Maya Neelakantan

Thank you to all the media for covering my journey in Las Vegas, playing with Testament and meeting Jeff Hanneman Family! It's always very thrilling when I read all of these and you have always supported me so much covering my adventures over the years so thank you so much!!!

#mayaneelakantan #metalinjection #metalsucks #metalhammer #bravewords #blabbermouth #yahoonews #louder

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2 days ago | [YT] | 398

Maya Neelakantan

Alex Skolnick sent me a guitar!!!! Another unbelievable thing happened last night. I returned back to Los Angeles after my Las Vegas trip and I saw this ESP box with my name on it waiting for me at home in LA. I then saw it was this beautiful Alex Skolnick Signature Guitar from ESP! It was a really big surprise for me and that was so kind of him to do that! He’s always such a kind person. ❤️ Couple of weeks ago he said that he’ll be sending me some strings but I never would have expected a guitar! He is amazing. It’s so unbelievable how just the day before yesterday I got a guitar from Kathryn Hanneman from Slayer and yesterday I got another one from Alex Skolnick from Testament. This is just so much to process and I’m so grateful and excited! I just jammed with him 3 days ago at the Testament concert in Las Vegas and he never said he has sent a guitar for me and kept it as a surprise. Thank you so much ‪@TheRealAlexSkolnick‬ because for me, jamming that solo with you on stage was enough but you went and did this that’s so you! This is a very special guitar for me now that too receiving it straight after playing with you on stage. Wow! Thank you so much! 💖💖💖

I love this guitar, the color is Black Aqua Sunburst, has a unique Les Paul shape and it also comes with a whammy bar. It’s heavy like my Adam Jones guitar and I love that. I can’t wait to play it. Also, thank you ‪@espguitarsusa‬ for this beautiful guitar. I will share the full video soon.

‪@TheRealAlexSkolnick‬ ‪@espguitarsusa‬ ‪@Testament‬ #alexskolnick #esp #espguitars #testament #guitar #mayaneelakantan

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3 days ago | [YT] | 2,060

Maya Neelakantan

Something very special happened yesterday! I met Kathryn Hanneman, wife of the late Jeff Hanneman the Legendary Guitarist from Slayer! She’s so kind, caring & loving. When I talk to her I could see how much she misses Jeff Hanneman and we were talking about Jeff & the songs he created and I could understand how he was the heart & soul of Slayer. I’ve been friends with Ms Kathryn for a while and yesterday was the first time I’ve met her! She invited me & my family for dinner and after that she said she’s got something special for me. Then, I saw her walking in with this beautiful ESP guitar case and when she opened it up, inside the case I saw this beautiful ESP Tribute Limited Edition Jeff Hanneman Signature Guitar in a beautiful Urban Camo and what’s special is this guitar is a very limited edition created by ESP as a tribute to Jeff Hanneman after he passed away in 2013. They only made 666 numbers of this guitar. This guitar was the first sample for this limited series and ESP gifted this to Ms Kathryn Hanneman shortly after Jeff Hanneman passed away. She treasured this for so long and for the first time, she’s passing this on to me trusting me that’ll I’ll keep this treasure safe forever. ❤️ This is too big! For her to be passing on something she’s cherished, is so important in memory of Jeff Hanneman himself and that means so much to her and then for her to give that to me is something I’m really struggling to explain in words because this really touched my heart. I promise to Jeff Hanneman's family that this guitar will always be safe with me and it’s my honor that I have a very important treasure from the Jeff Hanneman legacy. Having this guitar really is priceless because it has a connection that’s beyond anything & that has really touched my heart. So thank you Ms Kathryn Hanneman for everything and I will make you proud and will keep the Jeff Hanneman legacy alive. ❤️❤️❤️


