An Unholy Black/Middle-Eastern Black/Death Metal band from Israel. On November 11th, 2022, Arallu released their eighth studio album, Death Covenant, which includes ten malevolent Djinn of extreme songs which would gratify Melechesh and AlNamrood fans. The album was released through Hammerheart Records, Napalm Records and Von Frost Koffin Records
Introduction:
Arallu, Death Covenant: This review will evaluate every aspect of the album, from its intricate musical composition to its production. Our analysis will provide valuable insights to help you determine if this album is worth adding to your collection.
The First Three Sins of Death Covenant
Let’s start by discussing the first three sins of Arallu and their Death Covenant album.
The First Sin, The Strings/Keys: Features complex/technical guitar work consisting of bone-crushing, blackened, heavy, brutal, dark melodies of thrashy axe shredding, with dark ravaging unholy bass riffs. The Second Sin, The Vocals: This involves the possession of extreme deathly singing, which adds a backbone to the music, interwoven with howling screams and ancient summoning incantations/hymns. The Third Sin—The Percussions: This involves a vast world of thunderous drum work, strikes, and beats that drive the music.
The Fourth Sin: Overall Discussion: A pure malevolent Djinn of middle-eastern black metal and unholy extreme metal
Immediately after the listener presses that play button, the listener is welcomed to the opening piece, End Ov War (Tikva), which welcomes the listener to a Middle Eastern incantation/meditation prayer.
Following suit with the second track, Prophecy Of The Dead, the first song following the intro track and the remaining eight pieces.
As one continues their magical-spiritual journey -across the scorching hot desert and through the streets of the holy land of Jerusalem. Where the listener is welcomed to the end of an era of En Olam and a welcoming to a new dawn and epoch of Death Covenant. Thus creating something new, fresh, entertaining, more potent, and malevolent while keeping it musical sorcery artistry of complex, aggressive, rawest, full-on throttle, deadly and unholy extreme music from their consistently excellent previous releases.
Death Covenant provides and delivers ten pieces to the listener’s ears, with an attitude of giving the listener’s ears, mind, and soul. This unique musical djinn art captures the heart and soul of unholy-extreme metal, black metal, death metal, and thrash metal, which is conventionally interwoven with Arabic Middle Eastern mythic themes and instrumentation/music.
Arallu has never failed to deliver outstanding musical art to the listener’s ears, with one exception: this release seems to have moments (for the listener’s mind) of soothing and hypnosis within the atmosphere of the music.
At the same time, Death Covenant is a fruit of art and solid release, with its ten well-thought-out and well-arranged/composed/penned songs/lyrics, music and instrumentation. Each track is different and captures various moments and expressions (arrange/co-side with each piece), drenched with a fantastic, grace, and killer sound and production.
This is all provided and delivered by extraordinary fruit of art devilmanship and all possessed with evoking spiritual energy of fruit of art instrumental and musical composition. Local folk instruments, such as the Saz, Oud, Kanoon, Drabukka drum, toms, and many other traditional Middle Eastern instruments/music, can be heard within the walls of the music.
Death Covenant features two guest vocalists on the third track, Ruler Of The Seven Worlds by Lord Kaiaphas (of Thokkan Vortex) and track eight, Humanity Death Embrace by Stefan Necroabyssious (of Varathron). The latter adds more depth and blasphemous and dark surroundings to the vocals and both tracks.
DEATH COVENANT‘s musical atmosphere and spectrum are drenched with multiple moods/tempos, audio sound clips/fx (haunting, thunder, etc.) and (mentioned above) interweaving the influence of Middle Eastern folk music/instrumentation, mythology and atmosphere. This gives the whole extreme piece an Arabic mystical aroma of their homeland.
Death Covenant is a musical spectrum that’s neither dull nor repetitive. It’s entertaining and adrenaline-inducing from the moment you press that play button. And not to be missed.
The album comes to an end with the last song, Skeleton’s Battlefield. We want to give a shoutout to Arallu for letting us review their Death Covenant album. Now, we’re going to wrap it up by talking about the final three sins and concluding the review.
You’re Listening to “Empire Of Salt”
PlayThe Last Three Sins
Let’s discuss the last three sins, our thoughts on Arallu and their Death Covenant album.
The Fifth Sin, The Memorabilia: Is that for us, Every release Arallu has released, their music and devilmanship have been an extreme fruit of art and outstanding material. But I think Death Covenant is the most entertaining, focused, new, fresh, and potent release. Especially the tracks featuring the guest vox and the ninth track … powerful!
The magical thing about this release is what the listener will hear through the possession of their headphones -just pure malevolent Djinn of extreme music and a natural (killer) deal.
The Sixth Sin, The Artwork:
The artwork is frightening and unholy as hell …. It fits well with the band’s homeland, music, and songs.
The Seventh Sin, Disrelish:
Nothing to disrelish within the musical spectrum of Arallu, and their album Death Covenant.
This concludes the Arallu, Death Covenant review.
Track-Listing:
- End Ov Wars (Tikva)
- Prophecy of the Dead
- Ruler of the Seven Worlds (feat Lord Kaiaphas)
- Under Jerusalem Temple’s Mount
- Satanic Spirit
- Mystic Sultan
- Desert Shadows Will Rise
- Humanity Death Embrace (feat Stefan Necroabyssius Varathron)
- Empire of Salt
- Skeletons Battlefield
Arallu is:
- Butchered – vocals, guitars & bass
- Eylon B – strings, backing vocals
- Ofek Omnius Noy – guitars
- Richard – drums & percussion
