𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐭 & 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞: 𝐀 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐀 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤, by The Owl & The Owls

𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐭 & 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞: 𝐀 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐀 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤

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1.	The Owls album WIP 16.8.23 - Magnitude 01:26	lyrics
From the upcoming album 'Life Changes'; currently being mixed and nearing completion. -LYRICS- I will never allow insignificance on unworldly levels deter me from finding solace and peace I am nothing, yet all I have My world was in abject ruin I begged for it all to just end I was all on my own I am nothing, yet all I have My world was in abject ruin Even at the final moment I still could not give in
2.	The Owls album WIP 16.8.23 - Taming The Storm 01:30	lyrics
From the upcoming album 'Life Changes'; currently being mixed and nearing completion. 'BUT DEFEATED I WILL NEVER BE'
3.	The Owls album WIP 16.8.23 - Even The Darkest Void Is Not Empty 00:59	lyrics
From 'Taming The Storm' on the upcoming album 'Life Changes'; currently being mixed and nearing completion.
4.	The Owls rehearsal demo 16.8.23 - Defy Their Instructions 01:23	lyrics
Part of the newest set of songs that we are playing live. -LYRICS- They want you subservient Control is their wealth Fear brings them power and it is inhumane You are your own person FREE TO THINK what is best for you FREE TO KNOW Don't be a dick to anyone else FREE TO CHOOSE and we will get along just fine You are better than them for not accepting their domination These are the first steps to actually being free You don't need to feel stranded on your own in the desert any more HURGH!
5.	The Owls rehearsal demo 16.8.23 - Carve No More From Broken Bones 00:54	lyrics
FOUL - MOUTHED - (IN)HUMAN(E) YOUR - VILE HABITS - ARE THE ABNORMAL Part of the newest set of songs that we are playing live.
6.	The Owl - Reversing The Demise Of Morality 01:18	lyrics
Clip from the upcoming album 'Dramatic Extrasensory Manipulations' which is coming out on tape via Drama Recorder soon.
7.	The Owl - To Disappear From Sight 01:17	lyrics
Clip from the upcoming split with Hoodrat Messiah
8.	The Owl - Lift Off The Head 01:10	lyrics
Clip from the upcoming EP 'Possessing Processes'
9.	The Owl - Striving To Be Nothing Like Anything Else 01:14	lyrics
Clip from the upcoming album 'Unrealistic Harmonies'
10.	The Owl - Behold! The Shimmering Doorway To The Future 02:03	lyrics
Clip from the upcoming split with Cosmic Abyss

about

THE OWL: Paul solo and collaborations.
Sound experiments since 1994; as The Owl since October 2018

----- U P C O M I N G - R E L E A S E S ! (Labels) -----
Tollund Man (Cursed Monk)
Dramatic Extrasensory Manipulations (Tapes on Drama Recorder)
Split with Hoodrat Messiah (Tapes on Outsider Industries)

Several more splits and albums finished and preparing.
It's time to stop messing about!

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THE OWLS: Paul, Blanka & Tomáš; formed in December 2021. Current/ex-members of Gets Worse, Tupak Amaru, Hibakusha, Rosa Parks, Hundred Year Old Man, Dno, Sloth Hammer, Miss Marple, Marne and many more. We all are involved with putting on DIY gigs / working in and running venues for 20/25+ years in Leeds, Orlová and Ostrava. We play a mix of crust / punk / grind, atmospheric black metal, doom and noise. Vegan, active and vocally anti-the-bad-things, pro-the-good-things.

----- 𝗨 𝗣 𝗖 𝗢 𝗠 𝗜 𝗡 𝗚 - 𝗚 𝗜 𝗚 𝗦 ! -----

----- Booking: theowlripper@gmail.com -----
theowlsova.bandcamp.com
www.instagram.com/theowlsova

credits

released August 17, 2023

The Owl in its various forms is an ever-changing, always experimental, all-style project, which spans dark ambient, doom/black/drone grind/punk/crust, noise, electronics, dungeon synth and more, with plenty of 'loudquietnoises and fastslowriffs' in the 120+ releases.

