Bilocate

Bilocate is a daith/doom metal baund frae Jordan.

BILOCATE
Oreigin	Amman, Jordan
Genres	Daith/doom
Years active	2002–present
Labels	Kolony Records
Wabsteid	Bilocate.net
Members	Ramzi Essayed Rami Haikal Waseem Essayed Hani Al Abadi Baha' Farah Ahmad Klob
Past members	Ibrahim Al Qaisi

History

Bilocate wis foondit bi the brithers Ramzi an Waseem Esayed an thair friend Hani Al Abadi, an got stairtit when thay wur joined bi guitarist Baha' Farah, an later bi guitarist Rami Haikal.

Thair first full-lenth album, Dysphoria, wis released in the winter o 2005, an received significant airplay on the local governmental radio station Jordan FM, wi a 5-oor shaw bein dedicatit tae the baund an the album on October 27. Thay released a muisic video for "2nd War in Heaven." A seicont video, for "Days of Joy," wis produced bi Jacknife Video Productions. Bilocate addit a new drummer, Ahmad Kloob, in late 2006, an stairtit preparin for a new album.

In Julie 2008, Sudden Death Syndrome wis released, mixed an mastered bi Jens Bogren (Opeth, Bloodbath, Katatonia, Paradise Lost, an ithers). The album received positive reviews frae magazines an wabsteids sic as Decible an Blabbermouth.net. The album wis self-released an is nou distributit in the Unitit States via The Omega Order, the distribution airm o The End Records. In December 2008, Terrorizer reviewed Sudden Death Syndrome, cawin it "a tasteful an sophisticatit piece o wirk that determinedly puts the Jordanian metal scene on the map." The album haes led tae extensive coverage for the baund in the Wast in the hivy metal media online as well as in prent, sic as interviews wi Terrorizer an Metal Hammer; the latter praised thair "rich, doomy soond" an cawed Sudden Death Syndrome a "stunnin, hertfelt metal album." Metal Storm nominatit the album for its Best Doom Metal Album Awaird; Bilocate's album finished in saxt place (o ten).

Hivy metal muisic is still controversial in Jordan, as suggestit in a brief interview wi Terrorizer, December 2008, in which Rami Haikal said, "We hae even been tauld tae dissolve the baund an tae stop publishin oor muisic bi ony means." In an interview wi Metal Hammer, Haseem Essayed said, "We are facin a lot o pressure an a huge rejection frae security, releegious authorities, an the community." The UAE newspaper The National reportit in October 2008, in a series o airticles cawed "Young in the Muslim World," that a Bilocate concert in Jordan wis canceled bi authorities, "citin unspecified 'security reasons.'"

Baund members

Current members

• Ramzi Essayed - vocals
• Rami Haikal - guitar
• Waseem Essayed - keyboards
• Hani Al Abadi - bass
• Baha' Farah - guitar
• Ahmad Klob - drums

Past members

• Ibrahim Al Qaisi - drums

Session members

• Alaa Faraj

Discography

Sudden Death Syndrome (2008)

Track Leet

1. "Humans & the Dark Affiliation"
2. "Blooded Forest"
3. "The Dead Sea"
4. "Ebtehal"
5. "Inoculate"
6. "Pure Wicked Sins"
7. "The Stone Of Hate"

• Co-produced, mixed, an ingineered bi Jens Bogren
• Mastered at Fascination Street studios, Orebro, Swaden, bi Jens Bogren
• Drums bi Ahmed Klob & Waseem EsSayed, recordit bi Ahmed Kloub, an digitized bi Waseem EsSayed; ingineered bi Jens Bogren
• Guitars an Arabic Oud recordit bi Rami Haikal an Baha' Farah
• Bass recordit at The Phexagon studio; soond technician Mohannad Bursheh, Amman, Jordan
• Vocals recordit at In The Mix studios; soond ingineer Nash Planojevic, Dubai, UAE
• Keyboards, percussion, an pianos recordit an ingineered bi Waseem EsSayed

Dysphoria (2005)

Track Leet

1. "Intro"
2. "2nd War In Heaven"
3. "Passage"
4. "A Deadly Path"
5. "The Tragedy Within"
6. "Shrouded"
7. "Days Of Joy"
8. "A Desire To Leave"

Dysphoria EP (2003)

Track Leet

1. "Instrumental"
2. "2nd War In Heaven"
3. "Hypia (Early Days Of Joy)"

Freemit airtins

• Bilocate.net Archived 2010-12-29 at the Wayback Machine - Baund Wabsteid
• Bilocate @ Myspace.com - MySpace Page