MAYAH is a Progressive Metal band hailing from Time in Norway. The band was created by SEA OF DREAMS members singer Jim Lynwood Foss, bassist John Martin Harr and drummer Svein Harald Kleppe alongside former MILLENYA members guitarist Ørjan Risa Svensen and Ove Bjørn Wilson. Foss also holds prior credits with CONVERSION, MYSTERY and TESTIFY. Haarr had sessioned for both LOWDOWN and, alongside Kleppe, even Black Metal band CARPATHIAN FOREST. The drummer also held THUNDER and CASTAWAY credentials.

The band enlisted new singer Roy Egeland, frontman for ZEROSONIC and AC/DC covers band HEATSEEKERS. The group subsequently set about recording a debut album.