Oriental metal musical groups

Israeli heavy metal band

Myrath ( mīrāth, "Legacy") is a Tunisian progressive metal band formed in 2001 by guitarist Malek Ben Arbia and currently based in France. The band has been noted for its mix of Arabic and Middle Eastern instrumentation with power metal and progressive rock and is considered an important band in oriental metal. They call their own sound "blazing desert metal". They are the first band from Tunisia to be signed to a record label outside the country.

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 refer

Israeli heavy metal band

Israeli extreme metal band

IGNEA (IPA: [/'ignɪa/]) is a Ukrainian melodic metal band formed in Kyiv in 2013. IGNEA began as Parallax and rebranded to their current name in 2015. The band mixes different heavy metal subgenres, the main of which are melodic death metal, symphonic metal, progressive metal, and oriental metal.

Khalas () are a Palestinian metal band, formed in 1999. The name of the band means "enough" in Arabic.

Heavy metal band

Iranian death metal band

Amaseffer is an Israeli progressive metal band formed in 2004 in Tel Aviv by drummer and percussionist Erez Yohanan and guitarist Yuval Kramer. A year later, second guitarist Hanan Avramovich joined the group. The band's name comes from the Hebrew "Am Ha'Sefer" (עם הספר)—people of the (holy) book; a name from the Old Testament for the Israelites and later for the Jews. Amaseffer's music is described as progressive metal, with elements of rock, heavy metal, world music, and Middle Eastern touches.