Kayo Dot  

Kayo Dot's relevance to metal is tenuous at best. This is the followup band to Maudlin Of The Well, a group that, though fascinating in its own right, was only occasionally in the metal world. At one time Kayo Dot featured several of Maudlin's members (in addition to those below, several others in supporting roles), and the style here is a clear extension to what Maudlin was doing, but not surprisingly it's even less metallic in the traditional sense, instead focusing on drawn-out, classically oriented semi-ambient soundscapes, often with a very dischordant tone, with a multitude of eclectic instruments in the mix, difficult to describe particularly within a normal rock/metal context. Their albums have consistently garnered outstanding reviews, and the reviews are justified, as this is really an elaborate, complex listen -- just don't expect to do any headbanging.

Current Members Toby Driver guitars/vocals/electronics (Maudlin Of The Well) Daniel Means guitars/sax Terran Olson keyboards (Maudlin Of The Well) Keith Abrams drums Mia Matsumiya violin

Former Members/Guests Greg Massi guitars/vocals (Maudlin Of The Well) John Carchia guitars Nicholas Kyte bass/vocals Ryan McGuire bass/keyboards Patrick Wolff keyboards Sam Gutterman drums/vocals (Maudlin Of The Well) Tom Malone drums Charlie Zeleny drums (Blotted Science, Behold ... The Arctopus) David Bodie drums Forbes Graham trombone/guitars D. Thomas Murray samples

Discography

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Choirs Of The Eye 
2003 Tzadik

Marathon A Pitcher of Summer The Manifold Curiosity Wayfarer The Antique

Toby Driver Greg Massi Nicholas Kyte Ryan McGuire Sam Gutterman Forbes Graham Mia Matsumiya

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Dowsing Anenome With Copper Tongue 
2006 Robotic Empire

Gemini Becoming The Tripod Immortelle And Paper Caravelle Aura On An Asylum Wall On Limpid Form Amaranth The Peddler

Toby Driver Greg Massi John Carchia Ryan McGuire Tom Malone Forbes Graham D. Thomas Murray Mia Matsumiya

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Blue Lambency Downward 
2008 Hydra Head

Blue Lambency Downward Clelia Walking Right Hand is the One I Want The Sow Submits The Awkward Windwheel The Useless Ladder Symmetrical Arizona

Toby Driver Charlie Zeleny Mia Matsumiya

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Live In Bonn 
2009

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Coyote 
2010 Hydra Head

Calonyction Girl Whisper Ineffable Abyss Hinge 1: Sleeping Birds Sighing in Roscolux Abyss Hinge 2: The Shrinking Armature Cartogram Out of Phase

Toby Driver Daniel Means Patrick Wolff Terran Olson David Bodie Mia Matsumiya

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(EP) Stained Glass 
2010

Stained Glass

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Gamma Knife 
2012

Lethe Rite of Goetic Evocation Mirror Water, Lightning Night Ocellated God Gamma Knife

Toby Driver Terran Olson Keith Abrams Mia Matsumiya