Mabool - The Story of the Three Sons of Seven

Be prepared for the best oriental metal made by the orientals they self. Ethnic sounds “flood” completely this masterpiece making it one of the best releases of the year (and I guess that it will take a long time to other bands to make a major masterpiece than this jewel). The traditional instruments and choral arrangements give the whole album the special atmosphere to be hailed for everyone. And the concept (the Flood and the coexistence of three religions is the main theme).

Birth of the Three is aggressive, despite of the use of clean and rough vocals, and the folkish chorus at the end followed by a children chorus is the perfect climax for the opening track. Ocean Land maintains the heaviness of its predecessor with an awesome solo, hard too listen from a between a bunch of solos that exist in the world and the sitar on the entire song is enough to hail this track. The Kiss of Babylon has some pretty guitar ideas and the vocals are the best on the grunting side but then it turns into a more oriental mid-paced song, breaking into a quite singular but a bit long choral ending line that follows with A’salk… I can go on and on describing each song but I think that this is an album that must not be described nor can be because of how magnificent it is. All the songs have their own characteristics and highlights between the metal, the classical and the folk parts. Halo Dies is one of the best songs. Norra El Norra is the perfect mix of oriental riffs with metal rhythms. And the major effort comes at the end with Mabool, and when you think all is over… The Storm Still Rages Inside! Talking about the band I must recognize that the guitars are one of the best I have heard in execution and in musical ideas and the keyboards can be compared with the ones from great bands, even though they don’t need solos to be mentioned as great. The drums and bass are well driven and work the way they must work for a masterpiece such as Mabool.

If you are skeptic because Mabool is about a passage from the Bible, I guess you’ll change your mind when you hear it. It’s interesting how religion can be attached to metal without trying to sell and idea or opinions. Mabool is a story, just that. You won’t be forced to become christian, jewish or muslim just because you have this album on your shelf. It doesn’t means that you agree with those religions. Beware of that, you must have this album. It’s one of those releases that make history, so go and search for it. The long waiting ended with splendid results.