Maudiir is a one-man Black / Thrash Metal project that formed to be musically independent. Starting with guitar, F. works his way through each sullen track, adding drums, recording all the colorations and textures of the guitars, adding bass, and finally writing the words, very often at the same time they are being recorded.

The pessimistic aura of the music combines with lyrics about consumer society, religion, science going awry, addiction to technology, and environmental decay.

Maudiir released their debut EP “Le Temps Peste” during February 2020 and now returns exactly a year later with the follow up “La Part du Diable”
due out February 19, 2021.

Creating an intensely dark sound, “La Part du Diable” was inspired by reactions from people to the health crisis created by Covid, the political climate in the US, and conspiracy theories. It’s a riff-driven EP with big bass grooves and corrosive vocals, mixing thrash metal and black metal with progressive elements, giving it a unique sound and feel.

I would say that with “La Part du Diable”, I’m going into a slightly more Progressive and Thrash sound than on the first EP.

I also added distortion to the bass guitar this time around, which I think adds a Voïvod feel to the songs.

F. (ex-Deeply Confused, Tears for the Dead Gods) is also currently leading Prog / Thrash Metal outfit Trinity Blast.