Myrath
Meet Tunisian Metal Band and pioneers of Blazing Desert Metal Myrath whose unique style of music has garnered them International Attention. I had the pleasure of promoting their Bassist Anis Jouini for two years.
I encourage to view search out the band and watch why they have created such a loyal fan base.
Below is Reviews from their Album Legacy.
I encourage to view search out the band and watch why they have created such a loyal fan base.
Below is Reviews from their Album Legacy.
My Global Mind: Their new opus entitled Legacy is a brilliant spectacle morphing melodic progressive metal with stunning Arabic keyboard swaths and vocal melodies that hearken to the sounds of the Orient. From the albums opening “Jasmin” the listener is swept away by this grand, majestic sound that transports one to a different world. Myrath are one of the few bands that can legitimately create an authentic sound without sounding as if they’re trying to be anything other than themselves.
With the brilliant guitar of original member Malek Ben Arbia soaring over the cinematic keyboard sounds of Elyes Bouchoucha, to the propulsive bass of Anis Jouini syncopating with the brilliant drums of Morgan Berthet; musically the band is not only totally unique within the songs but amazingly skilled as well. When you add the beautiful and emotional vocals of Zaher Zorgati whose voice goes from singing straight vocal lines to complex bits totally caps what makes Myrath one of the best bands you have not heard.
Metal Wani : With their latest album, ‘Legacy’, it’s safe to say Myrath is evolving and is far from falling into that quicksand. The album is filled with hard-hitting riffs by Malen Ben Arbia and Zaher Zorgati’s vocal. Elyes Bouchoucha on keyboards is powerful as usual with the Middle Eastern influences that he puts in the music, music which makes Myrath, Myrath. It is their debut album with the drummer Morgan Berthat, who slayed the album from the very first note. Anis Jouni’s bass was one of the things that kept the groove going throughout the album. The album couldn’t have been produced any better than this. The journey ‘Legacy’ takes you on both with the sound and music, heavenly. Pure bliss upstages the environment as you hit play. Rating 9.5
Metal Underground: Oriental metal….Middle Eastern folk metal…Arabic symphonic metal…Aladdin power metal – whatever you want to call it, there are but only a few machinations of progressive metal that can instantaneously pique my interest. Only one of them stands tall among them all – this one. Myrath blew the doors off the subgenre back in 2011 with “Tales of the Sands” and ever since there has been an agonizing and painful wait for new material. The hype has never been more real when the band unleashed the brilliant new video and introduced the world to “Believer.”
There are standout performances by all involved, including the brilliant bass play of Anis Jouini, who is as distinct as any of the greats (check out his work at 2:00 on “Get Your Freedom Back”).
Myrath has truly crafted something exceptional and the style is something I hope will stay composed by a select and unique few (Orphaned Land, Amadeus Awad and Amaseffer come to mind). An explosion of like acts will only serve to water down its value and stunning impact on the listener. “Legacy” is masterful in weaving the technical with cultural influences of the band and the production (handled by Adagio keyboardist Kevin Codfert) is top notch. Myrath has raised the bar and it’s going to be very interesting if anyone can catch up.
Danger Dog Music: And it came to pass, after five years of touring many parts of the world with Dream Theater, Him, Orphaned Land, and Tarja, to both acclaim and success, Myrath returns with a new album, Legacy. They've never sounded better, more extravagant, more polished, more epic. And to think they wasted their early years being a death metal cover band.
There's several things I want to point out about this album. But, perhaps the most important thing to say at the start is, buy this album. Seriously. Okay. Listen to the video if you must. Or read my feeble words. But, yeah, you should buy this album. It's that good. If you like their past work, you will love this one.
Myrath's symphonic progressive power metal rocks. Put this on the short list for best prog metal album of the year. Nuff said. Now go buy the album. Quite recommended.
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