Ofcourse Mabool is the album that set OL on the map for a bigger audience. Surely it is much more melodic that the previous ones, so more accesible for pple that are less into ' extreme' metal.
But the funny part is that when you hear the old songs played, they sound a lot different from the tracks on the album, since OL has the habit of rewriting their material and change it to their new outlook on an old song. Rarely ( probably never actually) have I seen another band where every tour their own songs are sounding different. It really keeps things interesting and also makes the older songs stay fresh and sometimes more melodic. I especially love how they brought the songs from el norra back to an even more rootsy sound.
Also they have worled with quite a number of different guest musicians on the stage who also bring their instrument/ voice to the color of the song. Sometimes Shlomit is with them (mostly in Israel), sometimes not and then the songs are different and vocal parts change. There were even shows when I saw them with Miri, she is the former female vocalist of Distorted (in 2004 at RTN and in 2005 Greece) doing the female vocal parts. Also I've seen them play with Yatziv (percussionist) and he gets some highlights onstage... I've seen 25 shows and can say that they were very varied as to how the material sounded. They just know how to keep things intresting show after show. I cannot wait to hear and see the next one.
