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BERSERK (Full-length 2010)

1 Berserk - The Grand Raven Feast

2 Desrever Alumrof Ecnetsixe

3 Jormungander

4 Nature's Cult

5 Eidolon

6 Heathen

7 Wrath of a Warrior's Soul

8 Of Ragnarök


Horned Helmet Productions - HHP002

Expected release date: August/September 2010
 

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Muhannad Bursheh:
Lead & Rhythm Guitars, Bass & Bowed Bass, All Vocals, Classical Acoustic Guitar, Flute, Timpani/Percussion, Synth & Keys, Drums, Sound FX, Programming

Guest Performances:

Waseem EsSayyed (Bilocate) - Main Keys & Synth on some tracks

Rami Haikal (Bilocate) - Guitar solo on the track "Jormungander"

Stephanie Ni'was - Additional female chanting on the track "Heathen"

All music, lyrics & arrangements composed by Muhannad Bursheh.
Additional riff contribution on "Jormungander" outro by Omar Nooreddin (Augury)

Keys & Synth co-composing contribution by Waseem EsSayyed
Guitar solo on "Jormungander" was formed with the contribution of Rami Haikal

Recorded at The Phexagon Studio & Horned Helmet Studio, Amman-Jordan.

All instruments & vocals recorded March-May 2009, except

Guest musician's parts, keyboards & additional sound FX recorded October 2009.

Recorded, produced & engineered by Muhannad Bursheh
Mixed & mastered at Horned Helmet Studio by Muhannad Bursheh

Front cover illustration by Craig Granato (USA)
Front cover concept by Muhannad Bursheh. Layout & design by Muhannad Bursheh.
Official Bouq logo by Christophe Szpajdel (Belgium/United Kingdom)

NOTE:
"Berserk" is the 1st turning point of the project which during its creation witnessed a positively unstable period where the band name was changed (twice), the band's musical & lyrical styles changed, also the album's title itself was changed. Very different from the band's previous work, this album has a dark/black metal approach, musically it is very unique & unpredictable. Lyrically it is focuses on ancient history & mythology, specifically northern barbarian/heathen tribal cultures. The next album will be the band's 2nd turning point, which will lyrically focus on a great ancient civilization of the Middle East.
 

ASCENDING FROM TRANSFIXION (Full-length 2010)

1 Spirits and Devils

2 Llama's Odyssey

3 Black Vision

4 Ascending from Transfixion

5 The Timeless Maze

6 Blood and Thorns

7 The Insect War

8 Watching Your Death

9 Fires of Demise
 

Horned Helmet Productions - HHP001

Expected release date: August 2010
 

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Muhannad Bursheh:
Lead & rhythm Guitars, bass, all vocals, drums

 Guest Performances:

Sirenwave (sw, ...) - 1st & 3rd guitar solos on the track "Watching Your Death"

Zaher Siryani (Tyrant Throne) - 2nd guitar solo the track "Watching Your Death"

Basil Bursheh (Augury) - Keys & Synth on the track "Fires of Demise"

All music, lyrics & arrangements composed by Muhannad Bursheh

Programming & samplers by Sirenwave & Muhannad Bursheh
Guitar solos were composed by their performers

Recorded at The Sirenwave Studio, February-March 2005.
Produced by Sirenwave & Muhannad Bursheh.
Edited, mixed & mastered by Sirenwave at The Sirenwave Studio.

Cover artwork & design by Muhannad Bursheh.
Official Bouq logo by Christophe Szpajdel (Belgium/United Kingdom)

IMPORTANT NOTE:
This release is a re-issue of the album "Transfixion" which was released back in 2005 under the project's older name "Phex". Musically, "Ascending from Transfixion" is very different from the current style of Bouq; it is much simpler & has a groovy death metal approach rather than the grim dark/black metal style on "Berserk".

The re-issue "Ascending from Transfixion" has the following minor differences from the original 2005 release "Transfixion":
- Slightly different album title
- Completely different artwork & layout design
- The track "Phex" was renamed to become "Ascending from Transfixion"
- The "Bolt Thrower" cover "Powder Burns" was dropped from the re-issue
 

Releases 2001-2007
(During this period the band was known as PHEX)

 

TRANSFIXION (Full-length 2005)

The first & only full-length album under the band 's old name "Phex". The album is scheduled for a 2010 re-issue with the title "Ascending from Transfixion" under the band's new name "Bouq". The re-issue will be released by Horned Helmet Productions, & will feature the same tracks as Transfixion minus a cover song of Bolt Thrower's "Powder Burns". Also, the re-issue will have a completely new artwork & layout.
 
SPIRITS AND DEVILS (Demo 2003)

This is the demo that officially triggered the band's serious journey. It was hand distributed in limited numbers in both CD & Tape. Although the recording quality is very raw & much in the low-fi, the people who own it can consider themselves very lucky, because this release is extremely unique & rare. All the tracks in this demo were later rerecorded in 2005 (except 1) to be released as the full-length "Transfixion".
 

THE BLACK VISION (Demo 2002)

This demo contains 2 tracks which were the very first metal tracks recorded by the project. Both tracks are also featured on the much longer running demo "Spirits and Devils" that was completed a short time later. Musically, this short release marks the beginning of the band's grim groovy death metal style which years later evolved into the dark/black metal Bouq now plays.
 
EXPERIMENTS 00-01 (Demo 2001)

The very first effort by the one-man band. Recorded by experimenting on old music softwares as a 14 or 15 years old kid. This is an electronic music demo, not metal. It was never physically distributed & although its very rare tracks existed since 2000 or 2001 on tape, they were only pulled to wave formst in 2006, & that is how the release got to very few people in mp3 format.
 

 

Detailed info on the 2001-2007 releases will be available soon

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