Arryan Path - Terra Incognita review
| Band: | Arryan Path |
| Album: | Terra Incognita |
| Style: | Heavy metal, Power metal |
| Release date: | February 16, 2010 |
| A review by: | Bas |
01. Cassiopeia
02. Molon Lave
03. Terra Incognita
04. Open Session
05. Ishtar
06. The Blood Remains On The Believer
07. Elegy
08. Angel With No Destination
09. Minas Tirith
10. The Mind [bonus]
I started writing official reviews for Metal Storm in 2008 and each year so far I've received a Cypriot album of a different band, each with the brothers Nicholas (vocalist) and Socrates (guitarist) Leptos on board. You can check the 2008 review for Diphtheria here and the 2009 review for Prodigal Earth here. Now one could muse that as Cyprus isn't very big, they might not have enough singers and guitarists to fill all their metal bands with, but let's just consider the two brothers as very busy metalheads for now.
The only album from Cyprus I'll be reviewing today though, is Arryan Paths ('Arryan' with two 'R's is apparently a type of flower by the way, and has nothing to do with nonsensical 'Aryan' (one 'R') ideology) second album; Terra Incognita.
Starting off with a over nine-minutes beast of a song, the band sets things straight right away, proving to be fully capable of writing well-structured, catchy and slightly progressive heavy metal goodness. Sprinklings of middle-eastern sounds, as suggested by the artwork and a good lesson in epicness are added in for free! Although the opening song is the one that impressed me most, the follow-ups are no slouches either. The music has a slightly oldschoolish feeling to it at times, as well as a small nod to Iron Maiden here and there.
Originality in metal is rare nowadays and Arryan Path is no exception. Production and music are top notch though, so if you're into epic/melodic heavy/power metal, I can't see a reason for you not to pick it up. A highly enjoyable album, which leaves me wondering what Cypriot album I'll be reviewing in 2011.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 8 |
| Songwriting: | 8 |
| Originality: | 6 |
| Production: | 8 |
Written by Bas | 21.03.2010
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62028  |
Road to Macedonia vs this, whitch is better  wher emore Hellenic feelings?yeah we all know what is Greeks 
---- I stand whit Ukraine and Israel. They have right to defend own citizens. Stormtroopers of Death - "Speak English or Die"  I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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| Ellrohir Heaven Knight Posts: 8669  |
Anyone can tell me, which flower is this "arryan"?
---- My rest seems now calm and deep Finally I got my dead man sleep 
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| Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306  |
Written by Ellrohir on 22.03.2010 at 00:16 Apparently it's a North American wildflower, but I searched through 10 pages of Google (keywords: Arryan +flower), various wildflower websites, and even Wikipedia. None of the above attempts resulted in finding this Arryan flower. In fact the only mention of such a flower existing comes from the band (and therefore reviews of the album), so maybe it's just a hoax. I'll read further into their lyrics...
---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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| Bas Retired Staff Elite Posts: 5591  |
This is the official statement from the label: "Hoping to clear the controversy surrounding the band's name once and for all, first and foremost PITCH BLACK RECORDS has a zero tolerance on racism and is very firm on NOT collaborating with anyone lacking respect for different races and ethnicities. "Arryan" (double 'r') is simply a type of flower and has NOTHING to do with "Aryan" and its associations with Nazism. " So I have no idea if such a flower really exists, like Troy I could also imagine that it doesn't exist, but I don't believe the band embraces aryan ideology either.
---- BAS - Beautifully Accented Sexiness
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62028 |
Written by Bas on 22.03.2010 at 19:26 band idiology is Hellenic, ancient greece, all who's comnnected whit culture they proudly can say Macedinonia is Greece  , all idea is connected wht helenic and there nothing to do whit NS Damn Leptos is AEK
---- I stand whit Ukraine and Israel. They have right to defend own citizens. Stormtroopers of Death - "Speak English or Die" I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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| Got Mayhem? Posts: 767  |
It seems odd that a label with such a firm stance on racism would have a band with such an easily misunderstood name. It really appears to me that it's a headache that could have been easily avoided with a simple change of name.
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| Ellrohir Heaven Knight Posts: 8669 |
Well there are some so called "NS" bands who are playing about greek mythology...this is not the determining factor... but i have found, that "Arryan" should be some kind of transcription of "Arrayan" which is much more common word used for various shrubs from [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrtaceae"]Myrtaceae[/url] family... but it is strange to use such a name...they should called them "Myrtle Path" then and it would mean the same...but it wont be so "provoking"...
---- My rest seems now calm and deep Finally I got my dead man sleep
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| Introspekrieg Totemic Lust Elite Posts: 2749  |
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071  |
Written by Introspekrieg on 22.03.2010 at 22:19 Of cours eit is alright for INdian to use it cause the Arayan people are from the north of India. Nothing more nothing less 
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 
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| Bas Retired Staff Elite Posts: 5591 |
Written by Got Mayhem? on 22.03.2010 at 21:28 The band is a couple years older than the (tiny) label, which exists since 2008, the mastermind of Arryan Path being on three of the five albums the label has released so far, whatever that might imply... nontheless I agree with you that the name simply isn't a good choice. And I wonder if anyone is going to comment the music instead of the band name any time soon. Not that I'm counting on it anymore though 
---- BAS - Beautifully Accented Sexiness
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| Ellrohir Heaven Knight Posts: 8669 |
Written by Bas on 22.03.2010 at 23:10 its like me asking MS staff to judge those "NS" bands like Temnozor or Nokturnal Mortum according to the music they produce and not the things the band members say - for some reason it doesnt work so here...so why i cannot troll a little about this band? i am pretty sure, there is an intention of provoking behind this name...
---- My rest seems now calm and deep Finally I got my dead man sleep
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| VaronoZz Vampbaron Posts: 707  |
Written by Bad English on 21.03.2010 at 23:25 no, they are CYPRIOTS who admire a little bit more greek mythology than others ;p
---- give praise for the blood it bled, grant a rose for the dead...
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62028 |
C mon its Arryan whit 2 RR but thet aryan what we all think first is whit one R Music I can judge it because I know onl 1th album
---- I stand whit Ukraine and Israel. They have right to defend own citizens. Stormtroopers of Death - "Speak English or Die" I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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| GT Coffee!! Staff Posts: 5101  |
Just heard the album today and I really like it. Reminds me a bit of Bloodbound and that's not bad at all
----  Dreams are made so we don't get bored when we sleep
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