The Siege of Lachish

The Siege of Lachish
EP by Melechesh
Released	1996
Genre	Black metal
Length	11:11
Label	Devilish Music Propaganda
Melechesh chronology
As Jerusalem Burns... (1995)As Jerusalem Burns...1995 The Siege of Lachish (1996) As Jerusalem Burns...Al´Intisar (1996)As Jerusalem Burns...Al´Intisar1996

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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