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For fans of maudlin of the well, lovers of progressive and avant-garde metal, listeners seeking atmospheric and emotional music experiences
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THE REVIEW

Diving into an ocean of different sensations. The slow disintegration of colors that gently flow through a subtle, thin, delicate film. Slowly everything flows around your body, which, look! no longer exists. Resurrected, transfigured in the Qlipho that slowly ascends the immense and boundless sea, chromatic precision, crystalline splendor of a small arpeggio, open, dilated, immense and vast and pure, savor the purity of the water, dream material, everything slowly rising, colors playing among themselves, exchanging among themselves the deepest thoughts - they are shaping your dream in the shades of a thousand illusory worlds (thank you Ecate).

Gently everything emerges and simply gives way to itself. Each passing minute without feeling its weight, the magic of the notes is extraordinary! Simply immersed in myself I forget time, death, and pain. Porcelain glass of a perfect world, exactly painted, I would almost think it was God, painted slightly cracked - slight cracks on the extraordinary surface of the sea open to new parallel worlds, it is continuous transport, everything pulls all others along, simply there is no matter, there are no molecules taken to a different, new, different world.
Strong.
Unleashes.
Releases its reins, rages, unleashes everything, all colors explode into a dark and angry palette everything is too strong let yourself be carried away it's a continuous movement, take the reins. Guide everything towards new and unknown shores, anger and love and hate and strength an emotional ocean strong and intense you will be my Charon (immortal Ferryman) gently intersects other worlds each note a new step in an extraordinary journey.

Impossible to describe with rational words.
To be perfect, it lacks a flaw.

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The review praises Maudlin of the Well's album Bath for its immersive and transcendent sound that blends delicate, crystalline tones with a powerful emotional palette. It reflects on the music's ability to dissolve time and matter, creating a dreamlike state that feels flawless and deeply moving. The reviewer highlights the intensity and dynamic shifts within the album’s sonic journey, describing it as impossible to capture with rational words.

Tracklist Lyrics Videos

01   The Blue Ghost / Shedding Qliphoth (07:57)

02   They Aren't All Beautifull (05:36)

03   Heaven and Weak (07:42)

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04   Interlude 1 (01:38)

05   The Ferryman (07:50)

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06   Marid's Gift of Art (03:41)

07   Girl With a Watering Can (08:44)

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08   Birth Pains of Astral Projection (10:34)

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09   Interlude 2 (02:12)

maudlin of the Well

maudlin of the Well are an American avant‑garde/progressive metal group formed in Boston in 1996. After the debut album My Fruit Psychobells... A Seed Combustible (1999), they released Bath and Leaving Your Body Map (2001), then members continued as Kayo Dot. In 2009 the band reunited to release the fan‑funded Part the Second as a free download.
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By The_Bassist

 I was enchanted by those first seconds of natural harmonics arpeggio that open the album.

 One of the least digestible albums I have listened to, but also one of those that have given me the most satisfaction.


By emanuele

 Close your eyes for a while, relax, and with this masterpiece, all the negatives fade away.

 To not give this album the honors it deserves would be completely wrong and petty.