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The Metal Mayan

Apr 19, 2023

Enforced - War Remains (Century Media)

Among the many intertwined branches of the heavy metal family tree, crossover thrash is often considered the offspring of hardcore punk...

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Woe Unto Me - Along The Meandering Ordeals, Reshape The Pivot Of Harmony (M-Theory Audio)

The Metal Mayan

Mar 25, 2023

Woe Unto Me - Along The Meandering Ordeals, Reshape The Pivot Of Harmony (M-Theory Audio)

One of the most radical branches in the world of extreme music, few sub-genres push the limits quite like funeral doom metal. Often times...

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Sermon - Of Golden Verse (Prosthetic Records)

The Metal Mayan

Mar 20, 2023

Sermon - Of Golden Verse (Prosthetic Records)

There is something pure about anonymous art and music, an intimacy of sorts where listeners can focus on the material rather than the...

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Ov Sulfur - The Burden Ov Faith (Century Media)

The Metal Mayan

Mar 10, 2023

Ov Sulfur - The Burden Ov Faith (Century Media)

Though far from any frozen fjords or deep forests, Las Vegas, Nevada, is not without its ample sphere of influence in the world of...

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Entheos - Time Will Take Us All (Metal Blade Records)

The Metal Mayan

Mar 4, 2023

Entheos - Time Will Take Us All (Metal Blade Records)

For many years, bands such as Meshuggah, Tool, and Opeth have been affectionately referred to as 'thinking (hu)man's metal'. From...

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The Metal Mayan

Feb 21, 2023

Enslaved - Heimdal (Nuclear Blast)

As the old adage goes, with age comes wisdom and with experience comes new possibilities. Few bands have demonstrated this quite like...

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Distant - Heritage (Century Media Records)

The Metal Mayan

Feb 12, 2023

Distant - Heritage (Century Media Records)

Deathcore: an extreme subgenre of hardcore and death metal that carried a nearly two decade long history of adoring fans and resentful...

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Imha Tarikat - Hearts Unchained – At War with a Passionless World (Lupus Lounge)

The Metal Mayan

Nov 25, 2022

Imha Tarikat - Hearts Unchained – At War with a Passionless World (Lupus Lounge)

Since its inception, black metal has long been a style meant to take the listener to a different plain of existence. Sometimes it's to...

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Candlemass - Sweet Evil Sun (Napalm Records)

The Metal Mayan

Nov 20, 2022

Candlemass - Sweet Evil Sun (Napalm Records)

With temperatures dropping below freezing in the northeastern United States but the full force of Mother North still to come, the season...

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The Metal Mayan

Aug 25, 2022

Fallujah - Empyrean (Nuclear Blast)

Founded 15 years ago, influenced by the likes of Death and Decrepit Birth, and coming to prominence along side bands such as The Faceless...

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The Metal Mayan

Aug 25, 2022

Sigh - Shiki (Peaceville)

Whether it is fashion, technology, or, in this case, music, Japan has always been a leader of thinking beyond established rules; experts...

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My Sleeping Karma - Atma (Napalm Records)

The Metal Mayan

Aug 8, 2022

My Sleeping Karma - Atma (Napalm Records)

As far as history can tell, music has long been a bridge between the human world and a realm far beyond our comprehension. Perhaps...

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God Is An Astronaut - The Beginning Of The End (Napalm Records)

The Metal Mayan

Jul 23, 2022

God Is An Astronaut - The Beginning Of The End (Napalm Records)

2002 was a curious year in the world of music. The sun was setting on the era of the boy/girl bands, with their place on the charts being...

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Municipal Waste - Electrified Brain (Nuclear Blast)

The Metal Mayan

Jun 27, 2022

Municipal Waste - Electrified Brain (Nuclear Blast)

At a time in the world when real life events are plenty intense and brutal, one might wish for something to bring a little bit of order...

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Besvärjelsen - Atlas (Magnetic Eye Records)

The Metal Mayan

May 22, 2022

Besvärjelsen - Atlas (Magnetic Eye Records)

The uniqueness of any heavy metal band can be argued as one part nature, one part nurture. To be specific, the nature is in reference to...

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Static Abyss - Labyrinth of Veins (Peaceville Records)

The Metal Mayan

Apr 25, 2022

Static Abyss - Labyrinth of Veins (Peaceville Records)

What comes to mind when thinking of being lost in a labyrinth? The claustrophobia among the towering walls? The panic of never finding...

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The Metal Mayan

Apr 22, 2022

Northlane - Obsidian (Believe)

When the world is at its quietest, sometimes it is easier to find words then than it is in times of overpowering noise and sound. Despite...

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Undeath - It's Time...To Rise from the Grave (Prosthetic Records)

The Metal Mayan

Apr 22, 2022

Undeath - It's Time...To Rise from the Grave (Prosthetic Records)

At a time when many bands are moving toward minimalism as far as packaging and presentation, it is easy to long for the days of the past....

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Kublai Khan TX - Lowest Form Of Animal (Rise Records)

The Metal Mayan

Apr 8, 2022

Kublai Khan TX - Lowest Form Of Animal (Rise Records)

From Judge to Earth Crisis to Hatebreed, and every band in between, the genre of hardcore is a testament to the fact that the most brutal...

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Watain - The Agony & Ecstasy of Watain (Nuclear Blast)

The Metal Mayan

Apr 8, 2022

Watain - The Agony & Ecstasy of Watain (Nuclear Blast)

It could be argued that black metal is the absinthe of the metal world. It's not for everyone, some try it once and a while to experience...

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