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𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱, 𝗜 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝗹𝘆 900 𝗴𝗶𝗴𝘀 𝗶𝗻 20 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 (𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿):
𝗕𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝘃𝗮𝘀, 𝗧𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗮, 𝗡𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘀, 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝗵, 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘂𝗺, 𝗦𝗹𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿, 𝗡𝗼 𝗙𝘂𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗚𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻, 𝗡𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗻𝗮, 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗺𝘄𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗿, 𝗠𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲, 𝗚𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲, 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗢𝗹𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝗻, 𝗔𝘂𝗯𝘇𝗮𝗴𝗹; 𝗽𝗹𝘂𝘀 𝗮 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 (𝗪𝗵𝗼𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿, 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻) 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹, 𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗻𝗼𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗸𝗲𝘆𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝟯𝟬 𝗮𝗹𝗯𝘂𝗺𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺.

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----- Past SOLO / COLLABS / OWL / OWLS gigs -----

(38) - 11/1/24 Ostrava (Galerie Díra) Šedá zóna exhibition opening
(37) - 15/12/23 Rožnov pod Radhoštěm (Vrátnice) (The Owls)
w/ Innoxia Corpora, Tilikum
(36) - 28/10/23 Ostrava (Kmart) (The Owl)
w/ Parasite Nurse, JHK, Sakkikangas & VJ JV, Hubert

(35) - 26/10/23 Prague (Eternia Půda) (The Owls) w/ La Casa Fantom
(34) - 25/10/23 Ostrava (Barrák) (The Owls) w/ Stormo
(33) - 10/10/23 Ostrava (Rock Hill) (The Owls) w/ Muerto, Stoom
(32) - 10/9/23 Jihlava (Cafe Etage) (The Owls) w/ Průmyslová Smrt, ØBLAST
(31) - 9/9/23 Leipzig (Stö) (The Owls) w/ Crowskin, Out Of Phase

(30) - 8/9/23 Praha (Hospoda Brouk) (The Owls) w/ ØBLAST, Tryzna
'Magnitude': www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q79wcbf4rlM
(29) - 18/8/23 VZDOR FEST IX (Hostašovice) (The Owls) w/ Anti-System, Ctib, Bastard Instinkt, Empty Hall Of Fame, Unrest, IQ:60, Nerad
(28) - 29/7/23 FLUFF FEST (Rokycany) (The Owls) - flufffest.net/line-up
(27) - 26/7/23 Orlová (Futra) (The Owls) w/ Laxity, Ÿperitiff
(26) - 20/5/23 Alternativní Scéna XII, Orlová (Klub Futra) (The Owls)
w/ Impulsealer, Säkkikangas & VJ JV, Nervy, Post-hudba, Laundered Syrup, Skovka, Kniper, Plochy

(25) - 10/4/23 Ostrava (Provoz) (The Owls) w/ Haexler, Prügelknabe
(24) - 31/3/23 Frýdek-Místek (Zkušebna Art Club) (The Owls)
w/ Haters, Violent Reprisal, D-Mentality
(23) - 18/3/23 NOISE FEST Brno (Sibiř) (Solo improvised)
w/ Joke Lanz & Petr Vrba, Ryosuke Kiyasu, Furuburasuto, Bnsu, Uranes, Wilhelm Grasslich & Usnu? collab, Chrup, Yperitiff, Sloth
theowl.bandcamp.com/album/116-live-in-brno-noise-fest-18323
(22) - 3/3/23 Praha (Underdogs) Ukraine Benefit (The Owls)
w/ Dreven, Sekeromlat, Opium Warlock
'Magnitude': www.youtube.com/watch?v=qryekBP-CkE
'Taming The Storm': www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xV1dcltkZk
(21) - 21/2/23 Ostrava (Barrák Music Club) (Instrumental Owls)
w/ Wormrot, Sheeva Yoga
200 seconds: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdNfPVhcPLE

(20) - 15/2/23 Ostrava (Rock Hill) (The Owls)
w/ Massola, Hubnutí řízené počítačem
(19) - 17/12/22 Brno (Tří ocásků) (Solo prepared set) w/ Dinya
'March Against The Immoral':
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ly7rsWJp9c
(18) - 12/11/22 Trutnov (Garáž za kolejema) (The Owls)
w/ Impulsealer, Dno, GORC, Člověk v plísni, Blitzkrieg Boys
(Čvp video): www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTBokL2GHIc
(17) - 11/11/22 Praha (Balada Bar) (The Owls)
w/ Impulsealer, Dno, GORC, Člověk v plísni, Blitzkrieg Boys
(16) - 15/10/22 Orlová (Futra 25th Birthday) (Solo prepared set)
w/ Lycanthrophy, Miss Marple, Pacino, Usnu?, It's Everyone Else, Innoxia Corpora, Dynasteel, Vypalne
'Avalanche Of Devils': www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fremXl5HXs

