***MAUDLIN The first six months after that first gig, MAUDLIN was on stage every single week, leaving fans and believers behind, each and every time. City by city, step by step, creeping like deadly venom, MAUDLIN became one of the leading acts in its genre. In between gigs, the band worked their ass off in their rehearsal room, which quickly led to the release of their first MCD “Solitary Echo†on Offerandum Records! About 1500 copies of that album are sold so far.
The release of this album quickly led to bigger shows, small but interesting weekend tours (w/ BOSSK (UK) and TEPHRA (Ger)) and successful European tours that took the band to Belgium, France, Spain, Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Germany, Denmark and The Netherlands. On these tours, MAUDLIN had the chance and privilege to play with great bands like RUSSIAN CIRCLES, THESE ARMS ARE SNAKES, THE OCEAN, CALLISTO, STARKWEATHER, AMEN RA, DARKEST HOUR, MISERY INDEX, ABORTED, TEPHRA, LENG T’CHE, RISE AND FALL, BOSSK, THE SETUP,…
With the release of their first full-length “Ionesco†on Offerandum Records, MAUDLIN is more than ready to take the band to the next level. The release of the CD version (Digipack) of the album is fully backed by Genet Records, that will be releasing the vinyl version of the album later on this year. The album is built up around the theme of transorbital lobotomy, a surgery first performed on Sue Ellen Ionesco in the fifties. The procedure, where both halves of the brain are separated, was thought to be the cure for depressions. As you see, each song has 2 titles. Each title stands for a hemisphere of the brain. Also the artwork delivered by famous Belgian painter Kristof van Heeschvelde is completely into the theme. All lyrics put in a row form one story. That and many more crazy twists give this conceptual album an extra feel.
-- MAUDLIN "ionesco" /// OFF 003 /// only €12
--MAUDLIN "solitary echo" /// OFF 001 /// only €8
***CARNEIA is an experimental band that combines intelligent thoughtful riffs, melodies one can hum, a variety of rhythmic styles, instrumental improvisation, and a voice that easily can compete with the high standards set by Franky Desmet of Channel Zero. All of that creates an eclectic sound that incorporates several musical genres going from alternative rock to post-hardcore and back to progressive metal.
Unpredictable, genius and breathtaking. Those words come to mind if we listen to the astonishing debut album that CARNEIA’s “white coma light†has become! If name-dropping needs to be done then we can place CARNEIA easily between bands as TOOL, MESHUGGAH & AMENRA…
CARNEIA rose in 2007 out of the ashes of the heavy rock band KYUNIN. As CARNEIA locked themselves up in their rehearsal room they did nothing but creating, searching, aching,… for their dark, heavy and sometimes melancholic piece of art that their astonishing debut ‘White coma light’ became.
To combine all of this in one sentence: CARNEIA can be seen as a band that could get Mike Patton’s attention.
-- CARNEIA "white coma light" /// OFF 004 /// only €10
***AUTUMN DELAY is influenced by bands such as JR Ewing, Refused, and Every Time I Die, their music is often described as ‘melodic rock 'n roll hardcore’. But don’t let these references and this description fool you! Autumn Delay might walk the path of hardcore that so many have walked before them, they walk it with a different tread. The intense and unique sound has left many amazed. It’s mind-gobbling to witness the growth of the band. Friend and foe are surprised to discover how much their music has matured in this short period of time. The rough, energetic sound has developed to a more complex one that builds up the tension before exploding in our faces. Whirling melodic guitar riffs are swallowed by an aggressive wall of sound. Relentlessly pounding drums and a forceful, but subtle, bass are the heartbeat on which an outraged singer screams out his anger and discontentment with the world and everything that is in it.
-- AUTUMN DELAY / THE BLACK HEART REBELLION split /// OFF 002/// only €8
Influences from bands as SIGUR ROSS, JAIRUS and MONO are obvious, but still they distinct theirselves. If the words unique, innocence, passion, screams,... do match you, then this is what you're looking for
-- AUTUMN DELAY / THE BLACK HEART REBELLION split /// OFF 002/// only €8