A Familiar Path, by At War With Self

A Familiar Path

by At War With Self

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1.	Reflections 05:55		buy track
2.	Diseased State 03:11		buy track
3.	A Familiar Path 09:36	info	buy track
4.	The Ether Trail 02:29	info	buy track
5.	Ourselves 06:30		buy track
6.	Etude No. 10 (Heitor Villa-Lobos) 04:04	info	buy track
7.	Concrete and Poison 08:02	info	buy track
8.	Hope 02:43		buy track
9.	Hope (2016, alternate version) 03:54	info	buy track

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The 2009 release A Familiar Path is the third by At War With Self, and features Manfred Dikkers, who joins Snelwar again from the Acts of God sessions on drums and percussion. Maggie Snelwar contributes vocals on the track Ourselves.

Acts of God departed from the first, all-instrumental AWWS disc by incorporating vocals on many of the tracks. A Familiar Path also has vocals on the title track, and Ourselves. I love bands with lots of vocal harmonies like Alice in Chains and Kings X, and tried my hand at this with the title track.

There is a version of the song Reflections from the first Gordian Knot disc (this version is more similar to the original demo of that song that led to the GK version). Diseased State is also an updated version of a song from an early demo tape.

I also decided to bastardize Heitor Villa Lobos's Etude #10 for this disc. When I studied classical guitar for a short time, I always appreciated the aggression and rhythmic intensity of this etude in particular. I wanted to re-interpret it with the addition of heavy guitars and drums (sorry, purists).

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released October 1, 2009

Glenn Snelwar - guitars, bass, mandolin, keys and vocals
Manfred Dikkers - Drums and Percussion
Maggie Snelwar - Additional Vocals on Ourselves

recorded in Indiana, USA and The Netherlands between 2007-2009.

Artwork and Production by Glenn Snelwar

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At War With Self Indianapolis, Indiana

At War With Self is the project led by Glenn Snelwar, former Gordian Knot guitarist. formed in 2005. At War With Self, like Gordian Knot, is designed to have changing line-ups and musicians involved between releases.

Four AWWS discs have been released, two independently (A Familiar Path in 2009, and Circadian Rhythm Disorder in 2015).

A new disc will be released in 2021.

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