Matriarch (album)

Matriarch is the fifth studio album by American Progressive/Polycore Metal band Veil of Maya. It is the band's first album with vocalist Lukas Magyar. The album was produced, mixed and mastered by Taylor Larson of From First to Last.

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 hashtag "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.

Personnel
All credits by AllMusic.

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

Additional musicians
 * Jason Richardson – additional guitar on "Teleute"

Production
 * Taylor Larson - production, engineering, mixing, mastering
 * Diego Farias - additional production
 * Matt Good - programming
 * Ernie Slenkovich - Pro-Tools editing
 * Spencer Sotelo - additional engineering
 * Allan Hessler - additional vocal engineering on "Nyu", "Leeloo", "Ellie", "Aeris", "Three-Fifty" and "Daenerys"
 * Ash Avildsen - 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