sun Splitter cassette on Land of Decay, I had high hopes going into this split and they most certainly came through. Their half here stands up proudly with that tape, which is no easy feat, and the Bridesmaid side is no slouch either.

Bridesmaid, who I was not really familiar with are definitely sailing similar waters to Sun Splitter, but still put their own unique spin on things. "Vilkin' It For All It's Worth" is a fully instrumental piece that initially conjures up images of smoke and bong water, with its overdriven bass and garage band drums that are just the right amount of messy. It’s an unrelenting headbanging delight until the final 30 seconds or so, where it just goes full bore into grindcore assault, shattering the comfortable repetition that preceded it violently.

On the other side, "Plum Blossom" by Sun Splitter is cut from the same cloth as their tape. Opening with a robotic cymbal passage into their wonderfully diverse Sabbath riffs, the track is pure noisy bliss. While the song doesn’t quite transform into as many odd configurations as some of their other songs, it does carefully balance a repeated vocal mantra with big, caveman riffs and more complex guitar notes, dissolving into screams and noise in the middle segment. Subtlety is tossed out the window at the end, when the drum machine is programmed for "machine gun" and the guitar is pure death metal.

Paired together, they both highlight different aspects of the sludgy, post-doom metal scene. The contrast between Bridesmaid's ramshackle drums and Sun Splitter's digital precision is especially noticeable since both are matched with heavy, fuzzed out bass guitars, but neither is better than the other, they're just different: different, but equally badass."

7" Available for order now!

We spent an incredible weekend on the road with Lechuguillas and Bridesmaid, and celebrated the release our our split 7" with Bridesmaid on Friday in Columbus. Much thanks to all involved, especially Louis @ the Stone Tavern in Kent, Aaron Vilk in Athens and Bridesmaid Bob/Carabar Ron in Columbus.

With that said, the 7" is now for sale!


The split was pressed in a run of 500, with 100 colored vinyl (gold-ish, green-ish w/ black swirl) and 400 black vinyl. The colored copies are available only through Bastard Sloth, and can be found here: http://bastardsloth.blogspot.com/
We will have copies of the black vinyl at all upcoming shows, and you can email us at splitterofsuns@gmail.com directly if you are interested in distro pricing.

Sun Splitter/Bridesmaid split 7" release show!!!

Solstice report

Release Show: Sun Splitter II- Land of Decay tape
Sun Splitter w/ Anatomy of Habit, My Cold Dead Hand and Swan King
Friday, January 7th, 2011
Martyrs' 3855 N. Lincoln

We are excited to announce the release of the Sun Splitter II cassette on Land of Decay. The tapes will be officially on sale at our show on January, 7th. The cassette is four songs that you've likely heard if you've seen us live. It features artwork by Locrian's Terence Hannum. Limited to 100 copies.

In other news, we will be going into the studio mid-January and have two more releases lined up for 2011. The first will be a split 7" with Columbus, Ohio's own walking doomfest, Bridesmaid (hopeful for a March release). Lastly, we are in the process of scheduling some regional shows and are tentatively lined up for a trek through Ohio/Michigan with our friends Lechuguillas.

Enjoy your solstice festivities, we'll see you soon.