Metal Song with Arabian Theme

Revenant42 · Post by **Revenant42** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 6:17 am

Theiron have alot of that style

Try In the Desert of Set, Lemuria and Siren of the Woods

Sounds a buit like Nightwish, but better gutiars and more choirs and opera and orchestra, and lots of dark atmosphere and lyrics based on ancient gods.

nailz · Post by **nailz** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 1:30 am

No one's mentioned kamelot because listening to them is slightly less fun than giving a gorilla a root canal with a jack hammer dressed in a banana suit while getting a vasectomy without pain killers.

Orphaned Land however, should be seen by anyone and everyone live immediately.

Catatonik · Post by **Catatonik** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 2:04 am

Aye.

Therion actually do have quite a few Eastern influenced tracks, and are also one of the earlier Swedish Death bands originally.

Sapphire_luna232 · Post by **Sapphire_luna232** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 8:29 pm

Fallen by Symphony X has a really great sound to it. I'm not sure that it's exactly what you're looking for, but it's a great song all the same. Nice variations in rhythm, too.

requiett · Post by **requiett** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 11:10 am

I don't see why you'd bother mixing the two styles. Try another flavor of music:

1200 Mics - Egypt (Land of the Pharohs)

requiett · Post by **requiett** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 11:13 am

Ironically...

1200 Mics - Shiva's India probably has the coolest Arabian sounds I've ever heard.

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 12:17 pm

requiett wrote:Ironically...

1200 Mics - Shiva's India probably has the coolest Arabian sounds I've ever heard.

Wouldn't that be more Indian-themed?

A big

on the 1200 Mics recommendation though, worth a listen regardless of whatever nation-flavour you got there.

requiett · Post by **requiett** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 3:02 pm

Yeah, it is Indian flavored, but it sounds pretty similar to Arabic style instruments too.

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 6:16 pm

Vaguely though, vaguely. I just listened through those two tracks, and the relation to Arabic is somewhat vague.

There's a few Shpongle tracks in which Arabic-sounding instruments and vocals occasionally show up. I'll see if I can find them.

...no, they still ain't metal, but Arabic enough.

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Oh, to throw out another not-too-metal suggestion - Trey Gunn's solo records have a good deal of distinctly Arabic influence in them, especially "1000 years" - which is actually an album structured on the Qur'an.

Here's a perfectly legal link for a good sample track off Trey's website - Brief Encounter.