The Siege of Lachish
The Siege of Lachish is an EP from Melechesh. The album was limited to a hand-numbered of 666 copies, black vinyl needing a large-hole 45 adapter. The title track existed under a different form before the demo tracks, it finally took the form of what we thought by Mesopotamian Black metal: incorporating oriental based riffs on oriental rhythms played by the drums in a black metal overall. The same track was inspired by a text (that can be found in the "Order of Mesopotamia") written by the Assyrian King Sennacherib as he witnessed his army invade the city of Lachish (about an hour and a half from Jerusalem). The site is nothing but ruins now, but with the text; it inspired this warlike song, principal track of the EP. The track "Malek Al Nar" (meaning king of fire in Arabic) is a fast and traditional black metal track.
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| Released | 1996 | |||
| Genre | Black metal | |||
| Length | 11:11 | |||
| Label | Devilish Music Propaganda | |||
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Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "The Siege of Lachish" | 6:14 |
| 2. | "Malek Al Nar" | 4:57 |
| Total length: | 11:11 | |