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Mavradoxa / Deafest Split

by Mavradoxa & Deafest

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Within the spectral valley, ‘you and I’ shall ever lay, where our fleeting fire perished in the rushing stream Two hollow trees entwine One’s languid roots then decay I consume the nightshade draught where the sunlight does forsake Dark berries – did the shade impassion? Are ghastly flames no longer tended? Pierced, melted, wilted, smoldering heart of storms. the funeral pyre – your art You are the withering of the leaves Poison the forest and blacken the stream The deafening roar of the falls emanates from your frigid mouth Your spectral valley haunts me. I choke upon the ash, and drown in falls of Zoar, for I am cursed by summer past Red-winged blackbird, your wings aflame Autumn nightshade-secreting lips You are the withering of the leaves Poison the forest and blacken the stream You are the burning hoarfrost cold to blanket the berries – your shade I behold
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And all that we are, all that we are is a silhouette in silent rain And all that we are, all that we are, is a blackbird with wings aflame
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Mavradoxa:
mavradoxa.bandcamp.com/album/mavradoxa-deafest-split

Hypnotic Dirge Records:
hypnoticdirgerecords.bandcamp.com/album/mavradoxa-deafest-split

Youtube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeYDvCczPIQ&t=1735s

This split has been a long time in the planning. We are so happy to finally present it. Mavradoxa are excellent friends and even better musicians.

Note: Some of the Deafest riffs were originally written for a band with Mavradoxa and Deafest members that never became realized. I thought it would be fitting to include those, now more polished, riffs in my side of the split.

"Two of my current favorite American atmospheric black metal bands, Deafest and Mavradoxa, have joined to release a thirty-two minute split, which—going by the cover art—is a celebration of autumn (and the rapidly dropping temperatures). The split showcases three Mavradoxa tracks, a neofolk intro and the “Burning Wings, Withered Leaves” duology (one of which is another woodsy neofolk track) alongside two Deafest tracks. Mavradoxa’s sound is classy and full bodied, with a surprisingly mature approach to their music, leaning towards the verdant Cascadian black metal scene, despite hailing near the Appalachian and Adirondack Mountains. Deafest brings the sharp and jagged sound of the Rocky Mountains, offering fleeting movements of lofty melody amid sweeping tremolo riffing. Fifteen hundred miles might separate Deafest from Mavradoxa, but their sounds fit together like they’ve been closely working with each other for years."
-The Metal Observer

"If it’s one thing I love Mavradoxa for, it’s infectiously catchy riffing and hauntingly pulsing drums. Whether it’s a driving chord progression, or an eerie harmonized tremolo picked section, this band relentlessly brings both depth and drive every time. The melodies are always on point and the textbook black metal rasps from front man, Zach Smith seal the deal with precision
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Deafest takes over and engulfs the once colorful autumn wilderness in darkness and despair. Given the nature of the music, the decision to go instrumental is more than a welcome one. No vocals are needed to convey the moods set by this awesome music. "
-TheMetal

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released November 12, 2017

Mavradoxa produced/recorded by Joe Leising at Rotten Metal Studios.
Deafest recorded/mixed by Deafest.

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Deafest Colorado

Organizer of the Black Metal Alliance's Crushing Intolerance Anti-NSBM Charity Compilations:
blackmetalalliance.bandcamp.com

Since the second full-length, Deafest plays an instrumental ode to the beauty and awe of nature (mostly Colorado nature). Black Metal is the base of the music.
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