Mamaleek
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| Origin | San Francisco, CA , U.S. |
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| Years active | 2008–present |
| Labels | Enemies List. , The Flenser |
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| Past members | Eric Alan Livingston |
| Website | mamaleek |
Mamaleek is an American experimental metal group from San Francisco, founded in 2008[1] by two anonymous brothers.[2] The name supposedly derives from Arabic, and is the plural of mamluk, or "slave".[3]
In 2011, the band was signed with Enemies List; that year, their album Kurdaitcha topped Leor Galil's "Best Free Albums of 2011" list.[4] The band has released seven albums, and are signed with the San Francisco-based alternative label The Flenser.[3]
Regarding the band's style and genre, Noisey wrote: "It's black metal, but then again, it isn't; there are massive electronic, jazz, and psychedelic influences, as well as pronounced Middle Eastern inclinations in melody and aesthetic".[3] According to Stereoboard, they "are a band like no other....Portishead playing lo-fi metal might be somewhere vaguely near the mark".[2] Galil said they "mix Middle Eastern song structures and samples, atonal experimental and avant-garde accents, guttural metal howls, accessible electronic breakbeats, sludgy doom metal guitar-work, nimble piano interludes, and plenty of pop panache to create an unrelenting, moving sound".[5]
Band member Eric Alan Livingston died on March 6, 2023, at the age of 38.[6]
Discography[edit]
- Fever Dream (2008)
- Mamaleek (2008)
- Kurdaitcha (2011)
- He Never Spoke A Mumblin’ Word (The Flenser, 2014)[7]
- Via Dolorosa (The Flenser, 2015)[2]
- Out of Time (2018)[8]
- Come & See (2020)
- Diner Coffee (2022)
- Those Who Pass Between Fleeting Words (2023)
References[edit]
- ^ "Mamaleek". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
- ^ a b c Bland, Ben (June 24, 2015). "Noise Not Music #11: False, Abyssal, Pale Chalice And More". Stereoboard. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
- ^ a b c "Premiere: Black Metal Oddballs Mamaleek Score a Winner with Nothing But Loss". Noisey. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
- ^ Galil, Leor (May 30, 2013). "Cheap Tunes: Frustrator's 'Anther'". Forbes. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
- ^ Galil, Leor (December 13, 2011). "The Best Free Albums of 2011". Forbes. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
- ^ Monroe, Jazz; Strauss, Matthew. "Mamaleek's Eric Alan Livingston Dies at 38". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
- ^ Krasman, Brian (July 24, 2014). "Experimentalists Mamaleek poke black metal's boundaries with mysterious He Never Spoke…". Meat Mead Metal. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
- ^ "Out of Time, by Mamaleek". Mamaleek. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Mamaleek discography at Discogs
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