Mamaleek is an American experimental metal group from
San Francisco, founded in 2008 by two anonymous brothers.
The name supposedly derives from
Arabic, and is the plural of
mamluk, or "slave".
In 2011, the band was signed with Enemies List; that year, their album ''Kurdaitcha'' topped Leor Galil's "Best Free Albums of 2011" list. The band has released seven albums, and are signed with the San Francisco-based alternative label
The Flenser.
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influences, as well as pronounced Middle Eastern inclinations in melody and aesthetic".[ According to ''Stereoboard'', they "are a band like no other....Portishead playing lo-fi metal might be somewhere vaguely near the mark".][ 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".
Band member Eric Alan Livingston died on March 6, 2023, at the age of 38.
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Discography
*''Fever Dream'' (2008)
*''Mamaleek'' (2008)
*''Kurdaitcha'' (2011)
*''He Never Spoke A Mumblin’ Word'' (The Flenser, 2014)
*''Via Dolorosa'' (The Flenser, 2015)[
*''Out of Time'' (2018)]
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Black metal musical groups from California
Musical groups from San Francisco