Arallu

Arallu is an Israeli extreme metal baund. As ane o the members o the Jerusalem extreme metal scene, Arallu haes "thrived aff the seemin contradiction o its location athin a 'holy' ceety."Kahn Harris 2007, p. 115 

Biography

Arallu wis creatit as the solo project o Moti "Butchered" Daniel, a bass guitarist who haes performed live wi Melechesh. The debut album The War on the Wailing Wall arrived in 2001 an featured "a drum machine programmed tae ludicrous speed". In 2002, Arallu released their "iconoclastic" seicont album Satanic War in Jerusalem. Nir Nakav frae the baund Salem wis responsible for the drums an the traditional Goblet drum while Daniel performed on aw ither instruments and vocals. The album featured a cover version o Slayer's "Evil Has No Boundaries". Daniel expandit the baund's line-up efter the release o this album and a DVD Visual Chaos Invasion wis released in the follaein year. 

In September 2003, Daniel's brither wis kidnapped an held tae ransom bi guerrillas frae the Colombian organisation Ejército de Liberación Nacional. Daniel wis successful in negotiatin for his brither's release.

The year 2005 saw the release o Arallu's third album The Demon From The Ancient World wi guest performers frae various Israeli acts includin Zeev Tananboim o Salem. Daniel returned the favor wi a guest performance on Salem's chairt-toppin Strings Attached album.

In September 2007, Arallu opened for Mayhem's concert in Tel Aviv. The fuitage frae the performance wis filmed an is scheduled for release in 2008 as the baund's seicont DVD. Their fowert album Desert Battles - Descending to the Sands wis released in 2009.

Style

Arallu performs black metal wi oriental influences an touches o thrash metal. Critic Roberto Marinelli describes their style as "reminiscent o early Venom, Sodom, an Voivod: thrashy, monochromatic, unnerproduced an full o ideas that far ootstrip their abilities". Daniel haes remarked in an interview that Arallu's style haes tae be oriental, thrashy an barbaric "aw at ance".

Baund members
Moti "Butchered" Daniel - lead vocals, bass (1997–present)
Gal "Pixel" Cohen - guitars (2007–present)
Sergei "Metalheart" Nemichenitser - guitars (2010–present)
Yonatan Dushnitzki - drums (2003–present)
Yaniv Zada - "soul beatin" doom percussion instruments, wind instruments (2006–present)

Umwhile members
Yossi Darmon - guitars (2004–2010)
Avi Caspi - guitars (1998–2007)
Alex Schuster - guitars (2003–2004)
Ben Fisher - drums (2001–2003)

Discography
Studio albums
The War on the Wailing Wall (2001)
Satanic War in Jerusalem (2002)
The Demon from the Ancient World (2005)
Desert Battles - Descending to the Sands (2009)
GENIEWAR (2015)
Six (2017)
En Olam (2019)

EPs
At War against God (2001)
Magen Jerusalem 7 (2009)

Dvds
Visual Chaos Invasion (2003)
The Ultimate War (2010)
Middle Eastern Battlefield (2016)

Notes

References
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Freemit airtinss
Arallu at Myspace
Interviews an reviews 

Category:Israeli hivy metal muisical groups
Category:Oriental metal muisical groups
Category:Israeli black metal muisical groups
Category:Muisical groups established in 1999
Category:Muisical quintets
Category:1990s muisic groups
Category:2000s muisic groups
Category:2010s muisic groups