mind-numbing detail.

2012 August Tour Announcement!

We're Hitting the road with our brothers in SPEAKER EATER. Check it out. RSVP right here on our site to put it on your facebook calendar. We can't wait to bring AVOH to you guys on the west coast, and we are truley excited to be taking a trip through some of the most beautiful areas of the country that most of us have never been. Please help us spread the word! Thanks, see you all soon!

- ORWELL 

- Speaker Eater is offering a of the third track from their new album, Lords entitled "Inalienable Tongues," availably exclusively on Metalinsider.net.  

LINK: http://www.metalinsider.net/new-music/orwell-announce-western-tour-exclusive-stream-from-opener-speaker-eater
Aug 09 - Minneapolis, MN @ The Tree House
Aug 10 - Fargo, ND @ The New Direction
Aug 11 - Missoula, MT @ Zoo City Apparel
Aug 12 - Seattle, WA @ TBA
Aug 13 - Portland, OR @ The Know
Aug 14 - Oakland, CA @ Vitus
Aug 15 - Los Angeles, CA @ TBA
Aug 16 - Las Vegas, NV @ Yayo Taco
Aug 17 - Salt Lake City, UT @ TBA
Aug 18 - Denver, CO @ The Lion’s Lair 

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www.facebook.com/orwellwi
http://orwellus.bandcamp.com/

http://speakereater.bandcamp.com
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To contact for additional information, interview requests, or general questions:

orwell.metal@gmail.com
speaker.eaters@gmail.com

June 29th - Summer 2012

     This website will now return to a semi-active/fully active status. We have a ton of stuff going on, which is why we have been basically silent for a month. So here's an update.

     To start, we are playing our last show of the summer (gasp, did summer even start yet?!?!) June 29th at the Speakeasy in Schofield (Wausau). This is going to be an absolutely awesome night. Sleeping In Gethsemane, an incredible instrumental, band will be coming through our humble/half-home-town of Wausau on their way out to the east coast to record with fucking Kurt Ballou. On top of that, Speaker Eater is joining the bill. 3 bands, no bullshit, free show.

   Also, I screen printed what are probably the final run of our "AVOHFASIH" shirt. Not 100% on that, but we'll be doing some new stuff soon. On top of that, I printed 25 posters, each 100% unique for the June 29th show. They are numbered of coarse and range from black with red to maroon and yellow. SO, yes, we'll be selling those at the show! All merch sales are GREATLY appreciated right now, as we are doing a bit of fundraising. No, we aren't just going to ask you for money, we will make cool stuff (like this) and if you want to help, you get something awesome in return. Fundraising for what you ask?

We are heading out to the west coast August 9th - 19th. Most of the dates are confirmed, and we will be posting the routing very soon. We are incredibly excited to see all of you folks out west! 

-t

    

Yell! Magazine! Exclamation!

Check it out, front page of Yell! Magazine's Music Page.

Read their awesome, super in-depth review of AVOHFASIH here.

When someone really listens, scrutinizes, and combs through your album like this, it just feels like a giant compliment regardless of the final "score" or whatever. Thanks to anyone who does this with not only our album, but every new piece of music you get. Don't let art pass in and out of your life, allow it to impact you, and if it doesn't, KEEP SEARCHING.

-T

from depths.

So, it has been a while since we've posted on here and I have to apologize!
Right now we are working on a bunch of different stuff.

Unfortunately our touring plans did not work out, so it looks like we'll be stranded in the great white north until 2012. We are currently working on plans for an outing or two in the new year. While we are grounded we are working on our live show, and trying to add a few new elements to that, both visually and sonically, so hopefully by the time we get on the road, we will have those new elements worked into the show. Our plan is to attempt to melt your brain during our set, so bring a drull rag or a bib! haha

On top of all that, we are working on a cover and a couple of new tunes. I hope that these will see the light of day in the form of an EP or something within the first or second quarter of 2012, but can't make any promises at this time. Also, we are in cahoots with a few different people about the possibility of a vinyl release. This is in the early stages of development, so I can't make any promises yet, but I can assure you that like everything else we do, we will have our hands all over it, and will make sure that it is something special for those who choose to pick it up.

