Arallu
| Arallu | |
|---|---|
| Oreigin | Ma'ale Adumim |
| Genres | Black metal, thrash metal, oriental metal |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Labels | Raven Music, Legion of Death, The End, Epidemic |
| Associate acts | Melechesh, Nail Within, Lehavoth, Viscera Trail, Desert, The Afterlife, Bartholomeus Night |
| Members | Moti "Butchered" Daniel Gal "Pixel" Cohen Assaf Kassimov Omri Yagen |
| Past members | Avi Caspi Yossi Darmon Alex Schuster Ben Fisher Sergei "Metalheart" Nemichenitser Yonathan Dushnitzki Yaniv Zada |
Arallu is an Israeli extreme metal baund. As ane o the members o the Jerusalem extreme metal scene, Arallu haes "thrived aff the seemin contradiction o its location athin a 'holy' ceety."[1]
Biography[eedit | eedit soorce]
Arallu wis creatit as the solo project o Moti "Butchered" Daniel, a bass guitarist who haes performed live wi Melechesh. The debut album The War on the Wailing Wall arrived in 2001 an featured "a drum machine programmed tae ludicrous speed".[2] In 2002, Arallu released their "iconoclastic" seicont album Satanic War in Jerusalem.[1] Nir Nakav frae the baund Salem wis responsible for the drums an the traditional Goblet drum while Daniel performed on aw ither instruments and vocals. The album featured a cover version o Slayer's "Evil Has No Boundaries". Daniel expandit the baund's line-up efter the release o this album and a DVD Visual Chaos Invasion wis released in the follaein year.[3]
In September 2003, Daniel's brither wis kidnapped an held tae ransom bi guerrillas frae the Colombian organisation Ejército de Liberación Nacional. Daniel wis successful in negotiatin for his brither's release.[3]
The year 2005 saw the release o Arallu's third album The Demon From The Ancient World wi guest performers frae various Israeli acts includin Zeev Tananboim o Salem.[4] Daniel returned the favor wi a guest performance on Salem's chairt-toppin Strings Attached album.[5]
In September 2007, Arallu opened for Mayhem's concert in Tel Aviv. The fuitage frae the performance wis filmed an is scheduled for release in 2008 as the baund's seicont DVD.[6] Their fowert album Desert Battles - Descending to the Sands wis released in 2009.[6]
Style[eedit | eedit soorce]
Arallu performs black metal wi oriental influences an touches o thrash metal. Critic Roberto Marinelli describes their style as "reminiscent o early Venom, Sodom, an Voivod: thrashy, monochromatic, unnerproduced an full o ideas that far ootstrip their abilities".[7] Daniel haes remarked in an interview that Arallu's style haes tae be oriental, thrashy an barbaric "aw at ance".[8]
Baund members[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Moti "Butchered" Daniel - lead vocals, bass (1997–present)
- Gal "Pixel" Cohen - guitars (2007–present)
- Sergei "Metalheart" Nemichenitser - guitars (2010–present)
- Yonatan Dushnitzki - drums (2003–present)
- Yaniv Zada - "soul beatin" doom percussion instruments, wind instruments (2006–present)
Umwhile members[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Yossi Darmon - guitars (2004–2010)
- Avi Caspi - guitars (1998–2007)
- Alex Schuster - guitars (2003–2004)
- Ben Fisher - drums (2001–2003)
Discography[eedit | eedit soorce]
Studio albums[eedit | eedit soorce]
- The War on the Wailing Wall (2001)
- Satanic War in Jerusalem (2002)
- The Demon from the Ancient World (2005)
- Desert Battles - Descending to the Sands (2009)
- GENIEWAR (2015)
- Six (2017)
- En Olam (2019)
EPs[eedit | eedit soorce]
- At War against God (2001)
- Magen Jerusalem 7 (2009)
Dvds[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Visual Chaos Invasion (2003)
- The Ultimate War (2010)
- Middle Eastern Battlefield (2016)
Notes[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ a b Kahn Harris 2007, p. 115
- ↑ Martinelli, Roberto. "Satanic War in Jerusalem review". Maelstrom.nu. Archived frae the original on 31 August 2007. Retrieved 27 Julie 2008.
- ↑ a b Sharpe-Young, Garry. "Arallu". Rockdetector. Archived frae the original on 3 Mairch 2016. Retrieved 27 Julie 2008. Unknown parameter
|dead-url=ignored (help) - ↑ "ARALLU: Hard At Work On New Album". Blabbermouth.net. 14 Mairch 2005. Retrieved 27 Julie 2008.
- ↑ "SALEM's 'Strings Attached' Tops Israeli Metal Chart". Blabbermouth.net. 6 Juin 2005. Retrieved 27 Julie 2008.
- ↑ a b "ARALLU: New Album Title Announced". Blabbermouth.net. 22 Februar 2008. Retrieved 27 Julie 2008.
- ↑ Martinelli, Roberto. "he Demon from the Ancient World review". Maelstrom.nu. Archived frae the original on 25 Mey 2011. Retrieved 27 Julie 2008.
- ↑ Puhl, Carl. "Interview with Butchered and Yonatan of Arallu". Lordsofmetal.nl. Retrieved 27 Julie 2008.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Kahn-Harris, Keith (2007). Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge. Oxford: Berg Publishers. ISBN 1845203992.
Freemit airtinss[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Arallu at Myspace
- Interviews an reviews Archived 2008-06-13 at the Wayback Machine