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The Metal Mayan

Apr 19

The Metal Mayan Mixtape 19 April, 2024

Folterkammer - Weibermacht (Century Media Records) "A blackened sun rising over the realm of extreme metal - behold the future that is...

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Korpiklaani, Visions of Atlantis, Illumishade @ Gramercy Theater

The Metal Mayan

Apr 13

Korpiklaani, Visions of Atlantis, Illumishade @ Gramercy Theater

With the walls of the Gramercy Theater still reverberating from the folk metal melodies of the recent Týr show, a little more than a week...

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The Metal Mayan

Nov 19, 2023

Fellahin Fall - Urbana (Independent)

It's surprising how, in a city where the lights never go off and the streets are shared with 8.8 million people, one can feel so alone....

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Autopsy - Ashes, Organs, Blood And Crypts (Peaceville Records)

The Metal Mayan

Oct 31, 2023

Autopsy - Ashes, Organs, Blood And Crypts (Peaceville Records)

Chances are, when the cover art of your debut album is so controversial that is outright banned beyond its first pressing, yours is a...

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ONI - The Silver Line (Ironshore Records)

The Metal Mayan

Oct 7, 2023

ONI - The Silver Line (Ironshore Records)

In most any line of work, few things are as valuable as networking and collaboration. And when your resume includes co-writing a song for...

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Ringworm - Seeing Through Fire (Nuclear Blast)

The Metal Mayan

Aug 9, 2023

Ringworm - Seeing Through Fire (Nuclear Blast)

When a career of shouting into a microphone spans over 30 years, there sometimes comes a day when the steam starts to thin - the punch...

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Xasthur - Inevitably Dark (Lupus Lounge)

The Metal Mayan

Jun 21, 2023

Xasthur - Inevitably Dark (Lupus Lounge)

There are few bands that garner the same respect and reverence among extreme metal fans like Xasthur (pronounced 'Zass-thurr'). Like...

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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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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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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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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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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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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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