Anyway, we'll have more news soon. In the meantime, please download our cd, burn it for your friends, etc etc etc. The whole point of releasing the album for free was to make sure that people have a chance to hear it, regardless of if they have $6 or not, so please don't hesitate to give it away to anyone and everyone you think might enjoy it, we'd appreciate it! Also, head over to sputnickmusic and give us a review, or post a review on our Facebook page. Feedback is always fun, good or bad!
Thanks everyone!

-T

AVOHFASIH - Full Lyrics

Here are ALL of the lyrics to Avohfasih!
Read here, or download directly on the link below!
(hint: iPhone users, you can "add page to homescreen" to make this blog an ORWELL APP on your phone, also, if viewing this post on mobile, you can add the PDF to you iBooks app! It has a cover on your bookshelf and everything! How cool is that!?!?!

-T

Download PDF booklet

I. In Tides I Wake

breathe • open your eyes • washed away • back from the tides

speechless • the fears i refuse • to acknowledge (choking) • begin to manifest • holding out holding on • to a delusion (seeing colors)

desolation tightens its hold • losing track of time  • days begin to blur together • no longer feeling alive • decay degrade 

saturated • drifting apart • carried away

a prisoner of the open seas • drifting restless, alone • far far away 

• from me • far from the living

hopeless • soaking and drifting • praying to sink (choking) • floating, fading • letting go, moving on • to a delusion (seeing colors) • desolation washes over • losing track of time • days begin to blur together • 

no longer feeling alive • decay degrade

saturated • drifting apart • carried away

pulled out to sea • we wake to a rising tide

we tried to fight the waves • the current carried us away

drowning in self-made misery

II. In Crude I Remain

waking to a world in ruins • 

everything i've known stripped away

waking up to a world alone • 

every single seed i've sown has been washed away

unfamiliar with my surroundings • this place is now shrouded, encased, and soaked in black • unfamiliar with my surroundings • the haze permeates, it’s overwhelming • surrounded and sunk, • sopping and sluggish • inhaling crude, regrettably i remain 

wretchedness • take me • bring me home to sleep • sweet release

unbalanced  • abandoned • unsteady • i remain blank 

searching, wandering  • trying to find my way  • hopelessly • drifting and carried away • searching, wandering  • trying to find my way  • hopelessly drifting and carried away

unbalanced  • abandoned • unsteady • i remain

save me • free me • save me • hades • save me • take me

III. In Depths I Sink

serpentine tongues deceive me with their siren songs • 

leading me on to believe  in voices of pretend • lashing out at what is nothing more than a figment of my own imagination

apparitions come to life

dream on vivid dreamer • lack of action won’t make believers • put faith in something real • something tangible you can feel

apparitions come to life • a nightmare is realized

i held my breath for far too long • always turned a blind eye • one step outside myself • let go • got lost inside my mind

forked tongues deceiving me • got lost in apathy • 

thrashing about at sea • attacking my integrity

dream on vivid dreamer • lack of action won’t make believers • put faith in something real • something tangible you can feel

so where are you now • wandering in forever after • you left me to burn in gehenna over days and weeks and years 

IV. From Depths I Rise

you're dreaming awake • you're not alone • 

from depths you will rise • i'll pull you home • 

you're dreaming awake 

i can feel it washing over me

i can feel it • these tides set me free

the tides have changed • they carry me towards the shore

with the winds at my back i can move onward

it was your destiny to walk in the clouds • 

to go our separate ways and pursue our own dreams

A View Of Heaven From A Seat In Hell

i watched you faultier • i saw the moment that you fell

V. In Dust I Stand

too scared to let go • remain chained to this anchor • letting it drag me down • 

i can't hold my breath forever

how am i supposed to move when i'm letting this guilt weigh me down • dragging me beneath the surface • continue with excuses • they only drag me down •

 it won't be long til i'm dead in the water

no longer will i be plagued by a guilty conscience

how was i supposed to move • i was buried in wavesof uncertainty 

no longer will i be plagued by a guilty conscience

seeking deliverance from the fate my transgressions have earned • 

trying only to make sense of a lesson to be learned

not scared to let go • unchained from this anchor • pulling myself to ground  • 

i can breathe, i can stand

no more dwelling on the past • it will haunt me no longer

i won’t sink any lower • i won’t let this drag me down (x1)

