The Metal Mayan
Batushka, Swallow the Sun, Stormruler @ The Brooklyn Monarch
After centuries of bringing together countless cultures and heritages, New York City has seen just about everything. Yet, even nowadays,...
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The Metal Mayan
- Aug 9
- 3 min
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
- 3 min
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
- 3 min
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
- 3 min
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 9
- 3 min
Two Stepping For One World - Metalcore & Mother Earth: an interview with Trevor Phipps
"The woman on the table is Mother Earth," states Unearth vocalist Trevor Phipps, "and everyone is just taking from her and taking from...
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The Metal Mayan
- Jun 6
- 3 min
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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The Metal Mayan
- Jun 3
- 4 min
Milwaukee Metal Fest or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Moshpit
"I remember coming here with my son back in '98" he said with a smile, "And here we are again: me, my son, and my grandkids, still...
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The Metal Mayan
- May 24
- 3 min
Pupil Slicer - Blossom (Prosthetic Records)
While certainly not the only time in heavy metal's long and colorful (albeit mostly smeared in black with shades of grey and camouflage)...
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Kate Drexel
- May 19
- 2 min
Wage War, nothing,nowhere., Spite @ The Fillmore Silver Spring
Out on tour to promote their 2021 album, Manic, Wage War played an epic show in Silver Spring, MD on Tuesday, May 16 with Spite and...
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