maudlin of the Well is back

2026-02-27 by ShadowOfTheCitadel | 68 Comments
The world may be crumbling around us in hyper-speed these days, but at least we're getting some good music to score it to.

Speaking of score, humanity has gotten a big win today with some great news to some old heads of metal:
Avant-garde prog metal band maudlin of the Well is reuniting for their 30th anniversary this year.

Per founding guitarist/bassist/singer/clarinetist/pond water hand tappist Toby Driver:

"In 1996, three friends from Connecticut set out to build a private world, a place to disappear into. We approached music guided by an inner compass, following whatever paths the work revealed, rather than creating something meant for a career or a specific scene. After some time, we left that place, but it continued to unfurl in silence. It traveled quietly from person to person, connecting with those who were meant to find it and gathering energy from around the world as it went, reaching farther than we ever did. In the blink of an eye, thirty years passed. Now, as if woken from a dream, this world we once inhabited is calling us back."

The reunion is set to have a few cool things, with the possibility of some 2026 touring alongside the "ceremonial opening" of the motW archives. There's also the tiny added bonus that, *checks notes*, oh yeah - they're making a *brand new studio album*.

"...we’re preparing a new album shaped by the same internal logic that guided Bath and Leaving Your Body Map. It means returning to that mode of searching through the subconscious and the pre-inhibited emotional self, the raw and unguarded state we all inhabit before we learn to restrain it. It also means a kind of spiritual channeling, reaching back toward our own ancestral creative selves to see what still lives there."

The band has launched a Kickstarter page for this project, with the campaign set to go live in about a month. You can find all of the details and pre-follow here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/maudlinofthewell/newalbum

Until then, isn't it time you went and listened to Bath and Leaving Your Body Map again?

Chop chop.


Tagged: maudlin of the Well

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Get Low
February 27th 2026
15513 Comments


thought it said johnny of the well and started sweating

Josh D.
February 27th 2026
18591 Comments


Part the Second rules, but as usual no one has any idea what to expect. But we'll still listen!

Scoot
February 28th 2026
24406 Comments


this will rule, but did they not pretty much do this with moss

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Hawks
Staff Reviewer
February 28th 2026
122585 Comments


Cannot wait.

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cylinder
February 28th 2026
4680 Comments


Such awesome news, made my day when I saw Toby’s fb post 🙏

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Insurrection
February 28th 2026
24919 Comments


Fuck

Yes

Asdfp277
February 28th 2026
25952 Comments


this will be either really good, or just ok

either way lets gooooooo

Veldin
February 28th 2026
5994 Comments


Incredibly excited!
@Scoot- yes Moss Grew by Kayo Dot does feature just the founding three members of Maudlin and featured the doom death they were influenced by, but I assume the maudlin they’re trying to invoke on this new album is a lineup more similar to the duology. It just so happens that Kayo Dots most recent album and tour features more members of the extended lineup including Olson and Gutterman, who will likely be on the new record.
Does anyone else really miss Mia’s violins. Part the Second is goddamn magical. However the newer violinist Toby’s been working with the last couple years, Timba Harris, is class.

Josh D.
February 28th 2026
18591 Comments


I like the strings on They Are The Shield.

mir4ge
February 28th 2026
76 Comments


what did Johnny do?

Asdfp277
February 28th 2026
25952 Comments


be based idk

Wildcardbitchesss
February 28th 2026
20977 Comments


holy fucking shit man, I didn’t think I’d see the day.

If they tour I will literally drive anywhere. Just when I told myself I wouldn’t be traveling for shows this year fucking maudlin pulls some shit

Wildcardbitchesss
February 28th 2026
20977 Comments


and everybody give ThyCrossAwaits review some love, I didn’t know him too well but I know he would’ve been stoked for this shit 💔

https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/35058/maudlin-of-the-Well-Bath/#comments

unclereich
February 28th 2026
14451 Comments


>thought it said johnny of the well and started sweating


Holy fuck this is so funny 😂

Voivod
Staff Reviewer
February 28th 2026
11727 Comments


Fantastic news.