in dust i rise

seeking deliverance from the fate my transgressions have earned • 

trying only to make sense of a lesson to be learned

seizing deliverance from belief that i have no control • 

trying only to have purpose • a lesson has been learned 

no more dwelling on the past • i won't let it haunt me any longer 

i won’t sink any lower • i won't let this drag me any lower

VI. A New Awakening

for the first time in a while i have a reason to hope • i have a reason to smile • for the first time in several years there’s nothing holding me back • nothing to interfere

my eyes have been unveiled • a shroud has been lifted • 

i can see clearly now • that the haze has subsided 

there’s no going back to the ways of the past • 

and with that realization there comes some sort of relief

a burden has been lifted • i now breathe with ease

a new beginning • a breath of fresh air • new life has left my lungs • rejuvenated • 

a new beginning • a new awakening • new life has left my heart Rejuvenated

my eyes now see the subtle beauty inside of everything i previously overlooked • the splendor of life • the joy that it brings never really ceases to amaze me

sand on my feet the earth beneath me • the most comforting feeling, it fills me with  a warmth that i had lost • to have solid ground beneath me • to no longer be floating  • to be standing in tribute to new life • a new flood of color and verve

a new beginning • a new awakening • new life has left my heart Rejuvenated

now that i’ve found myself i can move on in a new direction

i am replenished, i am renewed • i’m seeing life through a new point of view • no longer taking every moment for granted • with every breath i’m feeling blessed to be alive

now that i’ve found myself i can move on in a new direction 

for the first time in a while i have a reason to hope • i have a reason to smile • for the first time in several years there’s nothing holding me back nothing to interfere

doing something right.

Hey everyone,
well, since the last post, the record has been unleashed and slowly making its way across the world. We have had orders coming from all over the earth, including Japan, France, Canada, Columbia, Colombia, Israel, the UK, etc etc, so that has been incredibly cool to see! We thank all of you fans abroad to for paying the extra few bucks in shipping! We tried to keep the cd to the lowest price possible for everyone. 
 Anyway, one of those righteous fans happened to send us an email the other day, and we just thought that was pretty cool, so I thought we'd post that email (we omitted his name, just in case he doesn't want to be on our shitty website! hahaha)
*****
Hello Orwell

I've successfully received your album the other day and I must say I'm thoroughly impressed by the whole thing (package and the music).
It's a very unique CD and I'm keeping the words of appreciation with the lyrical book. I must admit it touched me deeply to see an artist to be so appreciative. It makes me wish I had paid so much more for your CD (I'm a student who just moved, fucking ouch) because it would be totally worth it.
I'll definitely be buying a t-shirt if you guys ever release one and I hope to see you guys live at the other side of the pond, as you guys put so eloquently.
My copy of AVOHFASIH is the most prized possession of my 2000+ albums counting musical collection. You guys can be proud!
Keep up the good work guys! I'll see about writing a review for the album and posting it on Sputnik Music when I feel I can do it justice.

Kindest regards of a new fan,


*****


So that was cool to read and kind of demonstrates the overall reaction we have received to the packaging and the physical album. Hopefully other bands take note and realize that if you truley put your heart into something, people will support it.


Also, I have to note that we were on the cover of La Crosse's alt-news-art-music-scene (like the city pages in other big cities, only cooler ;) paper  yesterday, and that is also incredibly cool to us. We all read and love the second supper, it is a staple of La Crosse Wisconsin, which is a town we all have a deep love and appreciation for, so to be honored on the cover and in the pages of the second supper is pretty fulfilling for us! I haven't had a chance to read to the article yet (as I live 3 hours from LaX) but they always do a great job, so go grab one of these free pieces of awesome.

Lastly, I must apologize for giving a weeks worth of updates in one post. After the album finally dropped and our release shows go under our belts, it was time to take a few days to breath and refocus. That's over though, and it's go time now! haha


Check out these recent interviews with some uber-rab webzines we did!


