Melechesh is a black metal band that originated in Jerusalem, Israel. Ashmedi started the band as a solo project in 1993.[LINK: http://www.rockdetector.com/officialbio,5756.sm] Biography @ Rockdetector "The group, although created in Jerusalem during 1993 at first as a solo endeavour of vocalist / guitarist Melechesh Ashmedi, actually features no Israeli musicians but a cosmopolitan mix of Armenian, Assyrian, Ukrainian and American blood. With their career expanding MELECHESH actually found themselves operating from Holland, France and the USA." 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 Mesopotamian/Sumerian and occult themes (both musically and lyrically); the band invented the title "Mesopotamian Metal" to best describe their type of metal. Nam

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