 
Valfader are a trio of musicians from bath made
up of Dean Gaylard (guitar, vocals) Matt Jones
(bass) and Gareth Jones (Drums) and they are set
to release their debut EP ‘Whispers Of Chaos
on Monday 21st October.
‘Whispers Of Chaos’ is a 4 track EP
which technically plays out like an album due
to the fact that each track on the EP runs from
8 – 11 minutes with the whole EP clocking
up at just under the 40minute mark, through listening
to the EP you can see influences of bands like
Led Zeppelin, Opeth, Tool, Black Sabbath, Kyuss,
Dream Theatre and Queens Of The Stone Age.
The EP opens with the title track ’Whispers
Of Chaos’ and the song is like a big psychedelic
musical creation with no vocals in place, within
the first couple of minutes the song sounds a
bit tinny and amateur sounding but as the song
progresses it morphs into an intense listen where
you really start to hear and appreciate what solid
musicians these guys are.
‘Green Sleeps’ opens sounding so close
to the music of Black Sabbath and continue to
do so throughout, the vocals from Dean Gaylard
come in just after the one minute mark and my
god they sound nothing like I was expecting and
sound slightly out of place but luckily as the
song progresses Dean shows off the versatility
of his vocals and quickly wins me over.
‘D.M.T’ is a dreamy sounding stoner
rock track whilst EP closer ‘Sacred Spiral’
runs for a massive 11minutes and 18seconds and
once again really shows off the instrumental abilities
of Valfader with vocalist Dean Gaylard taking
a much more gruff sounding approach to his vocals
giving the song a deep and dark feel.
It is safe to say that Valfader are a bunch of
talented musicians and they have done well with
their debut EP ‘Whispers Of Chaos’,
it is a beastly release clocking in at just under
40minutes but if you give it the time and effort
that it deserves then you will enjoy the rewards
in no time as it is not every day that you get
to hear a bunch of stoner Brits lay down some
impressive sounds that run for such a huge amount
of time.
4/5
Review by Trigger
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