#jeffhanneman #kathrynhanneman #slayer #mayaneelakantan #esp

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4 days ago | [YT] | 1,884

Maya Neelakantan

Yesterday I got the honor to meet Jeff Becerra and Claudeous Creamer from the legendary band Possessed at the House of Blues Las Vegas! Jeff is such an amazing person and is very, very loving and supportive and is just so kind. We’ve been friends for sometime and I’m honored that I got the chance to finally see him and Possessed played awesomely yesterday! The first band I ever watched in a live metal concert in my life is Possessed! Now that will be special forever. It was so fun and I’m so happy that I could meet them! ❤️

#possessed #mayaneelakantan #possessedband #jeffbecerra #claudeouscreamer

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6 days ago | [YT] | 1,179

Maya Neelakantan

Just played with Testament on stage now!!! It was incredible playing with all of them, playing to a metalhead crowd for the first time and meeting Eric Peterson, Alex Skolnick, Chuck Billy, Chris Dovas, Steve DiGiorgio and the amazing Testament crew too. It was all such an incredible experience and I loved hanging with the band as well as jamming with them on stage!!!! So unforgettable! Thank you so much Testament for giving the amazing opportunity and for always being so kind and supportive to me right from the beginning!!!! ❤️❤️❤️ More to come!

#testamentband #mayaneelakantan #ericpeterson #alexskolnick #chuckbilly #chrisdovas #stevedigiorgio

1 week ago | [YT] | 2,101

Maya Neelakantan

Just reached Las Vegas for the first time! Super excited to meet my friends from Testament and Possessed and hopefully meet Kreator too! I also heard that some of my fans are coming to the show and I’m looking forward to meeting you all so if you’re there, feel free to come say hi! I’m jamming a song with Testament in the House of Blues tomorrow, Friday the 13th! 🤘

#testament #possessed #kreator #hoblasvegas #lasvegas #mayaneelakantan

1 week ago (edited) | [YT] | 2,219

Maya Neelakantan

Thank you to all the Guitar Magazines, Music Websites, Newspapers, Radio Podcasts and all the media agencies for covering my AGT story! 😃

#timesofindia #toi #hindustantimes #cnbc #revolver #heavyconsequence #consequenceofsound #americansongwriter #guitarworld #loudwire #metalinjection #nbc #msn #sportskeeda #nme #louder #audacy #metalsucks #indiatoday #it #indiatimes #musicradar #upworthy #indiawest #sanfranciscochronicle

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1 week ago | [YT] | 1,156

Maya Neelakantan

Today I met Ms KayCee from the Cliff Burton Family from Metallica! She’s a very special person and I was very excited to finally see her again! She was there when I played Master Of Puppets on AGT Quarterfinals recently and she helped me so much in that because when I said that I wanted to play Metallica, AGT said it’ll be impossible because they have never ever cleared and in the end it was Ms KayCee from Cliff Burton Family who helped me by going directly to Metallica and got this cleared in just 1 week. Something like this has never happened on AGT because Metallica is such a huge band. So it’s because of her that I could play Metallica for the first time on AGT!!!! She’s such a kind and genuine person and she’s done so much for me and has been a very supportive friend for many years. We spent a beautiful 5 hours today with her and her loving family. Before we left today, she gifted me the Cliff Burton’s Tribute Series Power Wah Fuzz Pedal by Morley! That’s such an honor! This pedal recreates the first pedal Cliff Burton used to get his unique sound! I really can’t wait to play it and I’m so grateful to the Cliff Burton Family for all the love and I hope we’ll meet again very, very soon! ❤️❤️❤️

#cliffburtonfamily #metallica #cliffburton #cliffburtonfamily #mayaneelakantan #agt #metallica #masterofpuppets

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 2,747

Maya Neelakantan

Finally! The Day Has Come! Today 5-7pm, I will be performing for the Quarterfinals of America's Got Talent in Los Angeles! I am very excited to be back and I have a big surprise for all of you. This will be aired live on the East Coast at 8pm, Central time at 7pm and later shown at 8pm Pacific Time on NBC. Please don't miss it if you are in the US! It's going to be fun!

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3 weeks ago | [YT] | 2,630

Maya Neelakantan

Today was a great day coming back to ‪@AGT‬ and meeting my awesome team! A very fun day.

#agt #mayaneelakantan #agt2024

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