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Hi friends! Miran online!
Folk-metal can be different. As they say, so many men – so many folks (CO).
Today we are saying about branch like Oriental Metal.
“The East is tricky”
Metal music with southern ethnic melodyes on MetalMusicMadness.
Firstly we have to move 20 years back in 1993, Jerusalem.
Someone as Ashmedi has found black-metal project named Melechesh.
But as usually was at that time, in spite of every black you tried to play,
as the result it will be something we call “Raw” today.
However after record of the debut album and single this team has to leave Jerusalem.
The first reason is that some newspaper articles about Melechesh, which caused negative reaction from religion community of the sacred land,
and the second reason is that Ashmedi just wanted to finish his university,
but in the endless war conditions it was extremely difficult.
That was a step to the new international age of the band.
In 2000’s in Melechesh’s lineup had time to play musicians from Holland, USA, France, Israel and even from Ukraine.
It has brought popularity for the band all over the world and to find contacts with lots of labels from different countries.
So their next three albums “Djin”, “Sphynx” and “Emissaries” has grown up in record quality
and get pronounced “east” component in their music.
The last Melechesh’s performance for today is the album “The Epigenesis” released in 2010.
Generally it has found a bit composed and leisurely, than it’s forerunner,
but the lyrics still recounts about occultism, Sumer and Mesopotamia mythology.
Now the time to listen to something lighter, but still eastern.
For this time let’s turn our gaze to Tunis and look which sort of oriental metal the band Myrath offers us.
The band Myrath has grown up from the child’s cover-project with… very moronic name X-tazy.
But since foundation in 2001 the band formed their own style during many years
and in 2007 has changed name to Myranth and presented their debut album Hope.
Formed in and formed in but so formed out.
Music of debut album has a lot of links to Symphony X, especially in vocal.
So under the Kevin Kodfert’s leadership as the producer the band kept on their formation,
more and more going to the side of Tunis folk melodies.
And the society could view their performance by the album “Desert Call” in 2010.
From this album Myranth abundantly uses folk instruments in their music
and the place of vocal has taken Zaher Zorgati …Russian play upon words...
Vocal of the eastern nice guy Zorgati allowed avoiding Symphony X influence.
Intoxicated with success of second album Myrath didn’t waste time and started to work with next album.
And it was right turn. Their third album “Tales Of The Sands” which has appeared in 2011
made happy fans by modern such more wild sound of down toned 7-strings guitars,
at the time with melody of vocal parts in Zorgati’s role making hearing of eastern ethic lovers delighted.
But the time has come to move to something really grandiose from young gifted ones.
To the band which more than 20 years tries to reconcile conflicts of Abrahamic religions by their music…
to be exact the representatives.
I think most of you have already understood that I talk about Orphaned Land.
Popularity of these guys has already left range of underground.
With release of the second album it was clear that Orphaned Land will form their own sound
and the team signed the contract with label Century Media.
But after this the band temporarily postponed their work.
Their vocalist Kobi always said that it’s very difficult to struggle against society
because of such situation in the region.
But in 2004 the band released next album named “Mabool”
and with it has already thoroughly consolidate their grip on the world metal scene.
So strange! For some musicians from Orphaned Land the way in many Arabic countries is closed,
but they are acceptable on large European festivals.
As Kobi says, it’s the thing against Orphaned Land is trying to struggle.
There isn’t any difference between religions for music;
maybe it can arrange disputes between enemy sides.
What are we have in result?
Three experiments with eastern folklore, which has opened the way to the bands Melechesh, Myrath
and Orphaned Land to the international metal-scene.
And by the way, for these bands it is time to record new albums, so we will wait for it.
And at odd moments we have a winner of the competition from last edition,
the comrade with nickname EolStavros,
who has divined on screenshot the clip of the band Dark Funeral the song My Funeral.
But the competition continuous – check your knowledge and divine next clip.
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