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| 1 | Of Mercury and Mercury 06:34
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| | 2 | Secrets of Sumerian Sphynxology 05:33
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| | 3 | Annunaki's Golden Thrones 05:18
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| | 4 | Apkallu Counsel 06:42
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| | 5 | Tablets of Fate 05:30
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| | 6 | Triangular Tattvic Fire 04:29
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| | 7 | The Arrival Ritual 05:48
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| | 8 | Incendium Between Mirage and Time 05:48
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| | 9 | Purifier of the Stars 04:42
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| | 10 | Caravans to Ur 12:38 |
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Ashmedi : Rhythm & lead guitars, lead vocals
Moloch : Rhythm & lead guitars
Al'Hazred : Bass, vocals
Proscriptor : Drums, vocals |
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Keyboards by Al'Hazred and Ashmedi
Middle eastern percussion (Daf, Darbukka, Riqq) by Moloch and Ashmedi
Saz by Moloch
Ritual breathing by Ashmedi and Moloch
Guest guitar solo on "Purifier Of The Stars" by Andy LaRocque
Guest vocals on "Apkallu Counsel" by Niclas Rudolfsson
Produced by Melechesh and Andy LaRocque
All song arrangements by Ashmedi
Recorded and mixed at Los Angered Recordings - Angered, Sweden (30 / 11 - 21 /
12 / 2002)
Engineered by Andy LaRocque
Assistant engineer: Niclas Rudolfsson
Mixed by Andy LaRocque and Melechesh
"The Arrival Ritual" mixed by Al'Hazred in Q-Sonic Prod - Amsterdam, the
Netherlands
Mastered by Attie Bauw at Bauhaus Studio - Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Executive production: Osmose Productions
Third Melechesh album containing 10 tracks. It is an amazing effort which is
Extreme and Magickal. This album presents the band's Mesopotamian /Sumerian
Metal in a more aggressive and intricate manner. Recorded at Andy LaRocque's
Los Angered Studios in Gothenburg- Sweden. Mastered by Attie Bauwhaus in
Amsterdam the Netherlands. Ron Woodall graphic designer for movies such as
Star Wars, Jurassic Park, etc did the cover art.
The CD version includes an Enhanced multimedia section featuring a trip to
the world of Melechesh (Lyrical overviews, wallpaper, photos, glossary of
terms, video clip for the track ' Genies, Sorcerers and Mesopotamian Nights
', this track is originally from the previous album.
The Limited LP version contains a cover of Celtic Frost's ' Babylon Fell ' |
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| 1. Of Mercury And Mercury
(Music: Ashmedi / Lyrics : Ashmedi)
Like a thread of spider silk
Burst from the third eye
Inverse energy released
From the mind, pointing to
The land of the delta prophets
Step in the bizarre bazaar
Here stands the ziggurat
Bursting plasma pointing to
Mercurys d |
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Замечательный альбом неординарной команды из солнечного Израиля. Правда, это уже вторая их запись, сделанная за пределами земли обетованной. Тематика лирики – шумерская мифология. По звучанию представляет собой скоростной (но при этом мелодичный) black с привкусом thrash-а и восточной мелодикой и ритмами. Да-да, именно ритмами. Они странным образом как бы выглядывают из-за полотна скоростного thrash\black-молотилова, добавляя тонкие штрихи к атмосферности, которая уже создана гитарным звучанием.
Что касается thrash-а … Вот тут странное дело, вроде бы и скорости высокие, и вокалист иногда сбивается со скриминга на визг, но впечатления трэшевого угара не появляется. И thrash-риффов здесь на самом деле немного. Во втором треке есть примечательный в этом смысле момент, примерно на 1:10 начинает казаться, что вот, вот сейчас попрёт…Но ритм ломается, и вновь на слушателя выливается удивительный коктейль из восточной медитативности, блэковой злобы и быстрых ударных.
И запись, и мастерство музыкантов выше всяких похвал. Вокалист выдает злобный, с ехидными интонациями скриминг, как уже было сказано, порой (редко) переходящий в отчаянный визг (вернее короткий взвизг, хе-хе). Звучание ударных порадует даже самого опытного слушателя. Гитаристы демонстрируют способность играть и быстро, и мелодично. Я бы даже сказал – красиво.
