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
- Jun 3
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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The Metal Mayan
- Nov 3, 2022
Napalm Death, Brujeria, Frozen Soul, MDC @ Bowery Ballroom
While easily recognizable on any given day, Halloween weekend is a time when even the most outrageously dressed metalhead can fly under...
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The Metal Mayan
- Jun 12, 2022
Cradle of Filth, Frayle @ Toad's Place
June 10, 2022 When you are the face and voice for one of most respected extreme metal bands in the history of the genre, what does it...
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The Metal Mayan
- May 10, 2022
Rivers of Nihil, Fallujah, Alluvial, Warforged @ The Brooklyn Monarch
May 06, 2022 Between a day of heavy rain and the closure of the nearby L train station after 10:30pm for construction, this particular...
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The Metal Mayan
- Apr 30, 2022
Hypocrisy, Carach Angren, The Agonist @ Warsaw
April 29, 2022 As one of several venues in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Greenpoint, the appropriately named Warsaw is special in how it...
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Kate Drexel
- Mar 22, 2022
The Voyeurist Tour @ The Fillmore Silver Spring
Since my last show in February wasn’t in the photo pit, it seemed the photo gods owed me one. Thanks to the Underoath publicity team, I...
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The Metal Mayan
- Mar 15, 2022
Nile, Incantation, Sanguisugabogg, I Am @ The Gramercy Theater
March 08, 2022 As the city lights came to life under the setting sun, the marquee over The Gramercy Theater illuminated under four...
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The Metal Mayan
- Feb 13, 2022
Cattle Decapitation, The Last Ten Seconds of Life, Creeping Death, Extinction AD @ Le Poisson Rouge
February 09, 2022 "I apologize," said the older gentleman with a stifled laugh, "who did you say you all were in line to see tonight?"...
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Kate Drexel
- Feb 8, 2022
In This World (Or the Next): an interview with Keith Wallen
Now that I finished focusing on RED, allow me to turn my sights onto Keith Wallen; guitarist extraordinaire currently from Breaking...
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