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‚Äôale 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‚Äôs 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 ‚ÄúEn Olam‚Äù, and that opus has solidified Arralu‚Äôs already known talent to the underground extreme metal community. ‚ÄúDeath Covenant‚Äù is the band‚Äôs 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‚Äôs 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‚Äôs 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. ‚ÄúDeath Covenant‚Äù also parades the band‚Äôs strongest production to date in their twenty-five years of existence.

Arallu had created a menacing and atmospheric beast in this style of metal with their release of ‚ÄúDeath Covenant‚Äù. These Israelis had put out a savage album that is hardly comparable to its predecessors.

TRACKLIST

1. End Ov Wars (Tikva)
2. Prophecy of the Dead
3. Ruler of the Seven Worlds
4. Under Jerusalem‚Äôs temple Mount
5. Satanic Spirit
6. Mystical Sultan
7. Desert Shadow will Rise
8. Humanity Death Embrace
9. Empire of Salt
10. Skeletons Battlefield

Arallu

Arallu "ARALLU - Death Covenant / CD" CD