Bath and Leaving Your Body Map were a much needed shock for the stale metal scene in Europe and the US in the late '90s.



Edit:

I mentioned the two albums without reading the part of the news item that the new album is intended to carry on from there…

Fantastic news [2]

sanji999
February 28th 2026
64 Comments


Holy this is great

hortanz
February 28th 2026
874 Comments


nice

Demon of the Fall
February 28th 2026
39995 Comments


Ooh, this is exciting news, especially reading up on their intentions. New material along similar lines to Leaving Your Bath Water Running, even if just conceptually, should make for some interesting results.

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Demon of the Fall
February 28th 2026
39995 Comments


“thought it said johnny of the well and started sweating” lol

although sorry to tell you but he’s not the only one with those compromising nudes


Asdfp277
February 28th 2026
25952 Comments


y'all ever been nude?

Wizard
February 28th 2026
20659 Comments


The world may be crumbling around us in hyper-speed these days, but at least we're getting some good music to score it to.

Pure hyperbole! You've never lived through hard times my friend!

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cylinder
February 28th 2026
4680 Comments


Not hyperbole at all

Asdfp277
February 28th 2026
25952 Comments


how old are u @wizard

Get Low
February 28th 2026
15513 Comments


"although sorry to tell you but he’s not the only one with those compromising nudes"

im ruined

Demon of the Fall
February 28th 2026
39995 Comments


It’s not hyperbole but it certainly hasn’t reached some of us yet (fortunately), doesn’t mean it won’t tho

cos I don’t wish it upon anyone / apologies to anyone who’s having to deal with the atrocities of war

Demon of the Fall
February 28th 2026
39995 Comments


double-post

the signal in ‘rural’ England is terrible and that’s what I’m really bothered about (lol, don’t think I can blame this one ol Sput):

Djang0
February 28th 2026
1213 Comments


Ooo so glad we made an article about this, huge news indeed!

PapyrIsGood
February 28th 2026
84 Comments


Very exciting! Can't wait.

swallowtales
March 1st 2026
939 Comments


man if they play anywhere except the US I will strongly consider going as that would be a once in a lifetime thing for me

RogueNine
March 1st 2026
6163 Comments


Hyperbole for 98%.
Thankfully this is the only ofthewell you'll ever need.

quetzal
March 4th 2026
1040 Comments


i never stopped listening to bath and leaving your body map

Demon of the Fall
March 4th 2026
39995 Comments


don’t forget Part the Second, which is not-so-secretly their most consistent

jrlikestodance
March 4th 2026
8125 Comments


Gf and I will travel for them if the tour is limited. Stoked!

Wildcardbitchesss
March 4th 2026
20977 Comments


Damn your girlfriend listens to this shit?
Does she have friends or are you guys down for some kind of throuple situation?

I’ve dated women that are into rock and metal but that just extended to whatever was popular at the time, not this kind of shit.

Josh D.
March 4th 2026
18591 Comments


jr dont read this






jr's gf, hello

Wildcardbitchesss
March 4th 2026
20977 Comments


What’s a four way throuple, is that a term yet? Josh get on it and I’ll start getting to know her

Jr I’m so sorry

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
March 4th 2026
122585 Comments


Well this thread took a turn lmao.

jrlikestodance
March 4th 2026
8125 Comments


She's honestly just starting to get into hardcore and metal but she's really surprised me with what she's dug. We are seeing Defeated Sanity together next month which I thought would always be a dream lol. She gravitates more towards traditional hardcore punk or like prog metal

jrlikestodance
March 4th 2026
8125 Comments


They horny as hell

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
March 4th 2026
122585 Comments


Oh boy, I can't wait until this is over so I can get me some fucking poon tang. (Mr. Garrison voice)

Josh D.
March 4th 2026
18591 Comments


polycule of the well

Demon of the Fall
March 4th 2026
39995 Comments


metal is strictly business,,keep it away from my woman (seriously, she doesn’t go near it… this thread got weird lol)

toolguitarkid
March 5th 2026
327 Comments


Got my wife into KD and MotW almost 10 years ago, took her to see Toby solo and KD twice. Even drug her to Ulcerate twice, though she wasn't stoked about that.

