UPCOMING SHOWS

Friday, October 14, 2011

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

Friday, September 30, 2011

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

Friday, September 16, 2011

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







Tuesday, September 6, 2011

IT'S HERE!

After a year of writing, 2 months of recording, and 2 months of putting packaging together etc. AVOHFASIH has been released upon the world.
We hope you all enjoy the hell out of it!!!
 
DOWNLOAD IT: http://orwellus.bandcamp.com/
 
NAME YOUR OWN PRICE:
 
Digital: no minimum, download free, or give us a tip. If you don't pay, please at least show your friends and spread the word!

Physical: only 300 copies available. $6 minimum.

THANK YOU!!!!
-T