Orphaned Land - Mabool: The Story Of The Three Sons Of Seven
| Release date: | 9 March 2004 |
| Style: | Oriental folk metal, Progressive metal |
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Disc I
01. Birth Of The Three (The Unification)
02. Ocean Land (The Revelation)
03. The Kiss Of Babylon (The Sins)
04. A'salk
05. Halo Dies (The Wrath Of God)
06. A Call To Awake (The Quest)
07. Building The Ark
08. Norra El Norra (Entering The Ark)
09. The Calm Before The Flood
10. Mabool (The Flood)
11. The Storm Still Rages Inside
12. Rainbow (The Resurrection)
Disc II [The Calm Before The Flood] [Limited Edition Live Acoustic CD]
01. The Evil Urge
02. A Never Ending Way
03. Mercy [Paradise Lost cover]
04. The Beloved's Cry
05. The Orphaned's Medley
Top 20 albums of 2004: 3
01. Birth Of The Three (The Unification)
02. Ocean Land (The Revelation)
03. The Kiss Of Babylon (The Sins)
04. A'salk
05. Halo Dies (The Wrath Of God)
06. A Call To Awake (The Quest)
07. Building The Ark
08. Norra El Norra (Entering The Ark)
09. The Calm Before The Flood
10. Mabool (The Flood)
11. The Storm Still Rages Inside
12. Rainbow (The Resurrection)
Disc II [The Calm Before The Flood] [Limited Edition Live Acoustic CD]
01. The Evil Urge
02. A Never Ending Way
03. Mercy [Paradise Lost cover]
04. The Beloved's Cry
05. The Orphaned's Medley
Top 20 albums of 2004: 3
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Rating:
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Rating: 10 |
After a too long waiting of eight years, the oriental sun is finally shining again on your heads. My friends one of the most innovative and fantastic band from Israel is back with a new album that we can already call legend. "Mabool, the Story of the Three Sons of Seven" is the fourth album of the band, and even if their others album are damn great, I must just say that this time the band knew how to do something that everyone can like and fore sure will not be able to forget. Read more ›› |
Rating:
9.6
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Rating: 9.6 |
Forget everything you know about genres. I'm used of talking about the sound of a band at the beginning of a review. But this album can't be described just by mere genre definitions. They are said to play a mixture of Progressive Death Metal with Arabic folk. But, what exactly is Progressive Death? It sounds like Death? Opeth? Orphaned Land sounds, at it's core, like Progressive Metal, with unusual song structures, technical use of instruments, and no choruses at all. Add to that a constant use of Arabic folk music, with male and female chanting, use of local instruments and riffing that resembles their music. Then add that minimal death mixture, used as some growling, which doesn't stop the beauty of the album, and the sound of some riffs, making them extremely thick and heavy. Read more ›› |
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| LeKiwi High Fist Prog Posts: 4099  |
Reminds me of early Solefald with some folk elements...which is not a good thing.
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| musclassia Staff Posts: 7619  |
Caught them last night on the Mabool 10th anniversary tour - played almost the entire album (out of sequence) and reminded me of just what a fantastic piece of work this is. It must be one of the most cohesive meshes of metal and folk styles achieved yet
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| Vikcen Metálico Posts: 971  |
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| Nick Carter Posts: 257  |
This is a great album but it is the classic example of desception due to overly high praising of it. Maybe i was expecting too much since i started listening to it.
---- #MetalIsForEveryone
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| Mountain King K i K o Posts: 1361  |
Good, original, has the oriental vibe but definitely overrated. The vocalist is not a good one, at least back then. He sings some false notes and doesn't have consistent melodies, specially live, he's horrible. The musicians are pretty good but nothing spectacular that another tier one prog band doesn't possess. Let's not delve far, just look at the top albums of 2004: http://metalstorm.net/bands/albums_top.php?album_year=2004 Angra - Temple Of Shadows is rated a little lower but to me that's a joke. I totally respect different opinions and tastes, but TOS and Angra were superior to this band in every aspect in 2004. I consider TOS the best album ever made not because I am an Angra fan but I really think it's superior and even incomparable.
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| Darkside Momo Retired Elite Posts: 9089  |
Written by VileVick-Bryant on 29.11.2021 at 18:41 Agreed, that one's fantastic 
---- My Author's Blog (in French)  "You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you" "I've lost too many years now I'm stealing back my soul I am awake"
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| nonZero Posts: 1332  |
Some beautiful tracks on this thing. The concept as a whole is also pretty cool, even as an atheist I could appreciate it. This is also the longest title on the Top 200 Albums list.
---- Top 500 Albums (ordered & rated) Top 200 Overlooked Albums (with genres) So I Heard You Like Wintersun... (Time II find new bands)
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