Если не считать инструментального трека (интерлюдии?) "The Arrival Ritual", то медленных композиций тут нет. Казалось бы, альбомы, полностью сыгранные в таком темпе, должны утомлять. Однако, как раз та капелька восточного спокойствия, пусть порой еле уловимая, не дает отторгнуть от себя музыку Melechesh, как что-то раздражающее. |
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Micro-cosmic essence
Of the hallucinating vision
A world of occult (and) sorcery
Point the brass compass at you
Profound cult of the erie
Reveal the absolute truth
A world with occult (and) sorcery
Profound cult of the eerie
Point the compass at you
Its all in a circle
Its all within the triangle
Map the suspended earth
A parallel world stands there
Its all in a circle
Its all within the triangle
Map the wretched earth
A parallel world stands there
The Alpha point, points at the sky below
What the land of Sumeria has foretold
Is like the hypnotized snakes swallowed tail
Infinity is complete; the spirit of the prophecy is here
The King of Fire shall seal this prophecy
With a Mercury mail
Lead: Moloch
Lead: Ashmedi
2. Secrets Of Sumerian Sphynxology
(Music : Ashmedi / Lyrics: Ashmedi )
Sinking and sinking and sinking in the land of dreams
The art of forbidden sights, Kuthulu spells set free
Invoking the Sphinx that rules the deserts of Nebiru
Shifting the beam of light piercing the sand skies
Nebiru ground of the olden rise
Dunes of the formers cipher the cries
Rites of ill winds, burning the awareness path
Rites of Dingir never to be for mankind
In the maze of the dome it shall be sealed
The secrets of sphynxology will never be revealed
Nebiru ground of the olden rise
Dunes of the formers cipher the cries
Lies!
Nebiru ground of the olden rise
Dunes of the formers cipher the cries
Like Dervishes menacing whirl, a vortex of Shamash turn
Sacrament of the Sphynx, release it from stone
A convoy of centaurs circles the enigmatic dome
Forming energy crescents and smiting snake spears,
Sphynx, your might is so pure your magick is supreme
Sins of arcane hunters, of knowledge so pure
Sphynx
Lead: Ashmedi
Rites of ill winds, burning the awareness path
Rites of Dingir never to be for mankind
In the maze of the dome it shall be sealed
The secrets of Sphynxology will never be revealed
Sinking and sinking and sinking in the land of dreams
The art of forbidden sights, Kuthulu spells set free
Invoking the Sphinx that rules the deserts of Sages
Shifting the beam of light piercing the sand skies
Sphynx, your might is so pure your magick is supreme
Sins of arcane hunters, of knowledge so pure
3. Annunakis Golden Thrones
Music: Ashmedi / Lyrics: Ashmedi
Fiercest Gallu demons rise
Seven headed serpents
Born of genius and rage
Slaves to the olden Unnamed
Shield the cosmic deserts
Seven noble sages
Born of princely progeny
Of elevated golden blood
Praise the nameless Ancient Gods
Quick-sand, vacuum,
Sky of sand in the sphere of the damned
A dimension of cosmogony
Overwhelm the will, grim thrill
Seven headed serpents
Born of genius and rage
Slaves to the olden Unnamed
Shield the cosmic deserts
Fiercest Gallu demons rise
Giants, titans, people of the Shem
Architects of Lugal-E
Recluses of innate dominance
Sires of earth, Shahs of the universe
Seated on their thrones of gold
They weaved all essence
In opaque storm of vacuum
Seven noble Sages
Born of princely progeny
Of elevated golden blood
Praise the nameless Ancient Gods
Barron land Nazu domains
Malefic phantoms rise
Like an oath of the surreal fiend
Uttukus curse forever remain
Land of Nazu domains
Malefic phantoms rise
Like an oath of the surreal fiend
Uttukus curse forever remain
Sebittu, Iminbi, Lugal E
Annunakis Golden Thrones
4. Apkallu Counsel
(Music: AlHazred, Ashmedi, Moloch / Lyrics: Proscriptor)
Ea rewards the Sages with seven gems
Each is stamped onto copper and burnished gold
Ea melts defined sigils into magic squares
As the cyclones of water start to rise
(Ea:)
Now, you are emerging from the voids of Apsu
Your law will shelter the gifts of enchantment
But when the silhouettes of the icons appear
(The) five deities of planets will stalk below
Tempests break through as Ishtar arrives
Wer and imsuhhu as a unit collide
Stones fall to pieces as Nabu becomes visible
Shulpae leads the others into confiscation
(Ea:)
As I flood the fresh water with my insight,
Symbols sculpt and carve the charms with my rule
As I stand before the set of deities
I rape magnetic charge from their earthy path
He went through gates of fate
According to cuneiforms
It said Dreamers observed
To find him crown the shrine:
While we gave your wisdom to the far-sighted
We beheld Ea falling in the Apsu.
