Desert Call

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Desert Call
Studio album by Myrath

Publication
(s)

January 25, 2010

Label (s) XIII Bis Records (Europe), Nightmare Records (worldwide)

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

Progressive metal , power metal

running time

65:02

occupation
  • Malek Ben Arbia - guitar
  • Zaher Zorgati - singing
  • Anis Jouini - bass
  • Elyes Bouchoucha - keyboard, vocals
  • Saif Ouhibi - drums

production

Kevin Codfert

chronology
Hope
(2007) 		Desert Call Tales of the Sands
(2011)

Desert Call is the second studio album by the progressive metal band Myrath . It was released on January 25, 2010 in Europe by XIII Bis Records , and worldwide on January 26, 2010 by Nightmare Records .

History of origin

Work on the album began after the arrival of the new singer Zaher Zorgati, who replaced Tarek Idouani. In contrast to its predecessor, it has softer vocals, so the new songs have been adapted to this. Musically, Myrath's Progressive Metal was expanded to include Arabic influences and orchestral passages. Various session musicians were hired to play some flutes and the traditional Tunisian darbouka .

The album was recorded in November 2008 in a studio in Tunis and produced by Kevin Codfert , keyboardist for the band Adagio . Since Myrath had no record deal at the time, the release was delayed by about a year. It wasn't until June 2009 that the band signed with the French label XIII Bis Records , a sub-label of Sony Music that sells the album in Europe. The album is distributed worldwide through the US label Nightmare Records .

All lyrics were written by Aymen Jaouadi, a friend of the band. He was inspired by the finished music and then wrote the lyrics, which mainly deal with social issues.

The album released by XIII Bis Records contains a song called Forever and a Day , some of which is sung in Arabic . The album released by Nightmare Records contains Forever and a Day in English only.

Before the release, the song Forever and a Day appeared on the group's Myspace presence as an audio file and as a video trailer.

Track list

  1. Forever and a Day - 5:41
  2. Tempests of Sorrows - 4:42
  3. Desert Call - 7:00 am
  4. Madness - 6:18
  5. Silent Cries - 10:48
  6. Memories - 4:53
  7. Ironic Destiny - 5:44
  8. No Turning Back - 5:38
  9. Empty World - 7:06
  10. Shockwave - 7:15

The total running time of the album is 65:02 minutes.

There is a bonus track on the North American version called Hard Times .

Publication history

region date Label format Catalog #
Europe January 25, 2010 XIII Bis Records compact disc
Worldwide January 26, 2010 Nightmare Records compact disc NMR-542

reception

The album received good reviews. Among them were 8 out of 10 points in Rock Hard No. 277 and 6 out of 7 points in Metal Hammer issue 06/10.

Chris P. at Musikreviews.de praises the, in his opinion, not superimposed oriental elements and therefore exotic musical instruments and concludes: “Desert Call” has become an impressively multi-layered, imaginative piece of music in terms of songwriting, which after almost seventy-three minutes is surprised that that should have been it. "

Marc Langels from Hooked on Music writes: "In conclusion, it can only be said that MYRATH are a real asset to the entire international music world."

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Interview with Myrath. Metal-Aschaffenburg.de, August 20, 2010, accessed on November 22, 2010 .
  2. ↑ Biography of Myrath. Official website, accessed December 11, 2011 .
  3. ↑ a b News ( Memento from February 4, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Rock Hard: [1]
  5. ↑ Musikreviews.de: [2]
  6. ↑ Hooked on Music: [3]