''Antagonise'' is the second album by Dutch metal supergroup

MaYaN Mayan most commonly refers to: * Maya peoples, various indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica and northern Central America * Maya civilization, pre-Columbian culture of Mesoamerica and northern Central America * Mayan languages, language family spoken ...

. It was released on January 31, 2014. The 11-song CD, recorded at the Sandlane studio with producer Joost van den Broek, features guest appearances by

Floor Jansen Floor Jansen (; born 21 February 1981) is a Dutch singer and songwriter. She is the third and current lead vocalist of Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. Jansen first became known as the lead vocalist of symphonic metal band After Forever f ...

, and future band member

Marcela Bovio Marcela Alejandra Bovio García (born October 17, 1979) is a Mexican singer and violinist who is currently a member of the Dutch symphonic metal bands Stream of Passion and MaYaN. In 1995, she joined Hydra, a Mexican metal band, singing and ...

. The cover artwork for "Antagonise" was created by Stefan Heilemann, who previously worked on MaYaN's debut album, ''

Quarterpast ''Quarterpast'' is the debut album by Netherlands, Dutch metal supergroup MaYaN (band), MaYaN. It was released on 20 May 2011 in Europe. The title ''Quarterpast'' was suggested by a fan as part of a competition to decide the band's name, but was e ...

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Personnel

;Band members *

Mark Jansen Markus Hubertus Johannes Jansen (born 15 December 1978) is a Dutch guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. A prominent figure in the symphonic metal subgenre, he is known for his work with the bands After Forever (1995–2002), Epica (2002–pr ...

–

death growl The death growl, or simply growl, is an extended vocal technique usually employed in extreme styles of music, particularly in death metal and other Extreme metal, extreme Heavy metal genres, subgenres of heavy metal music. Sometimes death gro ...

s, screams and orchestration *Henning Basse – vocals *Laura Macrì –

vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

*Frank Schiphorst – guitars * Rob van der Loo – bass *

Jack Driessen Jack Driessen (born 11 July 1980 in Roermond, Netherlands) is a Dutch keyboardist, songwriter and arranger. He is co-founder and former member of the Dutch symphonic death metal band MaYaN. Furthermore he is known as the first keyboardist of th ...

– keyboards, screams, orchestral arrangements *

Ariën van Weesenbeek Arien, Ariën, Ariens, Ariëns or Arienne may refer to the following Given name * Ariën Pietersma (born 1987), Dutch football * Ariën van Weesenbeek (born 1980), Dutch drummer * Arienne Dwyer, American professor Other People * Jan Ariens Duif (c ...

– drums, grunts

Guest/session musicians

– lead vocals on tracks 3 & 4 *

– lead vocals on tracks 2, 7 & 9,

choir A choir ( ), also known as a chorale or chorus (from Latin ''chorus'', meaning 'a dance in a circle') is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform or in other words ...

*Dimitris Katsoulis – Virtuoso Violin

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