Asdfp277
March 5th 2026
25952 Comments


d-drug?

Demon of the Fall
March 6th 2026
39995 Comments


to be fair you probably need drugs to enjoy Ulcerate so maybe they did her a favour? She should be thankful of the forced experience



...joking of course, you don't actually need drugs cos Ulcerate rule

cylinder
March 6th 2026
4680 Comments


y'all are makin me sad cuz my ex dug all this stuff... she loved Ulcerate when we saw em

Wizard
March 7th 2026
20659 Comments


To all who say it's not hyperbole, I'm guessing you're in your teens/ twenties, never learned history or are stuck on news shorts via your social media. War has always been ongoing in this world and atrocities happen everyday. Did you ever stop to think the devices in front of your face make everything seem like the world is crumbling around you? Did you ever stop to think the news/ where your sources come from magnify every single event? Get a life and keep the politics/ bullshit out of music.

Wildcardbitchesss
March 7th 2026
20977 Comments


Either A1 copypasta or you are actually fucking retarded, I really hope it’s the former.

Also I think you got the wrong thread

Demon of the Fall
March 7th 2026
39995 Comments


probably the most “okay boomer” comment I’ve ever read, well done Wiz

bighubbabuddha
March 7th 2026
1510 Comments


This is beautiful news. As is the reminder JOTW is no more in these waters

Demon of the Fall
March 7th 2026
39995 Comments


I’m 39. I remember a time before the internet existed. I’m thankful that that despite how godawful the world is (and always has been) the visibility of what’s going on is more prominent now. News is more transparently available despite efforts to obfuscate. Generally, people have much more awareness of what’s happening around them. Young people especially are more politically aware than they’ve ever been imo (this is a GOOD thing!)

The financially (and politically) elite want you to remain ignorant to all that’s happening in the world. Continuing to bury your head in the sand is playing into their hands. Actively broadcasting your opinion is absolutely small fry yet still important. Do it. Yes, awful shit has always happened, so why not speak out it now we have a greater access to information, at least in the western world / areas with properly regulated freedom of expression.

Josh D.
March 7th 2026
18591 Comments


Glad this thread is going this direction!

RogueNine
March 7th 2026
6163 Comments


Visibility yada yada yada.

Dromasta
March 10th 2026
325 Comments


I just got a boner.

Asdfp277
March 11th 2026
25952 Comments


well put that thing away

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
March 11th 2026
122585 Comments


Lmao

toolpeth182
March 13th 2026
322 Comments


"Get a life and keep the politics/ bullshit out of music."
rofl
who is this guy even talking to?

toolpeth182
March 13th 2026
322 Comments


Please just be ragebait, please just be ragebait...
Anyway, very stoked for a motW return !

unclereich
March 13th 2026
14451 Comments


I live in tribeca we don’t do that

RogueNine
March 13th 2026
6163 Comments


I mean the quote is right there.

unclereich
March 13th 2026
14451 Comments


You sir win the internet

Veldin
March 26th 2026
5994 Comments


The Kickstarter is LIVE! They’ve already almost hit their goal (30K/35K) in less than a day. This is amazing!

ShadowOfTheCitadel
March 26th 2026
582 Comments


FULLY FUNDED WITHIN TWO HOURS

Those who have not, GET ON IT. There are some way cool tiers of oddities available.

Veldin
March 26th 2026
5994 Comments


Yeah some crazy reward tiers. So cool that they reached their goal so damn quick

Djang0
March 26th 2026
1213 Comments


Incredible news

Get Low
March 27th 2026
15513 Comments


they dont need our money they are world famous musicians

Veldin
March 27th 2026
5994 Comments


I hope you’re being facetious

Deez
March 27th 2026
10701 Comments


haha if you think Toby driver makes any decent money youre off your box

Kayo dot regularly play infront of underwhelming crowds, Theyre a niche band.

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