ARALLU: New Album Artwork Unveiled

February 6, 2009

The cover artwork for "Desert Battles - Descending to the Sands", the fourth album from Israel's "Mesopotamian black metal" band ARALLU, can be viewed below. The art was created by Nir Gutraiman and Yosi Darmon.

"Desert Battles - Descending to the Sands" is scheduled for relase on March 31 via Raven Music. The CD was mastered at Maor Appelbaum Mastering in California and will contain 11 tracks, including a live video for the song "Battleground" taken from the group's forthcoming DVD.

The track listing is as follows:

01. The Doom Beating
02. Desert Battles
03. Possessor Of The Code
04. Old Form Of Evil
05. The Union Of Babylon
06. The Demon Curse
07. The Keeper Of Jerusalem
08. Millchama
09. Al Macbara
10. Battleground (live)
11. Battleground (live) (video)

A 10-minute video clip containing footage from the album's recording sessions can be viewed below.

The group's third CD, "The Demon from the Ancient World", was released in 2005 via the Czech label Epidemie Records.

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