Al Nabi Moujrem, Moughtaseb, Dajjal

As a start, some facts regarding Ayat must be mentioned and taked into consideration by listerners since they highly influence the band’s music.
Ayat (signs) is the plural of Ayah, Muslims believe that each Ayah of the Qur’an (religious text of Islam), book of divine guidance for mankind, is a sign from God.
Ayat is considered to be the one of the first anti-religion black metal bands formed by Lebanese members and one of the very few anti-humanity metal bands rising from the Middle East. Another important things to note that the band prefers to stay underground and never played live. Also band’s members stand against women’s rights and support the mal-treatment of women.

Ayat released their first worldwide record “Al Nabi Moujrem, Moughtaseb, Dajjal” through Sardonic Wrath records in 2005. A translation of the mcd’s title can simply means: the prophet is a criminal, a raper, a deceiver. To be honest, I am not a huge raw black metal fan; but judging based on the band’s origin Lebanon, where metal in general is forbidden and metalheads are forced to stay underground also they are accused of worshipping Satan, the band achieved an extremely huge accomplishement by releasing this cd especially under such an aggressive title and unaccepted music genre. In addition to all that, the atmosphere surrounding the band and their beliefs will evoke the curiosity of any metalhead and pushes him to listen to the music.

The cd includes four furious tracks of pure raw black metal with possessed almost incomprehendible but violent vocals performed by Filthy Fuck. The music is loud and chaotic, full of hatred and misanthropy and extremely rebellious. In fact, the band’s spirit of revolution is revealed through this record. After a brief speech, at the beginning of the first track “The Possession”, by the vocalist; the band launches off their assault of unholy madness. Each track is different, none sounds similar to the previous one. The production is rather not that clear, something generally interresting in many raw black metal releases, everything at once can’t be heard clearly; although it’s undoubtedly noticeable that the music is highly dominated by the fast guitar sound admirably performed by the talented Sadogoat. In some occasions the guitar are rather background and the vocals lead the sound. Nothing special about the drums, performed by Ayman a session drummer, they are exceedingly amalgamated with the overall sound of the music.

This is a solid release, a must for all black metal listeners in particular and every single metal lover around the globe in general. You will never regret getting this cd, or at least listening to it, especially if you are searching to experiment something brutal and original in the black metal music scene accomplished by an unusual band. Every single song is a highlight, try it and discover it yourself.