''Matriarch'' is the fifth studio album by American

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. It is the band's first album with vocalist Lukas Magyar. The album was produced, mixed and mastered by Taylor Larson of

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Background

As stated by guitarist Marc Okubo, every song of the album talks about a female character that he liked in movies, TV shows or comics. The single "Phoenix" was released on January 1, 2015. Prior to the song's release, the band posted updates on their social media accounts with the

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"VeilHasRisen". A music video for the song "Mikasa" was released on March 23, as well as revealing the album's name and release date. The album became available for streaming on May 11.

Musical style

''Matriarch'' is the first album by Veil of Maya to use clean vocals, which has caused some controversy among fans.

Track listing

Personnel

All credits by

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. Veil of Maya * Lukas Magyar - vocals * Marc Okubo - guitars, programming, artwork concept * Danny Hauser - bass * Sam Applebaum - drums Additional musicians *

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– additional guitar on "Teleute" Production *

Taylor Larson Taylor Larson (born April 28, 1988) is an American record producer, mixer, and audio engineer. He has produced, engineered, and/or mixed tracks for Asking Alexandria, Periphery, From First to Last, I See Stars, Veil of Maya, Within Temptation ...

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, mixing, mastering * Diego Farias - additional production *

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- programming * Ernie Slenkovich - Pro-Tools editing * Spencer Sotelo - additional engineering * Allan Hessler - additional vocal engineering on "Nyu", "Leeloo", "Ellie", "Aeris", "Three-Fifty" and "Daenerys" *

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- additional vocal production on "Aeris" * Nick Walters (Sumerian Records) - additional vocal production on "Daenerys", A&R, artwork concept Management * Derek Brewer (Outerloop Management) - management * Josh Kline (The Agency Group) - North America booking * Marco Walzel (Avocado Booking) - Europe booking Artwork * Daniel McBride - album artwork, layout, artwork concept * Natsumi Suzuki - model * Dana Pennington - model photography

References

{{Authority control 2015 albums Veil of Maya albums Sumerian Records albums