Bands like Orphaned Land (oriental metal etc.)

[Morticia NL.]

Er zijn hier nog meer Nederlands sprekenden hoor

Here is a wonderful band called MYRATH from Tunisia BC-A discovered when reading that they will play at the ProgPower Europe festival here in Holland
http://www.myspace.com/myrathband

 

[lozanoje]

Here is a wonderful band called MYRATH from Tunisia BC-A discovered when reading that they will play at the ProgPower Europe festival here in Holland

I also discovered Myrath because I saw it in the progpower bandlist. At first hear, they seem prog metal in the "genre"/gereral meaning, but with some "east"/magreb influences.

They have not death-like influences, like OL. I will continue hearing them since I've enjoyed a lot hearing them.

lozano

 

[Postmodernist]

ApostoL (Melodic Death Metal) from Tunisia
http://www.myspace.com/apostolband

RIVERS RUNNING RED
http://www.myspace.com/riversrunningredofficial

BULLETS IN JEANS - classical rock from Egypt
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=208528101287#!/group.php?v=app_2392950137&gid=208528101287

Egyptian heavy-power metal EBBTIDE
http://www.myspace.com/ebbtidegypt

Jordan melodic sympho black metal NATHRZEIM



A summary of metal band titles from this thread:
http://antonsaysdotcom.livejournal.com/12442.html

 

[Postmodernist]

Some magical oud music:
(in addition to La Joubrane Trio mentioned earlier)

(Arabian, Flamenco, Oud) Omar Bashir
Munir Bashir - Master of the Arab lute 3CD
(oriental jazz) Rabih Abou Khalil Oud Solo (Brussels, 14 June 2009)
(Avant-Garde / Modern Composition / Between the Lines) Yitzhak Yedid - Oud Bass Piano Trio - 2008
(Ethno Jazz, Oud) John Berberian And The Rock East Ensemble - 1969
(Ethnic / Oud / Arabic) John Berberian & Group, George Merdiahian, Menachem Dworman - Oud Music of Arabia, Arrmeni
(Arabian / Oud) Said Chraibi - Holm Bi Fes
(Arabian / Oud) Munir Bashir 1993-2007, 10 albums
(Arabian / Oud) Naseer Shamma 1996-2006, 4 albums
(Arabian / Oud) Mansur Nariman - 1999 - Musique Iranienne Authentique Vol.4. Oud
(Arabian / Oud) Abd-Ol Vahab Shahidi - Raz-e Oud
(Arabian / Oud) Hamza El Din 1964-1990, 5 albums
(Instrumental Folk) John Bilezikjian - Played On The Oud - 2006
(Fusion / Arabian / Post Bop / Oud) Ahmed Abdul-Malik 1958 Jazz Sahara (Middle-Eastern Music with Johnny Griffin)

 

[Postmodernist]

Could not keep myself from posting this. Saudi Arabian Oud cover of Beetoven's "Fur Elise"

 

[Postmodernist]

User Ne - Atmospheric Folk \ Oriental Metal
Misanthrofeel — Easterica
Youthquake - Evolution Of New Oriental Metal 2003 (Japan)
Sad Legend (South Korea)
Demonic Resurrection (India)
Chtonic (Taiwan)
Darkness Over Depth (China)
206 And Thinkers (China)
Taarma (Pakistan)
Midwinter (China)
Frosty Eve (China)

Some of these might have been mentioned here before. User Ne is really good.

 

[Postmodernist]

Non-metal:
Omar Faruk Tekbilek - totally magical Turkish/Middle Eastern music.

 

[Postmodernist]

Al Qaynah (Afghanistan) - highly recommended.
Smouldering In Forgotten (Bahrain, gothic doom metal)

 

[BC-A]

Al Qaynah (Afghanistan) - highly recommended.

As far as i could read, they are not really from Afghanistan, but actually everywhere in the world and centralized in Kopenhagen

 

[Chanakya]

Yeah that's what I just read up too.

 

[Postmodernist]

Thanks for clarification.

 

[Postmodernist]

Chaos, death metal from Nazareth
http://www.myspace.com/chaosweare

 

[HaTikva]

Allright, so there is metal in Palestine!! Thanks for sharing that.



Not exactly metal (more like darkwave/gothic/ethereal) but I mentioned briefly the band The Witches who were quite popular in Israel during the nineties (being one of the few acts in this style, and being one of the only all-female bands) until vocalist Inbal Perlmutter tragically died in a car crash. I have browsed for some videos and I kinda like their sound. I'd like to find out more about the band but apart from some Hebrew articles there doesn't seem to be any English related site about this band, not even an article ... Can anyone help me find some info, someone who does read Hebrew and can do a better search? There are still Witches fan gatherings every year to keep the memory alive, so it would be very odd that not a single site is dedicated to them.

PS: would surprise me if they were really the ONLY all-female band in Israel, even when one of the YouTube videos of their songs says so. Maybe the only somewhat famous one, but for sure there must be other bands with only girls in Israel. Anyways, that's off topic.

 

[Postmodernist]

I tried to find The Witches, but so far I failed. Perhaps they need to consider some rebranding to be googlable
Please give some links mate.

 

[Chanakya]

Some browsing gave me this info. Translation of The Witches - Ha-Mechashefot, by which they were known.

Some music of Inbal - http://www.myspace.com/inbalperlmuter

I'm not able to acess the URL of the youtube videos embedded maybe because they have disabled that facility. A lot of videos are available on the myspace link.

 

[Morticia NL.]

Shlomit's performance from yesterday:

 

[Chanakya]

Wow, that's really quite something. What beautiful control and modulation. An authentic Oriental platform for Shlomit to express herself. I'm looking forward to the album. Nathalie, do you know which song that is?

That passage from 54 seconds, is it a common thing? Because it sounds similar to Ofra Haza's Im Nin Alu. And I dare say, I find Shlomit's voice way more appealing than Ofra Haza's.

 

[Postmodernist]

Woow, a breathtaking performance! I'm craving for more.

 

[Postmodernist]

Sabhankra
http://www.sabhankra.net/

Constantinopolis
http://constantinopolis.garaj.org/

 

[Postmodernist]

Nice relaxing Turkish acoustic folk Yedi Karanfil (Seven Cloves) - he used plenty of Nay and Baglama (Turkish Saz).
Another band Moğollar is also quite good - they also have some rock and blues elements.

I never knew Turkey had so much mesmerizing folk/new age