After an 8-year wait, Israels Orphaned Land return with Mabool, an epic album in every sense of the word. Mabool (meaning The Flood) is a lyrical concept album taken from various Hebrew and Latin religious texts and praising songs, exploring the biblical story of the flood (starring Noah) in 12-tracks, each separating a different aspect of the story - The Wrath of God, The Quest, Building the Arketc. And thats just one section of this albums massive diversity when Orphaned Land make an album, they go all out. The musical styles merge back and forward between experimental progressive rock, doom-y black metal, power metal, