The debut album from this band from Tunisia.
The band was a quartet with a lineup of drums, bass, guitars, keyboards and vocals.
A guest added keyboards and backing vocals on one track.
Myrath is the first really metal band from the African continent to get a worldwide record deal. Although Tunisian is thousands of miles from the Middle-East, Myrath followed in the footsteps of Orphaned Land in the Middle-East scene.
This because Myrath's music is much more in the vein of the traditional Arabian and Middle-East music than in the vein of this undefined African music and sound. Therefore, Orphaned Land and Myrath has always been lumped together.
The band is not so much influenced by their own country and the Middle-East scene on this, their debut album. The band may have not been brave enough to do so and I can understand why. A worldwide record deal with a pretty big record label is not one to be lost by making a stupid move....
The band is very influenced by both Symphony X and Dream Theater here and that shows.
The music is more or less standard progressive metal fare with some good vocals and guitar solos. There is some hints of their local roots and music here. But most of the album is too much standard metal and does not have much of an identity.
The result is a decent fifty minutes long album. I will review the remaining albums, with the exception of their third album reviewed in 2011 for ProgArchives, this winter.
2 points
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