Arallu
| Arallu | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Ma'ale Adumim |
| Genres | Black metal, thrash metal, oriental metal |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Labels | Raven Music, Legion of Death, The End, Epidemic |
| Associated acts | Melechesh, Nail Within, Lehavoth, Viscera Trail, Desert, The Afterlife, Bartholomeus Night |
| Members | |
| Moti "Butchered" Daniel Gal "Pixel" Cohen Sergei "Metalheart" Nemichenitser Yonathan Dushnitzki Yaniv Zada |
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| Past members | |
| Avi Caspi Yossi Darmon Alex Schuster Ben Fisher |
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Arallu is an Israeli extreme metal band. As one of the members of the Jerusalem extreme metal scene, Arallu has "thrived off the seeming contradiction of its location within a 'holy' city."[1]
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[edit] Biography
Arallu was created as the solo project of Moti "Butchered" Daniel, a bass guitarist who has performed live with Melechesh.[2] The debut album The War on the Wailing Wall arrived in 2001 and featured "a drum machine programmed to ludicrous speed".[3] In 2002, Arallu released their "iconoclastic"[citation needed] second album Satanic War in Jerusalem.[1] Nir Nakav from the band Salem was responsible for the drums and the traditional Goblet drum while Daniel performed on all other instruments and vocals.[citation needed] The album featured a cover version of Slayer's "Evil Has No Boundaries". Daniel expanded the band's line-up after the release of this album and a DVD Visual Chaos Invasion was released in the following year.[2]
In September 2003, Daniel's brother was kidnapped and held to ransom by guerrillas from the Colombian organisation Ejército de Liberación Nacional. Daniel was successful in negotiating for his brother's release.[2]
The year 2005 saw the release of Arallu's third album The Demon From The Ancient World with guest performers from various Israeli acts including Zeev Tananboim of Salem.[4] Daniel returned the favor with a guest performance on Salem's chart-topping Strings Attached album.[5]
In September 2007, Arallu opened for Mayhem's concert in Tel Aviv. The footage from the performance was filmed and is scheduled for release in 2008 as the band's second DVD.[6] Their fourth album Desert Battles - Descending to the Sands was released in 2009.[6]
On August 28, 2009, the band was the opening act for Behemoth on their show at the Barby club in Tel Aviv, along with Arafel.[7]
In September 2011, the band went on their first European tour, playing 5 dates between September 9–13, 2011, in Germany, Switzerland and Austria.[8]
[edit] Style
Arallu performs black metal with oriental influences and touches of thrash metal. Critic Roberto Marinelli describes their style as "reminiscent of early Venom, Sodom, and Voivod: thrashy, monochromatic, underproduced and full of ideas that far outstrip their abilities".[9] Daniel has remarked in an interview that Arallu's style has to be oriental, thrashy and barbaric "all at once".[10]
[edit] Band members
- Moti "Butchered" Daniel - lead vocals, bass (1997–present)
- Gal "Pixel" Cohen - guitars (2007–present)
- Sergei "Metalheart" Nemichenitser - guitars (2010–present)
- Yonatan Dushnitzki - drums (2003–present)
- Yaniv Zada - "soul beating" doom percussion instruments, wind instruments (2006–present)
[edit] Former members
- Yossi Darmon - guitars (2004–2010)
- Avi Caspi - guitars (1998–2007)
- Alex Schuster - guitars (2003–2004)
- Ben Fisher - drums (2001–2003)
[edit] Discography
[edit] Studio albums
- The War on the Wailing Wall (2001)
- Satanic War in Jerusalem (2002)
- The Demon from the Ancient World (2005)
- Desert Battles - Descending to the Sands (2009)
[edit] EPs
- At War against God (2001)
- Magen Jerusalem 7 (2009)
[edit] Dvds
- Visual Chaos Invasion (2003)
- The Ultimate War (2010)
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b Kahn Harris 2007, p. 115
- ^ a b c Sharpe-Young, Garry. "Arallu". Rockdetector. http://www.rockdetector.com/artist/israel/arallu. Retrieved 2008-07-27.[dead link]
- ^ Martinelli, Roberto. "Satanic War in Jerusalem review". Maelstrom.nu. http://www.maelstrom.nu/ezine/review_iss8_273.php. Retrieved 2008-07-27.
- ^ "ARALLU: Hard At Work On New Album". Blabbermouth.net. 2005-03-14. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/BLABBERMOUTH.NET/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=69132. Retrieved 2008-07-27.
- ^ "SALEM's 'Strings Attached' Tops Israeli Metal Chart". Blabbermouth.net. 2005-06-06. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/BLABBERMOUTH.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=37700. Retrieved 2008-07-27.
- ^ a b "ARALLU: New Album Title Announced". Blabbermouth.net. 2008-02-22. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=91348. Retrieved 2008-07-27.
- ^ http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/28431145/BehemothInternetFrontB.jpg
- ^ http://www.last.fm/music/Arallu/+events/2011
- ^ Martinelli, Roberto. "he Demon from the Ancient World review". Maelstrom.nu. http://www.maelstrom.nu/ezine/review_iss44_3149.php. Retrieved 2008-07-27.
- ^ Puhl, Carl. "Interview with Butchered and Yonatan of Arallu". Lordsofmetal.nl. http://www.lordsofmetal.nl/showinterview.php?id=1356&lang=en. Retrieved 2008-07-27.
[edit] References
- Kahn-Harris, Keith (2007). Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge. Oxford: Berg Publishers. ISBN 1845203992.
