Mamaleek

Mamaleek
Mamaleek
Origin	San Francisco, CA , U.S.
Genres	Black metal; jazz metal; electronic; noise rock;
Years active	2008–present
Labels	Enemies List. , The Flenser
Members	4 (anonymous);
Past members	Eric Alan Livingston
Website	mamaleek.bandcamp.com/album/diner-coffee

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

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)
Vida Blue (2024)

References

^ "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

Official website
Mamaleek discography at Discogs

[1] "Mamaleek". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved December 3, 2015.

[bland-2] Bland, Ben (June 24, 2015). "Noise Not Music #11: False, Abyssal, Pale Chalice And More". Stereoboard. Retrieved December 3, 2015.

[noisey1-3] "Premiere: Black Metal Oddballs Mamaleek Score a Winner with Nothing But Loss". Noisey. Retrieved December 3, 2015.

[4] Galil, Leor (May 30, 2013). "Cheap Tunes: Frustrator's 'Anther'". Forbes. Retrieved December 3, 2015.

[5] Galil, Leor (December 13, 2011). "The Best Free Albums of 2011". Forbes. Retrieved December 3, 2015.

[6] Monroe, Jazz; Strauss, Matthew. "Mamaleek's Eric Alan Livingston Dies at 38". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 7, 2023.

[7] Krasman, Brian (July 24, 2014). "Experimentalists Mamaleek poke black metal's boundaries with mysterious He Never Spoke…". Meat Mead Metal. Retrieved December 3, 2015.

[8] "Out of Time, by Mamaleek". Mamaleek. Retrieved August 31, 2018.

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