Myrath - Tales Of The Sands - guest review
Myrath - Tales Of The Sands - guest review
Tracklist
01. Under Siege02. Braving The Seas
03. Merciless Times
04. Tales Of The Sands
05. Sour Sigh
06. Dawn Within
07. Wide Shut
08. Requiem For A Goodbye
09. Beyond The Stars
10. Time To Grow
11. Apostrophe For A Legend [Nightmare Records bonus]
12. Fate In Motion [Spiritual Beast Records bonus]
Guest review by
Mindheist December 27, 2011
The gripping artwork swathed her senses from within, surreptitiously slithering like blood into her soul, voluptuously catapulting her into the heart of the grassless meadow. Enthralled by the divine sight, she could now put into words what only demons, jinn and rogues could see, hear and touch. She was perching high on the spine of an elegant camel, ornamented with silken garments and dangling through the dead limbs of a silver birch tree. Her long frock trailed between her loyal companion's paws and the scorched gravel dust of the Grand Erg Oriental. Her silhouette grazed the edge of the rug-covered path that led to a secluded cloister nestling under the gray skies of September.
That seemingly uninhabited house was like none other. As sinister as it looked, it was mysteriously exhaling magical music through the breaches of its putrefying walls. It was like a sandstorm of pure pristine progressive metal raving along a chiseled pulse of technical shredding and an entrancing twist of oriental lure, with the ghosts of Dream Theater and (mainly) Symphony X sewing the background image. The ritual continued throughout ten gusts of wind, each different from the next, the longest being 05:25, marked by extensive use of keyboards and beautiful coalescence between violin, darbouka and tearful pianistic interludes. The more she approached the house, the more the music became crystalline; with the sound floating upon demolishing heavy mid-tempo riffs, dainty drumming and powerful vocals swirling between exhilarating English and heartening Arabic. She was transfixed, spellbound by the ethereal patterns and scents of Phoenicia, Andalusia and the Mediterranean Sea that soared like a rocket from the house to portray a picture worth a thousand words, a book enclosing three different cultures, a tale from the sands of Tunisia?
No longer able to rein her gut-wrenching curiosity, she pushed the door open and much to her surprise, the house wasn't uninhabited! Four silhouettes of young Carthaginians stood tall welcoming her into their third proud delivery. "Who are you?" she uttered. They responded: "We are the authors of the book you've been holding so dearly in your heart. It's a gift for all the fans around the globe and a symbol of eternal gratitude to the three hundred martyrs of the Tunisian revolution. We are Myrath, the sons of Carthage?"
Written by Mindheist | December 27, 2011
Guest review disclaimer:
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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Beautiful description. That's pretty much what I see when I listen to this stunning music 
---- "A life all mine Is what I choose At the end of my days" --The Gathering "A Life All Mine" from Souvenirs
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Oh my, this is really awesome.
---- 7.0 means the album is good
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Really great review! 
---- 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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Wow how cool! Nicely done : ) I love this album and your description is perfect.
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Not what I expect to see in a review, too much poetry, too many sophisticated words, I was looking forward to read a more technical review, one that truly highlighted different musical aspects in this album. I do share its passion for Myrath anyway 
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Thank you, JD and Wes. @mariano: Thanks for reading it anyway
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I thought the first paragraph was about me at first. In all seriousness, this is a great review. There are too many "technical" reviews as it is. It's nice to see someone outside of our official reviewers take a chance doing something less safe with their write-up. Hopefully you follow this up with something even more controversial.  Kudos.
---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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Posts: 618 Written by Troy Killjoy on 31.12.2011 at 09:54 Troy is finally satisfied?!  wow that doesn't happen everyday No seriously, thanks for reading it. I guess everybody takes time to find the style of writing they are comfortable with the most; and I think I just found mine.
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Very original piece of writing, though it made me go to Babylon every third word but never mind... I will give this album a try. The artwork is truly stunning.
---- Li'ed - Prog-Metal from Jerusalem https://open.spotify.com/artist/7aZWDrAAvDSLMaSmDSE8zA https://www.facebook.com/LiedBandMusic http://lied-band.bandcamp.com/
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You sir are a talented writer. Fantastic poetry to review one of my favorite albums of 2011. Double kudos to Tunisia.
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Posts: 618 Written by Dream Taster on 17.03.2012 at 21:25 That means a lot to me, sir. Thank you for reading and liking it
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