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For the supernatural talent, see Bilocation.
Bilocate

Bilocate is a death/doom metal band from Jordan.[1]

History

Bilocate was founded by the brothers Ramzi and Waseem Esayed and their friend Hani Al Abadi, and got started when they were joined by guitarist Baha' Farah, and later by guitarist Rami Haikal.

Their first full-length album, Dysphoria, was released in the winter of 2005, and received significant airplay on the local governmental radio station Jordan FM, with a 5-hour show being dedicated to the band and the album on October 27. They released a music video for "2nd War in Heaven." A second video, for "Days of Joy," was produced by Jacknife Video Productions. Bilocate added a new drummer, Ahmad Kloob, in late 2006, and started preparing for a new album.

In July 2008, Sudden Death Syndrome was released,[2] mixed and mastered by Jens Bogren (Opeth, Bloodbath, Katatonia, Paradise Lost, and others). The album received positive reviews from magazines and websites such as Decible[3] and Blabbermouth.net.[4] The album was self-released and is now distributed in the United States via The Omega Order, the distribution arm of The End Records.[5] In December 2008, Terrorizer reviewed Sudden Death Syndrome, calling it "a tasteful and sophisticated piece of work that determinedly puts the Jordanian metal scene on the map."[6] The album has led to extensive coverage for the band in the West in the heavy metal media online as well as in print, such as interviews with Terrorizer and Metal Hammer; the latter praised their "rich, doomy sound" and called Sudden Death Syndrome a "stunning, heartfelt metal album."[7] Metal Storm nominated the album for its Best Doom Metal Album Award; Bilocate's album finished in sixth place (of ten).[8]

Heavy metal music is still controversial in Jordan, as suggested in a brief interview with Terrorizer, December 2008, in which Rami Haikal said, "We have even been told to dissolve the band and to stop publishing our music by any means."[9] In an interview with Metal Hammer, Haseem Essayed said, "We are facing a lot of pressure and a huge rejection from security, religious authorities, and the community."[7] The UAE newspaper The National reported in October 2008, in a series of articles called "Young in the Muslim World," that a Bilocate concert in Jordan was canceled by authorities, "citing unspecified 'security reasons.'"[10]

Band members

Current members

Past members

  • Ibrahim Al Qaisi - drums

Session members

  • Alaa Faraj

Discography

Sudden Death Syndrome (2008)

Sudden Death Syndrome album cover

Track List

  1. "Humans & the Dark Affiliation"
  2. "Blooded Forest"
  3. "The Dead Sea"
  4. "Ebtehal"
  5. "Inoculate"
  6. "Pure Wicked Sins"
  7. "The Stone Of Hate"
  • Co-produced, mixed, and engineered by Jens Bogren
  • Mastered at Fascination Street studios, Orebro, Sweden, by Jens Bogren
  • Drums by Ahmed Klob & Waseem EsSayed, recorded by Ahmed Kloub, and digitized by Waseem EsSayed; engineered by Jens Bogren
  • Guitars and Arabic Oud recorded by Rami Haikal and Baha' Farah
  • Bass recorded at The Phexagon studio; sound technician Mohannad Bursheh, Amman, Jordan
  • Vocals recorded at In The Mix studios; sound engineer Nash Planojevic, Dubai, UAE
  • Keyboards, percussion, and pianos recorded and engineered by Waseem EsSayed

Dysphoria (2005)

File:Dysphoria.jpg
Dysphoria album cover

Track List

  1. "Intro"
  2. "2nd War In Heaven"
  3. "Passage"
  4. "A Deadly Path"
  5. "The Tragedy Within"
  6. "Shrouded"
  7. "Days Of Joy"
  8. "A Desire To Leave"

Dysphoria EP (2003)

File:DysphoriaEP.jpg
Dysphoria EP album cover

Track List

  1. "Instrumental"
  2. "2nd War In Heaven"
  3. "Hypia (Early Days Of Joy)"

References

  1. ^ Sign them already - Bilocate, Deeply Confused by Cosmo Lee, Invisible Oranges
  2. ^ Review on Metal-Mayhem.co.uk
  3. ^ "Bilocate: A Band Too Good Not To Write About", Vince Neilstein, Metalsucks: "So it wasn’t until Invisible Oranges proprietor and Decibel contributor Cosmo Lee wrote about Bilocate in both publications that I was jolted into realizing that I’d been missing out on a truly talented and worthwhile metal band."
  4. ^ Review on Blabbermouth.net
  5. ^ Bilocate--Sudden Death Syndrome on The Omega Order. Accessed 1 March 2009.
  6. ^ Hinchliffe, James (December 2008). "Rev. of Bilocate, Sudden Death Syndrome". Terrorizer. 178. Retrieved 2009-03-02. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  7. ^ a b Selzer, Johnathan (February 2009). "Bilocate". Metal Hammer: 114. Retrieved 2009-03-02. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  8. ^ "The Best Doom Metal Album". Metal Storm. 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-02. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  9. ^ Hoare, James (December 2008). "Interview with Bilocate". Terrorizer. 178. Retrieved 2009-03-02. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  10. ^ Nelson, Craig (2008-10-13). "Young in the Muslim World: Lost in Adolescent Limbo". The National (Abu Dhabi). {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

External links

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