maudlin of the Well
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| maudlin of the Well | |
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| Origin | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Genre(s) | Avant-garde metal Progressive metal |
| Years active | 1996–2003 |
| Label(s) | Dark Symphonies |
| Associated acts | Kayo Dot Triac Roh Delikat Baliset The Year of Our Lord |
| Members | |
| Jason Byron Toby Driver Greg Massi Maria-Stella Fountoulakis Josh Seipp-Williams Jason Bitner Terran Olson Sam Gutterman Nicholas Kyte Andrew Dickson |
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maudlin of the Well (commonly abbreviated as motW) was an avant-garde metal band from Boston, Massachusetts. Their music contained elements from many different genres including doom metal, indie rock, progressive metal and death metal.
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[edit] Biography
maudlin of the Well released three full-length albums before disbanding in 2003, these albums included 1999's My Fruit PsychoBells...A Seed Combustible and 2001's Bath and Leaving Your Body Map. These last two albums were considered companion albums. The band had a consistent core membership, which consisted of Jason Byron, Greg Massi, and Toby Driver. Throughout its career a sort of "revolving door" of members and session musicians participated as needed.
maudlin's music, lyrics, and atmosphere dealt predominantly with the subject of astral projection. The band tried to find music rather than compose it. This was done through practicing astral projection and lucid dreams, from which the band were purportedly able to "bring back" pre-existing music from the astral plane (as stated by Toby Driver in the liner notes included with the reissued Bath and Leaving Your Body Map).
In late 2001, the band began working on a fourth studio album. During this time, the band lost several longtime members, changed labels, and ultimately renamed themselves to Kayo Dot. This fourth album was later released in 2003 as Kayo Dot's Choirs of the Eye.
All three of their albums are now out of print, although Dark Symphonies re-issued Bath and Leaving Your Body Map in 2006 and My Fruit PsychoBells...A Seed Combustible in 2008, all with bonus tracks consisting of early demos.
In January 2008, webcomic Questionable Content featured a character wearing a MOTW t-shirt in two strips (1051 and 1052).
[edit] Discography
[edit] Demos
- Through Languid Veins - 1996
- Begat of the Haunted Oak: An Acorn - 1997
- Odes to Darksome Spring - 1997
- For My Wife - 1998
[edit] Albums
- My Fruit Psychobells...A Seed Combustible (1999)
- Bath (2001)
- Leaving Your Body Map (2001)
