MELECHESH managed to impress me with their previous effort (Djinn), but it is nothing compared with this one. I am not afraid to say that Sphynx is an album of the most exceptional quality. Absolutely all is perfect regarding this release, be it the production (handled this time by Andy Larocque), to the visual concept, without forgetting the most important: the songwriting and the musical abilities the four members of MELECESH grace us with. Once again, the mighty Proscriptor (of ABSU fame of course) demonstrates how much a class drummer he is: far to be self indulgent, he puts his considerable skills in service of the whole band, in a humble manner so to speak, yet his performance is breathtaking. For those who don‚t know the mighty MELECHESH yet, I believe it is useful to precise that the band originates from the Holy Land, but that founder member Ashmedi decided to relocate the band to Europe. He lives in Holland now, just as the bassist Al Hazred, while Moloch, the other guitarist, has settled his home in Paris, with Proscriptor still living in the USA. I don‚t know in which conditions the recording process took place, but the result is more than convincing. MELECHESH is often categorized as a Black Metal band (while still in Jerusalem, the band used to wear corpsepaint, and played a rawer form of music) but it would be inaccurate to persist in such a vision of things. Like Frank stated in his review of Djinn MELECHESH play a blackened form of sophisticated Heavy Metal, with only the vocals tying them to the Black Metal side of things.

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Label: Osmose | Item Code: OP LP 142 | Country: Various | Year: 2003 | Genre: Black Metal

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