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Find sources: "Mamaleek" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (March 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this message) 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 **Mamaleek** is an American [experimental metal](/source/Avant-garde_metal) group from [San Francisco](/source/San_Francisco), founded in 2008[1] by two anonymous brothers.[2] The name supposedly derives from [Arabic](/source/Arabic), and is the plural of [mamluk](/source/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 nine albums, and are signed with the San Francisco-based alternative label [The Flenser](/source/The_Flenser).[3] Regarding the band's style and genre, [*Noisey*](/source/Vice_(magazine)#Website) wrote: "It's [black metal](/source/Black_metal), but then again, it isn't; there are massive [electronic](/source/Electronic_music), [jazz](/source/Jazz), and [psychedelic](/source/Psychedelic_music) 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 ### Albums - *Mamaleek* (February 11, 2008), self-released - *Fever Dream* (November 2008), Furusiyya Recordings - *Kurdaitcha* (March 15, 2011), Flenser Records - *Via Dolorosa* (May 26, 2015), Flenser Records[2] - *Out of Time*, Flenser Records (August 31, 2018), Flenser Records[7] - *Come & See* (March 27, 2020), Flenser Records - *Diner Coffee* (September 30, 2022), Flenser Records - *Vida Blue* (August 9, 2024), Flenser Records ### EPs - *He Never Spoke A Mumblin’ Word* – EP (July 22, 2014), Flenser Records[8] - *Those Who Pass Between Fleeting Words* – EP (December 1, 2023), Flenser Records ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Mamaleek"](http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Mamaleek/3540273985). *[Encyclopaedia Metallum](/source/Encyclopaedia_Metallum)*. Retrieved December 3, 2015. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-bland_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-bland_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-bland_2-2) Bland, Ben (June 24, 2015). ["Noise Not Music #11: False, Abyssal, Pale Chalice And More"](http://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/192321/9). Stereoboard. Retrieved December 3, 2015. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-noisey1_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-noisey1_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-noisey1_3-2) ["Premiere: Black Metal Oddballs Mamaleek Score a Winner with *Nothing But Loss*"](https://www.vice.com/en/article/mamaleek-stream-2015/). [Noisey](/source/Vice_(magazine)#Website). Retrieved December 3, 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Galil, Leor (May 30, 2013). ["Cheap Tunes: Frustrator's 'Anther'"](https://www.forbes.com/sites/leorgalil/2013/05/30/cheap-tunes-frustrators-anther/). *[Forbes](/source/Forbes)*. Retrieved December 3, 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Galil, Leor (December 13, 2011). ["The Best Free Albums of 2011"](https://www.forbes.com/sites/leorgalil/2011/12/13/the-best-free-albums-of-2011/). *[Forbes](/source/Forbes)*. Retrieved December 3, 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Monroe, Jazz; Strauss, Matthew. ["Mamaleek's Eric Alan Livingston Dies at 38"](https://pitchfork.com/news/mamaleek-eric-alan-livingston-dies-at-38). *Pitchfork*. Retrieved March 7, 2023. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Out of Time, by Mamaleek"](https://mamaleek.bandcamp.com/album/out-of-time). *Mamaleek*. Retrieved August 31, 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Krasman, Brian (July 24, 2014). ["Experimentalists Mamaleek poke black metal's boundaries with mysterious *He Never Spoke…*"](https://meatmeadmetal.wordpress.com/2014/07/24/experimentalists-mamaleek-poke-black-metals-boundaries-with-mysterious-he-never-spoke/). Meat Mead Metal. Retrieved May 12, 2015. ## External links - [Official website](http://mamaleek.bandcamp.com/) - [Mamaleek](https://www.discogs.com/artist/Mamaleek) discography at [Discogs](/source/Discogs) Authority control databases: Artists MusicBrainz --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Mamaleek](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamaleek) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamaleek?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.