Desert Call

This band is very much up there with all my favorite Prog metal bands , Dream Theater, Symphony X , Pain of Salvation and so on, There first album was a great , heavier than desert call and with there keyboard player singing lead , who does a dam good job!!, so i was a little concerned when I found out that they were getting a new lead singer for this album and they were changing there sound , but I was hooked on it pretty much right away I think they already have found there own sound still metal but with a taste of there country’s music and very melodic, all I can say is 2 great first albums in a row , I don’t think many bands that are in my top 10 list have had there first album hit me like this band’s did. And for them to take the chance and change there sound and still keep my attention is even more thrilling for me.

Okay I maybe a little biased, but this has got to be the album of the year no matter what. Myrath, a progressive metal band from Tunisia is and will take the world by storm. They are the first band from Tunisia to receive a record contract, their new CD is being released in the US and Canada by Nightmare Records.

This second offering by Myrath, in my opinion is the album of the year for 2010, It is heavy, diverse and their use of middle eastern instrumentation is awesome. Their song writting ability is topnotch and the production by Kevin Codfert of Adagio is unsurpassed.

Myrath my be some of the new kids on the block but not for long, they are actually showing some of the old timer metal bands how its done. Go out buy this CD, give it a spin, you won’t be disappointed, it will leave you wanting more from these 5 guys from Tunisia.

I discovered this band because of the participation of French progressive metal band Adagio’s keyboardist Kevin Codfert, and was completely blown away: The quality of this album comes very close to that of the best progressive metal such as Dream Theater and Symphony X, but the originality of it’s sound is absolutely unmatched in the current sea of excellent, but mostly generic prog metal scene. I highly recommend this album, as well as the previous one “Hope”, and will be keeping an eye on this amazing band from Tunisia! Check out the samplers here and on Youtube and judge for yourself…