Mamaleek

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.

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". 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.

• 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)
• Come & See (2020)
• Diner Coffee (2022)
• Those Who Pass Between Fleeting Words (2023)