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The Metal Mayan
Sep 16, 2024
Deicide, Krisiun, Inferi, Cloak @ Elite 23
"If anyone is parked on the left side of the building, please move your car now or the neighbors will have them towed!" Considering the...
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The Metal Mayan
Jul 29, 2024
As I Lay Dying, Chelsea Grin, Entheos @ Irving Plaza
"This is my second metal show, and my first one with big bands," said a young concertgoer, "do you think the moshpit will be heavy? I...
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The Metal Mayan
Jun 3, 2024
Baroness, Portrayal of Guilt, Gozu @ District Music Hall
At 110 years of age, the building now known as the District Music Hall has been the host of an incredible range of entertainment. From...
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The Metal Mayan
May 6, 2024
Decapitated, Septicflesh, Kataklysm, Allegaeon @ Warsaw
With the smell of fresh perogies and kielbasa wafting out from the venue into the sunny Brooklyn streets, the iconic cuisine of the...
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The Metal Mayan
Apr 13, 2024
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
Apr 7, 2024
Folterkammer, Witching, Sarmat, Viserion @ The Kingsland
Nestled in between industrial complexes and a quick hop and skip away from Manhattan (assuming the subways are at least reasonably on...
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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 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 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 21, 2023
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
Jun 3, 2023
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 3, 2023
Moonspell, Eleine, Oceans of Slumber @ The Brooklyn Monarch
Between the endless sea of low hanging clouds and the misty rain falling from them, it was a Saturday where good company would be most...
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The Metal Mayan
Apr 23, 2023
Whitechapel, Archspire, Signs of the Swarm, Entheos @ The Gramercy Theater
Making their way into the Gramercy Theater, a group of friends discussed the game plan for the evening as their bags and tickets were...
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The Metal Mayan
Apr 16, 2023
Morbid Angel, Revocation, Vitriol, Crypta @ The Gramercy Theater
----- Author's note: this review is dedicated to the memory of Fred Livingston Jr., to our fellow metalheads and their families...
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The Metal Mayan
Apr 9, 2023
Enslaved, Insomnium, Black Anvil @ Irving Plaza
Despite a week of increasingly warm days, a lone Wednesday stood out as the chosen window for winter to make one last stand before bowing...
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The Metal Mayan
Apr 6, 2023
Austin Meade, The Azures @ The Mercury Lounge
As the dividing line between the hip and artistic Greenwich Village and the styling shops of SoHo and Nolita, Houston Street is a New...
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The Metal Mayan
Mar 14, 2023
Rotting Christ, Carach Angren, Uada, Gaerea @ The Gramercy Theater
Between nightfall and storm clouds covering the island of Manhattan, the black clad concert goers seemed to melt into one long stream of...
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The Metal Mayan
Mar 7, 2023
Fleshgod Apocalypse, Obscura, Wolfheart, Thulcandra @ The Gramercy Theater
"Look at you guys, all dressed up," he said, his voice rich in a Brooklyn accent, "ain't this a metal show?" The couple in line smiled,...
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The Metal Mayan
Feb 27, 2023
Hulder, Blackbraid @ Le Poisson Rouge
The year is 1524 and fleet of canoes maneuver softly across the bay towards a mighty ship off the coast of an island called Manahatta. On...
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The Metal Mayan
Feb 24, 2023
Visions of Atlantis, The Spider Accomplice @ The Meadows
For many years, the Newtown Creek, located on the far side of Williamsburg just north of Flushing Avenue, was traversed by countless...
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