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THE BIRTH AND DISINAGRATION OF ABSURDA The "advent" of AbsurdA can go back as far as 2003. Within a band known as Held In Scorn, Matt and Ray began a side project that would bring them away from the melodic metal scene they now dominated in their region. The side project, aptly titled Dark Hail, was to be a fusion of melodic metal with heavy doses of dark ambience and orchestrated set pieces with regards to acoustic and string instruments. Think Opeth, Inflames, and Godspeed...You Black Emperor in a no-holds-barred threesome. The seed of that heavy insemination would be Dark Hail. With Matt and Ray pulling double and even triple duty within the band, the project was set to be a studio only band. Matt was to drum as well as contribute to guitar and bass. Ray was to do the same, minus the drumming, and eventually both would inevitablly pick up a cello, violen...even a sitar. With the dilluting of Held In Scorn, Ray was unfortunately released from the band that he co-foun...