Melechesh - Enki

I'm excited.

Damn, listening to this on advance now and this one's just catchy as all fuck. Review coming soon

Written by Auntie Sahar on 09.02.2015 at 21:09

Damn, listening to this on advance now and this one's just catchy as all fuck. Review coming soon

How is that final track? Similar to "The Epigenesis" by any chance? Because that's what I'm hoping for the most.

Written by Zap on 09.02.2015 at 21:19

How is that final track? Similar to "The Epigenesis" by any chance? Because that's what I'm hoping for the most.

Well, you'll ultimately judge that for yourself, but yes, I'd say they're similar enough for you to be satisfied.

I prefer Enki to The Epigenesis as a whole. It's about 10 minutes shorter which really plays in its favor. Still a tad too long for a Melechesh album. Dragging, just a hair.

So much energy! The vocals are vile, the drums insatiable, and middle-eastern sounding riffs catchy as hell. Unfortunately, it is also fairly uneven with some songs that I don't care for at all. Subsequent listens significantly reduced my initial rating. Better than Epigenesis, but not as consistently enjoyable as Emissaries. Full review here.
Enjoyability=8
Musicianship=8
Innovation=7
Overall=7.9

Written by Zap on 20.02.2015 at 20:40

I prefer Enki to The Epigenesis as a whole. It's about 10 minutes shorter which really plays in its favor. Still a tad too long for a Melechesh album. Dragging, just a hair.

Thanks for reminding me that I need to see that movie!

Listening to the album stream now and so far I'm impressed.

Written by Joe Zombie on 21.02.2015 at 08:19

Written by Zap on 20.02.2015 at 20:40

I prefer Enki to The Epigenesis as a whole. It's about 10 minutes shorter which really plays in its favor. Still a tad too long for a Melechesh album. Dragging, just a hair.

Thanks for reminding me that I need to see that movie!

Listening to the album stream now and so far I'm impressed.

Epic use of reference, Zaph. I watched it on Tuesday. It's amaze-balls. JK Simmons. 'Nuff said.

I can add this to my list of '2015 favorites' now. Awesome riffs and grooves, totally disgusting vocals (which is a good thing), and the featured musicians are great. Definitely a highlight of the year so far from an already excellent band. Melechesh can't disappoint!

'The Outsiders' absolutely slays

Epic!!!!!!!!

Awesome album. Closely resembles The Epigenesis in the riff department, but I think this one wins with its songwriting and overall flow being more consistent.

As a middle eastern i like their oriental tunes but unfortunately it's not that different from their old stuff they need some twist ....

Oh my god, at the level of Emissaries

This album destroys.

I've always seen this band as some kind of second-rate Absu.
It's decent but I never got into it. Though I think I could enjoy it if it wasn't for the fact that I dislike vocals. They have something almost core-ish that gets on my nerves.

Still, I find Absu superior on every aspect.

Pretty good, but I feel like this is a repeat of Emissaries and Epigenesis, and not quite as good as either.

Actually this title might be interest Ancient Alien Theorist since Enkhi was one of aninaki gods what created us

Currently playing it through, not sure I've played it since I first downloaded it around its release, but I'm really digging it. Above anything else I really enjoy the tone and sound, and I think a more mid-tempo pace suits them well

It still has that quality guitar sound, and the songs maintained a great pace throughout the album, but the riffs weren't as memorable as Emissaries, nor were the songs, especially the longer one's, I found they didn't really excited me that much tbh.

It's a very solid album, but definitely a step back from Emissaries imo.

Excellent album! Still listening to this till today.

Doorways to inkala it's the only song in the album that it's not perfect, and it's only because of the duration, 3-4 minutes would be a perfect album for me

My personal Top 3 songs from the album:

Tempest Temper Enlil Enraged
The Palm The Eye And Lapis Lazuli
Enki - Divine Nature Awoken