ultra brillant band

[rebirth]

Melechesh

check emm..out if your a true black metal fiend, they dont sing shit!!!

 

[Captain Beard]

"They don't sing shit"

So it's instrumental?

 

[Chromatose]

They don't sing *feces*

 

[Captain Beard]

*snaps fingers* Damn, I was hoping they'd sing about fecalic semic towers.

 

[Chromatose]

Don't we all.... Don't we all.

 

[Captain Beard]

They could sneak in a fart or two.

 

[flu boy]

great band...but are they REALLY true?

 

[mReEtTaIlRsEkD]

The concept of Israeli Black Metal has always seemed to ironic to me to take this band with any thread of seriousness.

 

[Chromatose]

Pish posh, that is an absurd statement.

 

[mReEtTaIlRsEkD]

Absurd statement is my middle name.

 

[Captain Beard]

What's your last name?

 

[Malergion]

I've heard them before. They're pretty good.

 

[Metal head87]

Melechesh is in my top 5 favorite bands. Their last 3 albums are nothing short of masterpieces. Very creative band to say the least. Great dynamics, lots of hidden nuances, incredible songwriting, excellent musicianship, awesome lyrics and beautiful melodies.

The concept of Israeli Black Metal has always seemed to ironic to me to take this band with any thread of seriousness.

They're not Israeli, so you have nothing to worry about
(forming in Israel does not make them Israeli)

 

[Chromatose]

The new one sounds great, but I miss Sir Proscriptor. Though the new guy is spectacular, as well, in his own right.

 

[Metal head87]

Melechesh's Myspace

First song off of Djinn (the first track was this song's acoustic melody). Genies, Sorcerers And Mesopotamian Nights


Hymn To Gibil, off of As Jerusalem Burns... Al'Intisar. Not quite as folkish or thrashy. This has a lot of Marduk influences (particularly around the Opus Nocturne album).


Guitarist Moloch, playing a buzuq at a Young Palestinian concert in France.

 

[Metal head87]

The new one sounds great, but I miss Sir Proscriptor. Though the new guy is spectacular, as well, in his own right.

It doesn't really matter so much who plays the drums. I was very surprised to find out that Ashmedi writes about 98% of the drum patterns. That way, everything works to help build the actual song, instead of all the musicians showing off what they are capable of.

I do miss Proscriptor as well, though. There was something about his playing that was really unique. His playing is very charismatic and natural. Xul is an amazing drummer as well, but he kind of lacked that certain quality that is unique to Proscriptor.

 

[mReEtTaIlRsEkD]

(forming in Israel does not make them Israeli)

Au Contraire!
Yes, it does.

 

[AsModEe]

Au Contraire!
Yes, it does.

at least you wrote au contraire right,

but Melechesh owns you and your family

 

[Metal head87]

Au Contraire!
Yes, it does.

No, it doesn't. Just like people living in the US without citizenship, are not Americans.
The members of the band were not actually Israeli. Read this interview. He states it pretty early on, and also mentions that this was part of the reason why he left Israel.
Either he, or Moloch, also mentioned it to me when I interviewed them, but I think that was before the actual interview

 

[neal]

listened to Sphinx earlier, i love that album. Mesopotamian Metal rules.