---
title: "Melechesh"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/melechesh"
genre: "Black Metal"
country: "Israel"
formed: 1993
---

# Melechesh

**Melechesh** is a black metal band, from Israel, active 1993 to present.

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 ; the band invented the title "Mesopotamian metal" or "Sumerian Black Thrashing Metal" to best describe their type of metal. They are sometimes referred to as oriental metal.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melechesh

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Melechesh |
| Genre | Black Metal |
| Parent genre | Black Metal |
| Origin | Israel |
| Formed | 1993 |
| Releases in catalog | 10 |

## Genres

[Black Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/black-metal) · [Melodic Black Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/melodic-black)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Ashmedi](https://themetalnet.com/musician/ashmedi) | Lead vocals, Guitar | 1993 to present | Current |
| [Lord Curse](https://themetalnet.com/musician/lord-curse) | Membranophone | 1994 to present | Current |
| [Moloch](https://themetalnet.com/musician/moloch-46e31ee2) | Guitar | 1994 to present | Current |
| [Al’Hazred](https://themetalnet.com/musician/al-hazred) | Bass guitar | 1996 to 2008 | Former |
| [Proscriptor](https://themetalnet.com/musician/proscriptor) | Drums (drum set) | 1999 to 2005 | Former |
| [Scorpios Androctonus](https://themetalnet.com/musician/scorpios-androctonus) | Bass guitar | 2013 to 2016 | Former |
| [Rahm](https://themetalnet.com/musician/rahm) | Bass guitar | 2010 to 2011 | Former |
| [Xul](https://themetalnet.com/musician/xul) | Membranophone | 2005 to 2013 | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1996 | [As Jerusalem Burns… Al’Intisar](https://themetalnet.com/album/57986ce3-0a2f-384b-b717-cb947609c0ec) | Album |
| 1996 | [The Siege of Lachish](https://themetalnet.com/album/73213a97-9856-4699-a820-c01d0ed6899e) | EP |
| 2001 | [Djinn](https://themetalnet.com/album/4419e728-0489-358a-8d54-86fbc5cb79e6) | Album |
| 2003 | [Sphynx](https://themetalnet.com/album/0eec7bc9-b700-387b-bc79-8356e6c160b5) | Album |
| 2004 | [The Ziggurat Scrolls](https://themetalnet.com/album/1ec50e27-74b8-3080-81c6-cbf8a6e68296) | EP |
| 2006 | [Emissaries](https://themetalnet.com/album/e5bb2ab4-d9f3-33bb-a295-016d0d6c5806) | Album |
| 2010 | [The Epigenesis](https://themetalnet.com/album/79b69cd5-5098-4682-a53b-580a2501aa56) | Album |
| 2012 | [Mystics of the Pillar II](https://themetalnet.com/album/c3cce31f-575d-4582-84be-3d72f2d27882) | EP |
| 2015 | [Enki](https://themetalnet.com/album/c5a79fe3-9bd8-44ca-a9ee-2da7c9a9837e) | Album |
| 2026 | [Sentinels of Shamash](https://themetalnet.com/album/4c4b2fca-209e-41fc-8da8-d3b4340713e7) | EP |

## Related bands

- [Enslaved](https://themetalnet.com/band/enslaved) (listened together)
- [Immortal](https://themetalnet.com/band/immortal) (listened together)
- [Satyricon](https://themetalnet.com/band/satyricon) (listened together)
- [Rotting Christ](https://themetalnet.com/band/rotting-christ) (listened together)
- [Septicflesh](https://themetalnet.com/band/septicflesh) (listened together)
- [Nile](https://themetalnet.com/band/nile) (listened together)
- [Emperor](https://themetalnet.com/band/emperor) (listened together)
- [Samael](https://themetalnet.com/band/samael) (listened together)
- [Marduk](https://themetalnet.com/band/marduk) (listened together)
- [Darkthrone](https://themetalnet.com/band/darkthrone) (listened together)
- [Primordial](https://themetalnet.com/band/primordial) (listened together)
- [Mayhem](https://themetalnet.com/band/mayhem) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/melechesh
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/melechesh
- x: https://twitter.com/melechesh
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melechesh/
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/14463
- apple music: https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/159206829
- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Melechesh/424
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1bjUcmZxY4zJO1V5LaKzUY

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/melechesh](https://themetalnet.com/band/melechesh). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt