ETHNOR RELEASE "THE KING"

 

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The King

by Ethnor

1.The King 05:49

Ethnor takes a leap further with a re-imagening of Edvard Grieg's classic "In the Hall of the Mountain King" with a symphonic metal twist. Based on the H.Ibsen's play "Peer Gynt", new single "The King" unfolds a tale of the darkness that dwells within human hearts.

Available as PWYW release. Support the band by spreading the word and sharing our music.

released August 23, 2023

Taras Garadja - All guitars and bass

Sergey Marchenko - All synths and samples

Vladimir Ryzanov - All vocals

Alexey Romanenko - All drums

Additional staff:

Sergey Kapustinky - sound engineering at Seratonin Studio

Written by Taras Garadja, Sergey Marchenko, Vladimir Ryazanov & Edvard Grieg

Lyrics by Vladimir Ryazanov (inspired by H. Ibsen)

Recorded at Seratonin Studio

Mixed and Mastered by Taras Garadja at Portal Studio

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HERETIC RELEASE "LIVE IN U.K."

 

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Live In U​.​K.

by Heretic

Tracklist:

1.Hybrid Fear 04:54

2.Rebellions 03:52

3.Trail Of Sins 04:57

4.Gilgamesh 04:41

5.The Storm 06:36

6.The Realm 05:55

7.Hellfire 04:47

Recorded live at their U.K. tour in August 2022.

- Erich Martins: vocals

- Guilherme Aguiar: guitar

- Laysson Mesquita: fretless bass

- Junão Cananeia: drums

released December 3, 2022

Audio recording: Matt

Mix FOH: Mat

Mix & Master: Guilherme Aguiar

Album cover: Romulo Dias

Pictures: Edu Andrade

Tree House Records

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ARALLU RELEASE "DEATH COVENANT"

 

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Arallu

Death Covenant

Hammerheart Records

11 November 2022

Unholy Black Metal from the Holy Land, drenched in Middle-Eastern tones and mystique! An invocation of thousands of years of Darkness!

Hailing from the urban Israeli settlement called Ma’ale Adummim in Israel, Arallu is a five-piece Black/Death Metal act that has been around the metal underground for twenty-five years. The band got the name Arallu from the Mesopotamian mythology, as it is the name of the underworld kingdom ruled by the goddess Ereshkigal and the god Nergal, where the dead are judged. Arallu’s music revolves around the traditional ancient Middle Eastern melodies of fellow countrymen Melechesh, the high speed savagery of bands like Angelcorpse and Absu, and the atmospheric feel of legendary acts like before mentioned Melechesh and Absu.

In 2019 the band had released the record called “En Olam”, and that opus has solidified Arralu’s already known talent to the underground extreme metal community. “Death Covenant” is the band’s seventh full-length studio offering and the album offers the listeners a very stunning infusion of occult Black Metal music with the ancient Sumerian and Middle Eastern sound. The riffs found in here will satisfy the listeners with its frenzy of melodic tremolo picked riffs that is intertwined with some eerie folk instrumentation. The elements in the guitar department, thrown in with a few folk instruments such as a saz and a darbuka, reveals how the band had successfully stripped metal down to its core and added a personal touch of their own special flair. them and it provides that extra punch and low-end heaviness to the overall outcome of Arallu’s music. It basically lies steadily beneath the guitars as it backs them up with some thick lines that give a more deep feel to the strings and dispenses an ominous atmosphere to the tracks. The drum section also catches the audience’s attention with a variety of destructive pummeling double bass blasting to some Middle Eastern tribal drumming that helps a lot in terms of keeping the atmosphere intact. The record is filled with high-pitched piercing shrieks and screams which create a dark and raw soundscape. These vicious shrieks are sometimes jacked up with some uncanny backing vocals that tie together the brutality of extreme death and Black Metal music to the ancient Middle Eastern scales of the material. “Death Covenant” also parades the band’s strongest production to date in their twenty-five years of existence.

Arallu has created a menacing and atmospheric beast in this style of metal with their release of “Death Covenant”. These Israelis have put out a savage album that is hardly comparable to its predecessors.

For fans of: Absu, Melechesh, Moonspell, Rotting Christ, Nile

Order via: b2b.napalmrecords.com 

Wholesale: karl.kern@napalmrecords.com 

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RABEEN RELEASE "ERESHKIGAL"

 

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Ereshkigal is the a Oriental Death Metal album Composed by Rabeen Mohammed Guitarist of Thrash/Death metal band Dark Phantom.

The album generally subjects are about Mesopotamian Mythology where Ereshkigal (The Queen of The Dead) is the ruler of the underworld. 

Ereshkigal was the goddess of Kur, the land of the dead or underworld in Sumerian mythology. She was said to ruled Irkalla, which sometimes it's her given name. 

The album features many artists from Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Egypt. 

Tracks by Track Guidelines: 

1.Ganzir.

Ganzir is the palace where Ereshkigal ruled over the dead souls, located at the entrance to the underworld, and guarded by seven gates which were kept by her faithful servant Neti.

Featured Artists: 

Vocals: Rach April Bassili (Heritage, Vibes) 

Bass: Yazan Ju (Anklet)

2.Ereshkigal 

The track talks about a man who has lost his will to live and became very frustrated and depressed by mankind's insignificant and vile actions. 

Therefore, he decides to evoke Ereshkigal, the great queen of the dead in order to take revenge on this rotten world in which we live in by selling his soul to the the underworld. 

Featured Artists:

Vocals: Sami noorallah (Torture Hymns)

Bass: Yazan Ju (Anklet)

Keyboards: Omar Salem (Riverwood, The Art of Chaos)

3.Saratn II

Dedicated Track to Rabeen's father who died by Cancer years ago.

Featured Artists:

Keyboards: Omar Salem (Riverwood, The Art of Chaos)

4.Executioner Dreams

Personal Struggles track about how to achieve your objectives against the current circumstances that make you living in darkness and nightmares.

Featured Artists:

Vocals: Helios Atum (The Art of Chaos)

5.Geshitinamna

Geshtinanna is the Sumerian goddess of agriculture, fertility, and dream interpretation, the so-called "heavenly grape-vine". She is the sister of Dumuzid, who she shelters when he was pursued by galla demons and mourns his death after the demons drag him to Kur. She then agreed to take his place in Kur to record the name of deceased. 

Featured Artists:

Bass: Yazan Ju (Anklet)

6.Lamashtu

Lamashtu was a female demon, monster, malevolent goddess who menaced women during childbirth and kidnapped their children while they were breastfeeding. She would gnaw on their bones and suck their blood, as well as being charged with a number of other evil deeds.

Featured Artists:

Guitar: Jake Shuker (Maysaloon)

Bass: Sarmad Jalal (Ex- Dark Phantom)

Drums: Jamal Almohrez (Maysaloon, Agenor)

7.Pazuzu

Pazuzu is the demon of the southwest wind known for bringing famine during dry seasons, and locusts during rainy seasons. Pazuzu was invoked in apotropaic amulets, Although Pazuzu is, himself, considered to be an evil spirit, he drives and frightens away other evil spirits, therefore protecting humans against plagues and misfortunes.

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YouTube 

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