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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...

The Metal Mayan
Feb 24, 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...

The Metal Mayan
Feb 21, 2023


Distant - Heritage (Century Media Records)
Deathcore: an extreme subgenre of hardcore and death metal that carried a nearly two decade long history of adoring fans and resentful...

The Metal Mayan
Feb 12, 2023


The Jinjer USA Tour @ The Fillmore Silver Spring
I know, I’m late posting this but with the Thanksgiving holiday madness, I haven’t had a chance to sit down and write a proper review....

Kate Drexel
Nov 29, 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...

The Metal Mayan
Nov 25, 2022


Candlemass - Sweet Evil Sun (Napalm Records)
With temperatures dropping below freezing in the northeastern United States but the full force of Mother North still to come, the season...

The Metal Mayan
Nov 20, 2022


The Deadmen and Dragons Tour @ The Fillmore Silver Spring
On Halloween Eve, I was fortunate to shoot the Deadmen and Dragons tour, featuring Trivium and openers Between the Buried and Me,...

Kate Drexel
Nov 7, 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...

The Metal Mayan
Nov 3, 2022


The Tour to End All Tours @ The Fillmore Silver Spring
Last Thursday, The Tour to End All Tours featuring EPICA and Sabaton reached Silver Spring, Maryland. The sold-out show was definitely...

Kate Drexel
Oct 10, 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...

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...

The Metal Mayan
Aug 25, 2022


My Sleeping Karma - Atma (Napalm Records)
As far as history can tell, music has long been a bridge between the human world and a realm far beyond our comprehension. Perhaps...

The Metal Mayan
Aug 8, 2022


God Is An Astronaut - The Beginning Of The End (Napalm Records)
2002 was a curious year in the world of music. The sun was setting on the era of the boy/girl bands, with their place on the charts being...

The Metal Mayan
Jul 23, 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...

The Metal Mayan
Jun 27, 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...

The Metal Mayan
Jun 12, 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...

The Metal Mayan
May 22, 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...

The Metal Mayan
May 10, 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...

The Metal Mayan
Apr 30, 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...

The Metal Mayan
Apr 25, 2022


Northlane - Obsidian (Believe)
When the world is at its quietest, sometimes it is easier to find words then than it is in times of overpowering noise and sound. Despite...

The Metal Mayan
Apr 22, 2022
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