The Resilient Spirit of MAVIS: How One Band Overcame 3 Years of Adversity to Create a Crushing Album

Put yourself in this scenario. Your passion for music has you in a band, you're working on your first album, and starting to play live shows. Then a global pandemic hits, some members leave to pursue other interests, and all of your equipment is lost in a studio fire. Would you call it quits? Or would you keep going?

Well, this actually happened to a band in Germany. And with their debut album coming out this week, it is easy to say the answer is to stay resilient and KEEP GOING!

German Metalcore band MAVIS is our guest today, and with the release of their new album due this week, you will discover:

• How MAVIS went through so much in their time, and how RESILIENCE should be their new name.
• A look into the new album "Grief Is No Ally" and how its creation comes in the form of 3 separate eras of the band over the past 3 years.
• What initial live reaction has been like, and why MAVIS isn't afraid to search for influences outside the norms of metalcore.

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maviscvlt

Twitter: https://twitter.com/maviscult

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maviscult/

YouTube: https://youtu.be/FdX8Fauct-Q?si=2_nj8iXZ2lIE3e_c

Website: https://mavisband.com/

Merch: https://maviscult.bigcartel.com

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6zGzRIBkAMQ2uQn3z8OEyf?si=MGYYxiNaSbmWxjTPPIf4QA

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/mavis/1490270458

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Welcome: (0:00)

The MAVIS Backstory of Resilience Since Inception: (1:02)

How a Newer Member Saw This Resilience in Adversity: (10:13)

How Different Perspectives on MAVIS Past Influenced the New Album: (15:00)

The Feedback from Live Shows Prior to Release: (24:07)

"Marcescence" & Summing Up the Entire Album: (27:11)

Playing "Marcescence" Live: (30:50)

Infusing New Influences Outside of the Norm into Metalcore: (32:15)

MAVIS Gives You 3 Bands to Check Out: (47:11)

Kevin's Final Thought; RESILIENCE, PASS IT ON: (54:13)