5. Tablets Of Fate
(Music : Ashmedi / Lyrics: Ashmedi)
Lugal E the cosmic battle
Release the evil winds
Ninutra charges, he is poison
Like a Shem, great and supreme
Anzu, you will be diminished
Witness the wrath of the avenger
Usurper of Durnakis pride
Kurnugi awaits, you will never hide
The arcane tablets of infinite destinies
Control the Seven dimensions
Reverse the spell, transform to clay
The panel of Fate must return
Two grand masses clash like thunder
A flash of light burns the sky
Beam after beam after beam, gleam
Like a horned serpent stream
The roar of creatures of malice is shrilling and super supreme
Ninutra, like a magma duct
Flowing rage and whirling frenzy
Boiling and full of hate
Spilling spite on the thief of pride
From the ashes of the winged one
The destiny stones must be returned
Behold, the language of the palm is now born
The arcane tablets of infinite destinies
Control the Seven dimensions
Reverse the spell, transform to clay
The panel of fate must return
The ghoul of Anzu. be entrapped
Within the marble citadel
Masked in the mountain of fury stones
Amid Ashur, Babel and Ur
Anzu you are now diminished
Feel the wrath of the avenger
Usurper of Durnakis pride
Kurnugis winds you shall ride
Ninutra, like a magma duct
Flowing rage and whirling frenzy
Boiling and full of hate
Spilling spite on the thief of pride
6. Triangular Tattvic Fire
Music: Ashmed i/ Lyrics: Proscriptor
I see the Sylphs in my stunned mind
The right-side triangle turns upside down.
A circle of stellar blue sterilizes my system,
As images have Paralda come and go.
The animal of the ether, the oval of the Sphynxs eye
Has reflected light outside of the triangular axis.
I hear the renewal of a vacuumed, swallowed void:
Time spirals downward, projective, redemptive.
The thought of a triangular, Tattvic fire
Is scarlet like smoke from the Djinns lamp garnet.
Perhaps stars and desert plains are equally desolate,
And like the fire, solar and forsaken.
So I lionize your names,
So I listen to your words,
So I arraign to your nerves
So I lionize your names,
So I listen to your words,
So I redirect your seal,
Back to the Intelligence.
The animal of the ether, the oval of the Sphynxs eye
Has reflected light outside of the triangular axis.
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The thought of a triangular, Tattvic fire
Is scarlet like smoke from the Djinns lamp, garnet.
Perhaps stars and desert plains are equally desolate,
And like the fire, solar and forsaken.
So I lionize your names,
So I listen to your words,
So I arraign to your nerves
So I lionize your names,
So I listen to your words,
So I redirect your seal,
Back to the intelligence
7. The Arrival Ritual
(Instrumental Music)
8. Incendium Between MirageAnd Time
(Music: AlHazred, Ashmedi / Lyrics: Proscriptor)
I unite symbols that form lion shapes
I invoke dreams that dance in the minds eye
I throw the firebrands across the firmament
I am the blaze that mirrors the desert lands
The stars abide not, as the stellar plains drift
The image is my nature and solar is my name
The beam of rays is the essence that soars
The auras of deifying curses are there
I am Shamash
Utu, Ag, and the Sun
Here I am ancient
There I am protracted
As ages go by
Stars coil above me
My secrets murmur
As they are deafening
I am Shamash
Utu, Ag, and the Sun
Here I am ancient
There I am protracted
As ages go by
Stars coil above me
My secrets murmur
As they are deafening
I am Shamash
Utu, Ag, and the Sun
Here I am ancient
There I am protracted
As ages go by
Stars coil above me
My secrets murmur
As they are deafening
My eruptions arrive, as the chaos rolls again
My vile light is attesting from the old times
My dancing fire shines on temples, the lucid flame
I am the gem that glistens in the lions eye
I invoke the mirage of the days frontier
I throw the firebrands across the firmament
I �m the fire that rives the breach in the sky
A sacred mystery is seducing, yet untold
An image of my magic power will appear,
And will expose light onto the sand of gold
A hallowed mirage is drifting, yet hanging
I am the species, which is seen, in pure gold
I am the one that confines in this common space
I am the firebrand across the firmament
I am the twilight...
My fire enters gateways of all horizons
My range of vision is where gloom meets the sky
My radiance diminishes as the night develops
My commands are deafening to those horizon...
9. Purifier Of The Stars
(Music: Ashmedi / Lyrics:Ashmedi)
Breath the universe
Rites of Annunakis time
Bringing the essence, bring
The origin of Mans being
Forever your 'cosm is mine
Its mass in my crystal ball
Now heed your fathers are here
We claim the sons you bear
The Purifier the claimer will return
Now heed your fathers are here
We claim the sons you bear
Now heed your sons are here
We claim the fathers you bear
The Purifier, the claimer will return
Fulfilling his destined way
Lead: Andy La Rocque
Lead: Ashmedi
From the planet unknown and apart
Spawned the seed of earths bond
New lands for our slaves
Purifier of the stars has made his way
Breath the universe
Rites of Annunakis time
Forever your cosm is mine
Its mass in my crystal ball
Bringing the essence, bring
The origin of Mans being
The ritual of the scorpions sting
Will take you on my wings
Breath the universe
Rites of Annunakis time
Bringing the essence, bring
The origin of Mans being
Forever your cosm is mine
Its mass in my crystal ball
Now heed your fathers are here
We claim the sons you bear
10. Caravans to Ur
(Instrumental Music)