{{Infobox album | name = Quarterpast | type = Album | artist = MaYaN | cover = Mayan Quarterpast AlbumArt Front 2011.jpg | alt = | released = 20 May 2011 | recorded = Gate Studios, Wolfsburg, Germany, 18 October 2010 - 15 January 2011 | venue = | studio = | genre = Symphonic death metal, melodic death metal<ref name=metalstorm>{{cite web|url=http://www.metalstorm.net/awards/archive.php?year=2011|title=Metal Storm Awards 2011|website=Metalstorm|access-date=16 August 2018|archive-date=11 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911044455/http://www.metalstorm.net/awards/archive.php?year=2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> | length = 59:13 | label = Nuclear Blast | producer = Sascha Paeth<br>MaYaN | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Antagonise | next_year = 2014 }}
'''''Quarterpast''''' is the debut album by Dutch metal supergroup MaYaN. It was released on 20 May 2011 in Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Mayan/Quarterpast/307132 |title=Mayan - Quarterpast |access-date=2012-10-04 |publisher=Encyclopaedia Metallum}}</ref> The title ''Quarterpast'' was suggested by a fan as part of a competition to decide the band's name, but was eventually used as the album title when the band decided to name themselves MaYaN.
==Reception== The album only received 6 out of 10 from ''Rock Hard'',<ref>[https://www.rockhard.de/reviews/mayan-quarterpast Review] by Rock Hard</ref> but landed an 8 out of 10 in ''Metal.de'' and 8.5 in ''Powermetal.de''.<ref>[https://www.metal.de/reviews/mayan-quarterpast-45666/ Review] by Metal.de</ref><ref>[https://powermetal.de/review/review-Mayan/Quarterpast,18202.html Review] by Powermetal.de</ref>
==Track listing== {{tracklist | all_lyrics = Mark Jansen except "Essenza di Te" by Laura Macrì and "Sinner's Last Retreat" by Jansen and Johanna Najla Fakhry. | all_music = MaYaN except "Bite the Bullet" which is by MaYaN & Sander Gommans | total_length = 59:13 | title1 = Symphony of Aggression | length1 = 7:49 | title2 = Mainstay of Society | note2 = In the Eyes of the Law: Corruption | length2 = 5:25 | title3 = Quarterpast | length3 = 1:35 | title4 = Course of Life | length4 = 6:10 | title5 = The Savage Massacre | note5 = In the Eyes of the Law: Pizzo | length5 = 5:28 | title6 = Essenza di Te | note6 = Essence of You | length6 = 2:06 | title7 = Bite the Bullet | length7 = 5:19 | title8 = Drown the Demon | length8 = 5:00 | title9 = Celibate Aphrodite | length9 = 7:20 | title10 = War on Terror | note10 = In the Eyes of the Law: Pentagon Papers | length10 = 4:25 | title11 = Tithe | length11 = 0:52 | title12 = Sinner's Last Retreat | note12 = Bonus track | length12 = 7:39 }}
==Personnel== ;Band members *Mark Jansen – death growls, screams, orchestral and lyrical arrangements *Jack Driessen – keyboards, screams, orchestral arrangements *Frank Schiphorst – guitars *Isaac Delahaye – guitars *Jeroen Paul Thesseling – fretless bass *Ariën van Weesenbeek – drums
;Guest/session musicians *Floor Jansen - vocals on "Symphony of Aggression", "Course of Life", "Bite the Bullet", "Drown the Demon" and "Sinner's Last Retreat" *Simone Simons - vocals on "Symphony of Aggression", "Mainstay of Society", "Bite the Bullet", "Drown the Demon" and "Sinner's Last Retreat" *Henning Basse - vocals on "Symphony of Aggression", "Course of Life", "The Savage Massacre", "Bite the Bullet", "Celibate Aphrodite" and "Sinner's Last Retreat" *Laura Macrì - vocals on "The Savage Massacre", "Essenza di Te" and "Celibate Aphrodite"{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}} *Amanda Somerville - spoken word on "Symphony of Aggression", lyrics editing *Trinity Boys Choir - choir on "Quarterpast", arranged by Coen Janssen *MaYaN Choir: **Simone Simons, Floor Jansen, Laura Macrì - soprano and alto **Henning Basse, Simon Oberender - tenor and bass
;Production *Sascha Paeth - producer, engineer, mixing, mastering *Simon Oberender, Olaf Reitmeier - engineers
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://stormbringer.at/reviews/6584/mayan-quarterpast Review] by Stormbringer.at {{in lang|de}} *[https://www.seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=11190 Review] by Sea of Tranquility *[http://www.musikreviews.de/reviews/2011/Mayan/Quarterpast/ Review] by Musikreviews {{in lang|de}} *[https://www.metalfan.nl/reviews.php?id=6787 Review] by Metalfan.nl {{in lang|nl}} *[https://www.planetmosh.com/mayan-quarterpast-cd/ Review] by Planet Mosh *[https://www.rocksins.com/2011/05/mayan-quarterpast-album-review-10265/ Review] by Rock Sins *[https://www.metalkaoz.com/album-reviews/1626-mayan-quarterpast.html Review] by Metal Kaoz *[http://www.sarkophag-rocks.com/html/cd-review-mayan-quarterpast-en.html Review] by Sarkophag Rocks *[https://www.impe.fi/reviews/1/12285 Review] by Imperiumi {{in lang|fi}}
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