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The Metal Mayan
Oct 7, 2024
Testament, Kreator, Possessed @ College Street Music Hall
While appropriately named the 'Klash of the Titans' tour, more than a handful of concertgoers waiting outside the College Street Music...
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The Metal Mayan
Apr 19, 2024
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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The Metal Mayan
Mar 28, 2024
Alestorm, Elvenking, Glyph @ Toad's Place
Nestled in the shadow of the world famous Yale University, the streets around Toad's Place are often a mix of student, tourists, concert...
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The Metal Mayan
Dec 15, 2023
Meshuggah, In Flames, Whitechapel @ Toyota Oakdale Theater
As the doors of the Toyota Oakdale Theater opened, concert goers made their way in barely able to contain their excitement. Located in...
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The Metal Mayan
Dec 4, 2023
Cattle Decapitation, Immolation, Sanguisugabogg, Castrator @ Warsaw
"This is my first metal show actually," said the young man, "I'm just getting into it and my friends said to come to this show because...
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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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The Metal Mayan
Nov 15, 2023
Suffocation, Incantation, Skeletal Remains, Stabbing @ Warsaw
While many venues are known to offer snacks alongside the standard assortment of beers, Jägermeister, and soda, very few places boast the...
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The Metal Mayan
Nov 9, 2023
Gama Bomb - BATS (Prosthetic Records)
At a time when there is enough brutality in the world at large to make the most slamming of albums seem like easy listening, there is...
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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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The Metal Mayan
Oct 30, 2023
Wayfarer - American Gothic (Profound Lore Records)
They cast a long shadow over the town as they ride in under a burning western sun. Many citizens run in whatever building they can find,...
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The Metal Mayan
Oct 13, 2023
Wolves In The Throne Room, Blackbraid, Gaerea @ The Brooklyn Monarch
With October Rust in full effect, nightfall and crisp gusts come earlier in Brooklyn with each passing day. In this most mystical of...
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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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The Metal Mayan
Oct 5, 2023
Cannibal Corpse, Mayhem, Gorguts @ Brooklyn Steel
In the entertainment world, it usually takes something extraordinary for things to skip a beat - come Hell or high water, the show must...
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The Metal Mayan
Sep 29, 2023
Nervosa - Jailbreak (Napalm Records)
As the fourth quarter of the year rolls in, it can easily be said that 2023 has been packed with incredible releases from rising metal...
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The Metal Mayan
Sep 23, 2023
Uada, Ghost Bath, Cloak @ The Meadows
Nightfall in Brooklyn on what had so far been a warm day brought with it brisk winds and ominous storm clouds. Like something from a...
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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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The Metal Mayan
Jul 22, 2023
Signs Of The Swarm - Amongst The Low & Empty (Century Media)
It takes a special sort of band to develop a reputation that includes veteran moshers catching their breath after a set and remarking on...
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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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The Metal Mayan
Jun 15, 2023
Creeping Death - Boundless Domain (MNRK Heavy)
As the timeless saying goes, 'everything is bigger in Texas', and the place and importance of heavy metal is no exception. While the list...
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The Metal Mayan
Jun 6, 2023
Gloryhammer - Return to the Kingdom of Fife (Napalm Records)
With a legacy dating back over forty five years, the genre of power metal is nearly synonymous with tales of fantastic lands, beasts,...
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