American Aftermath Interview with Erik:
http://americanaftermath.net/2011/09/15/exclusive-interview-orwells-erik-bolstad/


Metal Army America interview with Tim:
http://www.metal-army.com/?tag=avohfasih


Infernal Rock Radio iterview with Tim (audio):
http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Orwell-Interview/audio/899693/64462.html?widgetId=19958


That's it for now! More to come soon.
As we have asked, and continue to ask, please show everyone you know AVOHFASIH, we are extremely proud of this record and confident that anyone who has at least a tolerance for metal and heavy music can find something within the record. Thank all of you guys so much!!!!

-T

LISTEN: Full album stream, right here!

ORWELL-AVOHFASIH by orwellwi

AVOHFASIH Streaming in full.

metalinsider.net is streaming AVOHFASIH in full right now.
Link below.
Enjoy.


http://www.metalinsider.net/metal-on-metal/unsigned-and-streamed-stream-orwells-entire-album-avohfasih

-T

what do you mean, packaged by hand?

again, the lengths we go.

-T

It's almost here!

So, you can now head on over to
 http://orwellus.bandcamp.com/
and pre-order your copy of AVOHFASIH. Both the digital and physical versions are available for pre-order on the site and you get a free download of "In Tides I Wake" just for pre-ordering. The album is currently for sale at $6, and the digital is Name-Your-Own-Price (starts at $1). After the release date, the digital version of the album will be free.

If you aren't quite convinced we rock hard enough for you to pay $1 for our music, you can listen to the entire album EXCLUSIVELY on metalinsider.net starting next wednesday.

WE ARE PUMPED!

-T

a new page!

http://officialorwell.blogspot.com/p/press.html

Yep, we now have a page dedicated to showing you the Orwell sightings around the web. If you see something we don't have listed, shoot us an email at orwell.metal@gmail.com or on our facebook wall!
Thanks!

-T

ch-ch-ch-ch-CHANGES!

Yesterday, we were all avid Metalsucks readers. Today we are on Metalsucks. Very cool moment for us. Thanks to the Vince at MS for checking out the album and giving us a shout out!

-T

http://www.metalsucks.net/2011/08/22/orwell-take-a-seat-upon-the-iron-thrones/

Download "In Crude I Remain" FREE!

Midwest Movement has been a force to be reckoned with in the midwest for quite some time. That being said, we are proud, excited, and honored to be involved with them!

SO, get your ass over to the following link and download the new Midwest Movement Summer Metal sampler. It includes our song "In Crude I Remain" (exclusive download!) as well as 5 tracks from some other super rad midwest bands!

DOWNLOAD:
http://www.midwestmovement.com/mwm-summer-sampler/

"In Tides, I Wake" - a taste

Here's snippet of the first song of off AVOHFASIH entitled "In Tides, I Wake"
Enjoy

-T

More new sounds

There's more new music if you watch the whole video!

-T

First song from AVOHFASIH!

Track 2.
Enjoy.

-T

...so it begins.

The lengths we go...

Here is a snapshot I took of my garage at the present moment. You are looking at the final round of hand painted Orwell posters we are working on. 

There is going to be about 65 of these. 50 of them are going to the first 25 people at each of the two shows this weekend. The rest are for family and friends.

Either way, today I spent the first portion of my day cutting the inserts for the cassette tapes (also available for free to the first 25 people at the shows this weekend). 

My point is, we are putting a lot of ourselves into everything that goes along with this record, and it's really great to be so excited for something. I hope you guys enjoy all the cool D.I.Y stuff we are going to be sending your way from now on, because we are having a blast creating it!

July 14 - Marquette MI, The Uptown

July 15 - Wausau WI, The Kruz In

Cassettes and posters will go to the first 25 people to visit the Orwell merch booth.

Posters:

Hand sprayed 3 color, 3 stencil Orwell print 

- Limited quantity of 50

- Hand Numbered

Cassette:

Orwell/Shroud of Despondency Split Single

Side 1:

Orwell - "In Depths, I Sink" from the album AVOHFASIH - Available: 9.6.11

Side 2:

Shroud of Despondency - "Follow the Road of Light" - from the album For The First Bolt of Lightning"

- Limited Quantity of 50

- Hand Numbered

Logan worked his ass off to get these posters put together also, let him know what you think!

His stencil skills are totally rad!

Thanks for checking out the site.

-T