MYRATH — Desert Call (review)

MYRATH — Desert Call album cover Album · 2010 · Progressive Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
4/5 ·
Stephen
After Aspera, I was introduced to Myrath by the same friend. Progressive metal, astonishing musicians, very young of age, Symphony X - Dream Theater influenced, everything looks similar to Aspera (Norwegian progmetal young lads), but this time, they're Tunisian and the album has an Arabic twist inside, now this is interesting. "Desert Call" is the band's second release and since I never heard their debut before, my opinion is based solely on this album.

The opening, "Forever And A Day", honestly, didn't really impress me that much. I'm not saying the song's bad, but it's a decent attempt, you've heard them before only this time, the Arabic vibe is really thick and you can even hear a foreign singing in the beginning and when Zorguatti sang in English, he's capable of spicing up the style with the traditional Arabic flavor. "Tempests of Sorrow" still not helpful and didn't do much, I was about to lose interest until I decided to go on with the next title track, and looks like the big push is coming from this track.

"Madness", a dark tune that started with an assaulting riffs and took off high with a dreamy mystical flute in the mid part of the song before fading out with an epic combination of keyboard/guitar interlude.

"Silent Cries" is probably their greatest creation here, spanning over 10 minutes, this song exploded with an admirable riffs before ascending high to the gigantic chorus, although I must admit the over-vibrated singing can be annoying sometimes if you're not familiar with the style. Myrath smartly cooled the listeners down with an acoustical piece that ended the song flawlessly.

"Memories" flows like a calm water, a meditating ballad floated on top of soothing instrumental blend. The following "Ironic Destiny" and "No Turning Back" got a fierce rhythm and avenging riffs, packed with deadly keyboard/guitar solos and soaring vocals, laid upon a melodic textures.

Myrath is another surprise and "Desert Call" is better than I expected first. My favorite picks of the album is "Silent", "Ironic", and "No". If you like progressive metal embalmed with eastern folk oil, you'll embrace this easily. They've shown a great potential here and their next album is definitely worth waiting for.
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