Metal On The Hill Festival 2019

On September 21st, symphonic death metal collective MaYaN will enlighten your spirit with their epic new album “Dhyana”. For this prodigious third studio masterpiece, the international 10 piece raised over €40.000 through a crowdfunding campaign and enlisted the skills of The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, known for their work in cinematic features such as the Star Wars saga, Hannibal and many more. The new full-length release reflects on conceptual themes such as self awareness and relinquishing our ego and self-conceited tendencies to find out who we truly are.

Today, the band unveils another part of their ‘Behind The Scenes’ series, in which Marcela Bovio, Frank Schiphorst, George Oosthoek and Mark Jansen speak about the overall concept and the songwriting process of the new album. Watch the trailer here:

The band will celebrate the new album with several “Dhyana Release Parties” in September and has also announced a first festival appearance for 2019:
21.09. NL        Reuver – De Schakel (Try out show)
22.09. NL        Utrecht – De Helling (Dutch release show)
23.09. B          Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont – Le Cercle (Belgian release show)

2019
16.-17.08. A Graz – Metal On The Hill Festival

In case you missed the first impressions of “Dhyana”, check them out here:
‘The Rhythm of Freedom’ (lyric video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba2DyMTl6XM
‘Dhyana’ (music video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW6Jkpv5iZA
Behind the scenes #1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1WgAvrvkWE
Behind the scenes #2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLIev0Be9iQ

Stream or download the singles via this link:
‘The Rhythm Of Freedom’: http://nblast.de/MayanRhythmOfFreedom
‘Dhyana‘: http://nblast.de/MaYaNDhyanaSingle

“Dhyana” will be available in the following formats:
Jewelcase incl. bonus instrumental CD in O-card
Black vinyl
Gold vinyl (mailorder exclusive – limited to 300 copies)

Pre-order the format of your choice now via this link:
http://www.nuclearblast.com/mayan-dhyana

Pre-save the album on Spotify: http://nblast.de/MAYANdhyanaPreSave

The current line-up of MaYaN reads as follows:
Mark Jansen, George Oosthoek | grunts
Adam Denlinger / Henning Basse (special guest) | clean male vocals
Laura Macrì, Marcela Bovio | clean female vocals
Jack Driessen | synths, orchestral arrangements
Frank Schiphorst, Merel Bechtold/Arjan Rijnen/Jord Otto | guitars
Roel Käller | bass
Ariën van Weesenbeek | drums