Melechesh

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Melechesh
Live at Hole in the Sky, Bergen Metal Fest 2007
Background information
Origin	Jerusalem
Genres	Black metal, oriental metal
Years active	1993–present
Labels	Nuclear Blast, Osmose, The End, Profound Lore Records
Members	Ashmedi Moloch Lord Curse
Website	melechesh.com

Melechesh is an ethnically Assyrian black metal band that originated in Jerusalem and is currently based in Amsterdam. Ashmedi started the band as a solo project in 1993. In the following year, guitarist Moloch and drummer Lord Curse were added to the line-up. The band's goal was to create a type of black metal incorporating extensive Middle Eastern influences mainly based on Assyrian (Mesopotamian) and occult themes (both musically and lyrically); the band invented the title "Mesopotamian metal" or "Sumerian Black Thrashing Metal" to best describe their type of metal. They are sometimes referred to as oriental metal.