The Industrial Twilight: Saħħar - "Qilla tal-Qrun" [2019]

Saturday, October 10, 2020

Saħħar - "Qilla tal-Qrun" [2019]

Artist: Saħħar

Title: Qilla tal-Qrun

Genre: Black/Doom Metal

Country: Malta
Year: 2019

Track List:

Kantiku Kkankrat
Bedwin
Irmed tal-Ħaruf
Tibla' l-Ostja...
...u taħra x-xjaten
Qilla tal-Qrun
Il-Waqgħa
Ixrob mill-Kalċi, ja Poplu Misħut!
Ħmieġ ta' Isa, Irmed ta' Eluf
Talba għat-tmiem tal-Ħajja (Mistoqsija ta' Dejjem)

This album is an interesting find (the first Maltese metal release I came across), but for some reason, my review wasn't posted properly, and I can't find it in the drafts either. So let's just say I always thought that Arabic language is very suitable for black metal, and it turns out that Maltese language (which evolved from one of the medieval Arabic dialects) suits it even better. The best track on the whole album is the last one, which features dual male/female vocals, and I'd like to hear a full-length album in such style from them.

<a href="https://sahhar.bandcamp.com/album/qilla-tal-qrun">Qilla tal-Qrun by Saħħar</a>

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I created this blog mostly because I wanted to practise my English skills, and to showcase the industrial, gothic, punk, metal, neofolk and progressive rock scene of Russia/ex-USSR and Eastern Europe (especially Hungary) in the meanwhile.

As you can see, this blog doesn't take itself seriously enough, but I hope I'm doing good enough with my reviews even if my proficiency in English is limited. Along with the aforementioned stuff from Eastern Europe, I occasionally post some classic and rare albums that aren't to be missed, and generally whatever I want. Other categories of note:

* finno-ugric rarities - various music (including pop) in minor Finno-Ugric languages which I'm interested in because of my heritage. The music from Hungary, Finland and Estonia can be found under the respective categories;

* lo-fi - various poorly recorded demos from before 2000 that are of historical importance. Most of these demos come from the USSR era, so you might want to check out the USSR category as well.

As of now, I try to post only music that has already been made free by the artists themselves, or the rare old releases that are out of print. But if you're an artist and would like me to remove the download links of your work, just contact me using the form below.

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Saturday, October 10, 2020

Saħħar - "Qilla tal​-​Qrun" [2019]

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Saħħar - "Qilla tal-Qrun" [2019]