| Mabool: The Story of the Three Sons of Seven | ||||
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| Released | February 23, 2004 | |||
| Recorded | July–October, 2003, Zaza Studios, Bardo Studios, Israel | |||
| Genre | Progressive metal Oriental metal Folk metal Extreme power metal | |||
| Length | 67:58 The Calm Before the Flood 26:48 | |||
| Label | Century Media | |||
| Producer | Orphaned Land | |||
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| Mabool LP album | ||||
 Limited edition LP album cover | ||||
Mabool: The Story of the Three Sons of Seven is the third full-length studio album by the Israeli metal band Orphaned Land. It was released on February 23, 2004 through Century Media Records. One limited edition version of the album has a bonus CD entitled The Calm Before the Flood containing live acoustic tracks, while another limited edition version was released by Profound Lore Records as a 2-LP album with alternate cover art in a clear wax case limited to only 500 copies. Two videos were made for the album, one for the song "Ocean Land" and the other for the song "Norra el Norra", and were the band's first music videos. Mabool is Orphaned Land's second concept album. "Mabool" (מבול) is the Hebrew word for "flood," and refers to the Genesis flood narrative from which the album's concept, the band's reinterpretation of Noah's Ark, is derived.
The album was made in a highly arranged fashion and took six years to be arranged, composed and produced and is therefore the main reason for the long wait between albums.