MYRATH (english meaning Legacy ) is a Technical Melodic Metal band from Tunisia, a small county well known for its resort areas on the Mediterranean coast but certainly not for its metal bands, yet in just a few years what... more » started out as a teenage cover band (formed in early 2001 by guitarist and main song writer Malek Ben Arbia, just 13 years old at the time), Has grown into one of the worlds major contenders in Power Prog Metal and gained much respect by the international prog-power international community with the release of their label debut album (Hope). Ben having graduated from the prestigious French International guitar music academy M.A.I. at such an early age, has aligned himself with a formidable force of young talent. It all really started happening In March 24th 2006 when the band opened for ROBERT PLANT and ADAGIO in Carthage Amphitheater (Tunisia) in front of nearly 7000 Rock/metal fans. Adagio keyboards player Kevin Codfert who watched Myrath performance (and later listened to Myrath first self produced album double face released in March 2005 in Tunisia only) detected the great potential of the band as well as promising composing skills. Myrath recorded in December 2006 their debut album Hope in a low cost studio in Tunis-Tunisia, with the valuable assistance and guidence of Kevin Codfert (Adagio) as engineer and producer. This album was a turning point in Myrath carrier as the band was signed by the French label Brennus -Music who released (Hope) worldwide in September 2007. (Hope) was well received and released by French label Brennus music who released it worldwide in September of 2007, it was praised by the media in numerous album reviews, by well known webzines and magazines (Such as Rock Hard) and was even voted third best album of the year by two major US webzines. As well as album of the week by several major metal radios such as THE MOOVE (France). (Hope) also paved the way for the band to be able to play on well known festivals METAL ROCK FESTIVAL (Norway) and PROGPOWER-EU (Netherlands)« less
MYRATH (english meaning Legacy ) is a Technical Melodic Metal band from Tunisia, a small county well known for its resort areas on the Mediterranean coast but certainly not for its metal bands, yet in just a few years what started out as a teenage cover band (formed in early 2001 by guitarist and main song writer Malek Ben Arbia, just 13 years old at the time), Has grown into one of the worlds major contenders in Power Prog Metal and gained much respect by the international prog-power international community with the release of their label debut album (Hope). Ben having graduated from the prestigious French International guitar music academy M.A.I. at such an early age, has aligned himself with a formidable force of young talent. It all really started happening In March 24th 2006 when the band opened for ROBERT PLANT and ADAGIO in Carthage Amphitheater (Tunisia) in front of nearly 7000 Rock/metal fans. Adagio keyboards player Kevin Codfert who watched Myrath performance (and later listened to Myrath first self produced album double face released in March 2005 in Tunisia only) detected the great potential of the band as well as promising composing skills. Myrath recorded in December 2006 their debut album Hope in a low cost studio in Tunis-Tunisia, with the valuable assistance and guidence of Kevin Codfert (Adagio) as engineer and producer. This album was a turning point in Myrath carrier as the band was signed by the French label Brennus -Music who released (Hope) worldwide in September 2007. (Hope) was well received and released by French label Brennus music who released it worldwide in September of 2007, it was praised by the media in numerous album reviews, by well known webzines and magazines (Such as Rock Hard) and was even voted third best album of the year by two major US webzines. As well as album of the week by several major metal radios such as THE MOOVE (France). (Hope) also paved the way for the band to be able to play on well known festivals METAL ROCK FESTIVAL (Norway) and PROGPOWER-EU (Netherlands)
CD Reviews
Awesome progressive metal band from Tunisia
D. Bradley | MD | 02/22/2010
(5 out of 5 stars)
"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..."
Myrath's "Desert Call" album of the year
J. C Cheek | El Paso, Texas United States | 03/16/2010
(5 out of 5 stars)
"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."
Does Not Disappoint!
Jeff Dahle | CA USA | 06/20/2010
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Myrath have created a refreshing and unique album that shows they belong in the conversation of some of the best new prog-metal bands! Simply put, Desert Call left me wanting for more. I could not wait to hear what they would bring out next, it could be a crunchy riff or lush Mediterranean melodies, in any case, it is absolutely enchanting.
What I would really like to mention though, is that these are not the generic middle-eastern songs or rip-offs of Powerslave that every metal band feels are obligatory to have on an album. No, Myrath writes distinctly genuine and culturally accurate material. That band does so masterfully, they play together and not over each other."
Everyone needs to hear this.
T. Reid | NJ | 05/28/2010
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I've had this a few months and I got to tell you that this is excellent. Music reminds me a lot of "Symphony X" at times. Not a bad thing though since "Symphony X" rocks. You can hear many top Prog-Metal band influences in here. What makes this band stand out is the singer and the Mediterranean musical influences. They blend it in very well. For the Prog-Metal fan, we've heard this before with "Orphaned Land" and "Amaseffer" but this is far less pretentious. This is a mature album that is solid from beginning to end. In my view this is a MUST have for your collection."
Track Listings (11) - Disc #1