Maudlin of the Well

maudlin of the Well
Origin	Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Genres	Avant-garde metal, Progressive metal, Chamber music, Art rock
Years active	1996–2003; 2008–present
Labels	Dark Symphonies, Blood Music
Associated acts	Kayo Dot, Triac, Roh Delikat, Baliset, The Year of Our Lord, Tartar Lamb
Members	Jason Byron Toby Driver Greg Massi Maria-Stella Fountoulakis Josh Seipp-Williams Jason Bitner Terran Olson Sam Gutterman Nicholas Kyte Andrew Dickson

maudlin of the Well (commonly abbreviated as motW) is an avant-garde metal band from Boston, Massachusetts. Their music contains elements from many different genres including doom metal, jazz, progressive rock, psychedelic rock, post rock, progressive metal, death metal, and gothic metal, as well as chamber music, ambient music and new-age music. After a five-year hiatus, the band re-united to record their latest album, Part the Second, which was funded by fan donations and released online May 14, 2009 for free.

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 made as complementary 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 described their approach as trying to find music rather than compose it. This was done through practicing astral projection and lucid dreams, from which they 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).

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