Desert Call

Occupation

  • Malek Ben Arbia - Guitar
  • Anis Jouini - Bass
  • Elyes Bouchoucha - keyboards, vocals
  • Saif Ouhibi - drums

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

Genesis

Work on the album began after the entry of the new singer Zaher Zorgati who replaced Tarek Idouani. Unlike his predecessors, he has a gentle voice, so that the new songs have this adjusted. Musically, the progressive metal of Myrath has been extended to Arabic influences and orchestral passages. These various session musicians were obliged to have grossed 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 of the band Adagio. Since Myrath at that time had no record deal, the publication was delayed by about a year. It was only in June 2009, the band signed with the French label XIII Bis Records, a sub-label of Sony Music, which distributes the album in Europe. Worldwide sales of the album is done via the U.S. label Nightmare Records.

All texts were created by Aymen Jaouadi, a friend of the band. This was inspired by the finished music and wrote the lyrics that deal primarily social issues.

The by XIII Bis Records released album contains with Forever and a Day is a song that is sung partly in Arabic. The update released by Nightmare Records album contains Forever and a Day in the English language.

Before the release appeared on the MySpace presence of the group the song Forever and a Day as an audio file and a video trailer.

Title list

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

In the North American version there is a bonus track called Hard Times.

Publication History

Reception

The album received good reviews. Among them were 8 out of 10 in Rock Hard # 277 and 6 of 7 points in the Metal Hammer Issue 06 / 10th

Chris P. at Musikreviews.de praises in his opinion, not mounted oriental shares and therefore exotic musical instruments and writes in conclusion, " " Desert Call " has become an impressive complex, imaginative piece of music in terms of songwriting, where you located minutes after nearly seventy-three surprising that it should be the been. "

Writes Marc Langels of Hooked on Music: " Finally one noted that Myrath are a real asset to the entire international music world. "

Record label Genre Adagio (Band)
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