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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 |
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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]
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Mamaleek | |
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Origin | San Francisco, CA , U.S. |
Genres | |
Years active | 2008–present |
Labels | Enemies List. , The Flenser |
Members |
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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]