ARALLU “Desert Battles”

Mastered at Maor Appelbaum Mastering in California.
Arallu plays a very ethnic sounding form of black/death metal on this 2009 album titled Desert Battles - Descending to the Sands. This is done by incorporating sitars, bongos, shake tambourines and conch shells (or what sounds to be conch shells). All this is used to conjure an ancient middle eastern sensation which in return helps the band in terms of their identity and also does a great service in avoiding musical monotony.