(15) - 11/9/22 Orlová (Futra) (The Owls) w/ Marne, Taupe
(14) - 20/8/22 Bučení Festival, Lubná (Solo collab with Neism)
w/ Martin Režný, Kiva Talo, Rashad Becker, beepblip, Wilf Amis +
Full set: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvr6Ov4qAX0
(13) - 19/8/22 Ostrava (Provoz) (The Owls) w/ Massola
(12) - 28/5/22 Alternativní scéna XI, Orlová (Futra) (solo improv)
w/ Adacta, Laokoon, Slat, Ahoj, Neism, Plochy
(11) - 14/5/22 Bardejov, Slovakia (Bašta) (The Owls)
w/ Marne, Innoxia Corpora, Dezinfekce
'Solitude': www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N8DrkJ-_EQ

(10) - 13/5 Žilina, Slovakia (Hájovňa) (The Owls)
w/ Marne, Innoxia Corpora, Dezinfekce
(9) - 6/5/22 Orlová (Futra) (The Owls) w/ Vole, Bahratal, Mörkhimmel
'Magnitude': www.youtube.com/watch?v=Luvlrc4ZVjo
(8) - 8/4/22 Olomouc (SF Mini) (The Owls)
w/ Uncle Grasha's Flying Circus & Marne
(7) - 19/2/22 Brno (Bajkazyl) (The Owls) w/ Ahoj, Marne, -273.15
(6) - 15/1/22 Orlová (Futra) (The Owls & collab set)
w/ The Resin Organ & Teh(A)nu, Lorenzo Abattoir
'Solitude': www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSLik5i3yoI
Collab: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSLik5i3yoI
theowl.bandcamp.com/album/74-live-in-orlov-january-15th-2022

(5) - 14/1/22 Ostrava (Fiducia) (Solo improv) w/ Lorenzo Abattoir
Full visual: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYLLSy37DVM
theowl.bandcamp.com/album/73-live-in-ostrava-january-14th-2022
(4) - 7/1/22 Praha (Balada Bar) (Collab with Surfin' Bazooka)
w/ Marne, MikeXWazowski
Live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPpvBJJ2ekw
theowl.bandcamp.com/album/72-live-in-prague-january-7th-2022
(3) - 16/2/20 Leeds, England (Temple Of Boom) (Solo planned)
w/ Catafalque, Bogwych, Orme
(2) - 8/6/19 Leeds, England (Bad Apples) (Solo improvised)
w/ Fumata, Cegvera
theowl.bandcamp.com/album/5-live-at-bad-apples-leeds-june-8th-2019
(1) - 28/11/18 Leeds, England (Temple Of Boom) (Solo improvised)
w/ Bismuth, Vile Creature, Sloth Hammer, Sadistic Statistic
(((0))) - 3/10/15 Leeds England (Left Bank) (Pre-Owl solo improvised)
'Ten Hours Of Drone' all dayer in a church.

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I've also been lucky to work with some really great and inspiring labels already, for digital and physical releases (not including hundreds of compilation appearances), and wanted to namecheck them with an extra special thanks!

Adventurous Music - arrhythNia - Basement Corner Emissions - Bromtol Largesse - Camembert Electrique - Default Standard - ExtraNation - Gates Of Hypnos - Hamfuggi Records - Haunted Head - Kalamine Records - Korobushka Records - <1 Less Than One - LOUDsilence - Misanthropic Vendetta - mima kass - Mutual Aid - Nailed Nazarene - Pichula - Red Light Studio - Sputo - The Church Of Noisy Goat - Trepanation Recordings - Vacuum Noise

Please get in touch if you would like me to make a release for your label (especially physical. I've not done enough on tape / CD / vinyl so far, and would love to have a few more on any format).

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