Emissaries

Melechesh | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 23, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: The End Records
• ASIN: B000LC5B1A
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #152,720 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Rebirth of the Nemesis (Enuma Elish Rewritten)

2. Ladders to Sumeria

3. Deluge of Delusional Dreams: Act I - Cast Tempest from the East/Act II

4. Touching the Spheres of Sephiroth

5. Gyroscope

6. Double Helixed Sceptre

7. The Scribes of Kur

8. Leper Jerusalem

9. Sand Grain Universe

10. Emissaries and the Mysterium Magnum

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sumerian Onslaught, January 23, 2007

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D. West "Viking of Chaos" (Pittsburgh, PA.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Emissaries (Audio CD)

Melechesh have released a massive, rib-splitting brick of Metal with "Emissaries." Excellent guitar riffs and powerful and precise drumming. I've owned this for about 3 weeks, and have listened multiple times. Not, and I mean not one bad song here. This is an onslaught of bone-jarring Metal from the opening note. The only reprieve is the song, "Scribes of Kur". A beautiful, atmospheric middle-eastern melody with fantastic use of hand drums and other foreign instruments. On this song, my mind's eye takes me to a street in Israel or Palestine. Where there are vendors selling their wares and smoking hashish. Where beautiful veiled women congragate and float around. This music is called "blackened thrash" I guess so, but I don't get caught up in genre labeling. It's well worth your time and money. Top-of the- line Metal musicianship and class production. Get this, I assure you will not be disappointed. Peace.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars five stars period, April 29, 2007

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Joshua Craig (Mt. Crawford, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Emissaries (Audio CD)

Melechesh play blackened thrash metal. Emissiaries should be a mandatory purchase for any one who considers themselves a true metalhead. The songs are deep and layered. And has everything that is great about metal. Although the harsh vocals may turn some people off, this a extreme metal release. The musicianship on all fronts is amazing and always captivating. Never sounding stale are repetitive. Return of the nemesis starts the cd off. And displays their ability to write deep,complex, and captivating songs briallintly. Starting out of the gates blazing then going through many stages throughout the song all the while remaining engaging and capitivating throughout no small feat considering the song is over six minutes long, a mini epic. The rests of the songs have many twist and turns too and are just as brilliant. My favorites are return of the nemesis,deluge of delusional dreams,ladders to sumeria,double helixed sceptre, and leper jerusalem. simply put emissiaries is a modern metal classic and should not be overlooked by any self-respecting metalhead. A rare effort that while staying true to the metal underground and its conviction is so exceptional it should be able to be enjoyed and appreciated by any one who is a metalhead with a open mind.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This Album Is So Good, It's Important, May 11, 2009

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Joseph Fletcher (North Carolina, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Emissaries (Audio CD)

This album will chew you up and spit you out. I've been listening to this CD for months now and it's still fresh. There isn't really anything else like it. Imagine what it would sound like if a couple of Middle Eastern guys invented black metal - not to say that all the guys in this band hail from that region, but you get the point.

What really makes this CD stand out to me (other than the almost exclusive use of Eastern scales and cord patterns) is that Melechesh refuse to do anything cliche on this release - with the rather pleasant exception of The Scribes of Kur, which after listening to Rebirth of the Nemesis any metal enthusiast could have predicted. Other than that, it's bold, yet never self-indulgent, and straight forward.

Honestly, if you're into any kind of extreme metal, you have to listen to this. For me, Melechesh is at the top of the black metal field right now. If you can make it through Rebirth of the Nemesis or Leper Jerusalem without want to set something on fire, then you shouldn't bother with any quality music. Go back to listening to Underoath or Metalica.