Melechesh
Melechesh | |
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Live at Hole in the Sky, Bergen Metal Fest 2007 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Jerusalem |
| Genres | Black metal, oriental metal |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Labels | Nuclear Blast, Osmose, The End, Profound Lore Records |
| Members | Ashmedi Moloch Lord Curse |
| Website | melechesh |
Melechesh is an ethnically Assyrian black metal band that originated in Jerusalem and is currently based in Amsterdam. Ashmedi started the band as a solo project in 1993. In the following year, guitarist Moloch and drummer Lord Curse were added to the line-up. The band's goal was to create a type of black metal incorporating extensive Middle Eastern influences mainly based on Assyrian (Mesopotamian) and occult themes (both musically and lyrically); the band invented the title "Mesopotamian metal" or "Sumerian Black Thrashing Metal" to best describe their type of metal. They are sometimes referred to as oriental metal.