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Boston, United States (1996 – 2003, 2008 – present)

maudlin of the Well is an American progressive rock band from Boston, Massachusetts who formed in 1996 and disbanded in 2003, revived in 2008. Their music contained elements from many different genres including sludge metal, doom metal, indie rock, and new age. They released three full-length albums before disbanding: 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.

motW had a consistent core membership which consisted of Jason Byron, Greg Massi, and Toby Driver. Throughout motW’s career, they saw a sort of “revolving door” of members and session musicians as they were needed. In this regard, it may be more accurate to think of motW as a project rather than a typical band, akin to Chuck Schuldiner’s influential death metal project/band, Death.

motW’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 attempted through practicing astral projection and lucid dreams, from which the band were purportedly able to “bring back” pre-existing music from the astral plane. This idea is similar to the common dogmatic notion that “all good things come from God”, but with a new-age spin.

In late 2001, motW began working on a fourth studio album. During this time, the band lost longtime members, changed labels, and ultimately renamed themselves to Kayo Dot. This fourth motW album was released in 2003 as Kayo Dot’s Choirs of the Eye.

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1	Heaven and Weak	132
2	Excerpt from 6,000,000,000,000 Miles Before the First, or, the Revisitation of the…	128
3	The Ferryman	110
4	They Aren't All Beautiful	104
4	Another Excerpt: Keep Light Near You, Even When Dying	104
6	Laboratories of the Invisible World (Rollerskating the Cosmic Palmistric Postborder)	98
7	Birth Pains of Astral Projection	97
8	Marid's Gift of Art	96
9	Rose Quartz Turning to Glass	95
10	Girl With a Watering Can	94
10	Geography	94
12	Clover Garland Island	86
13	Gleam in Ranks	82
14	Sleep Is a Curse	69
15	(Interlude 1)	61

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Stueybert wrote:
yesterday evening

Perfect band is perfect.

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Bambimannen wrote:
Saturday evening

generic dubstep

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tricksterc wrote:
Wednesday morning

Fallin' in love all over again...

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UnrealAtrocity wrote:
last week

Fans of maudlin Of The Well and older Kayo Dot should check out my new album: http://theconjuration.bandcamp.com/

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JohnLateralus wrote:
9 days ago

Sexy Level: 8/10

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BlooodMusic wrote:
11 days ago

sometimeshuman -- mfp has been more available on the used market than bath/lybm, so we decided to start off with these companion albums and see how it goes. if sales do very well, then we'll also go after mfp. so let's see how it all shakes down :)

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sometimeshuman wrote:
11 days ago

why no love for psychobells :c

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LuKchoG wrote:
12 days ago

http://www.blood-music.com/newspost/motw-cds-full-specs/

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tricksterc wrote:
last month

Forgot how good this band was...need to hop back on board...Brilliance.

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LuKchoG wrote:
last month

maudlin of the Well shirts are shipping to me today! Test Pressings have arrived and are being reviewed. Toby is signing the posters. Names inserts are being printed. Everything is coming together nicely :)

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lter__Impius wrote:
last month

Recommend me music like Birth Pains of Astral Projection but without grunts, please. (yeah, I know about Kayo Dot and last motW album ;-))

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Doppz wrote:
last month

Can't wait for my Part the Second vinyl to arrive

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LuKchoG wrote:
last month

And... maudlin of the Well vinyl test pressings are on their way! Hopefully arrive by next week, and we can share photos! Once again (not the last time, but almost)... thank you so much for your patience!

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BadButNotSad wrote:
last month

@Overbest : You mean when the new world begins :P

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Overbest wrote:
last month

maudlin of the Well have said to give one last epic concert at the 21st December of this year in NYC , just before our world ends. can't wait.

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BlooodMusic wrote:
last month

motW CD's -- Pre-order date: early March. Ship date: early April.

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BlooodMusic wrote:
last month

maudlin of the Well are not recording new material but there will be some bonus tracks that haven't been released before. We should have some new info next week. We just re-did our website, with an opportunity to sign up for our newsletter, so check us at: www.blood-music.com

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ReifiedNight wrote:
last month

In 2017 maudlin of the Well will record another album after a fan donation campaign if the past is any indication.

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blackmetalcore wrote:
last month

Will there be new motW material?

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vacantwinterday wrote:
last month

@Cassandra-Leo - It's true, remasters aren't always bad. If they use the vinyl masters and are able to improve the sound then that would be great. That's such a rarity though. Most of the time it's just made louder and used as a gimmicky selling point. I have the original issue of "Bath" and it sounds fine, though.

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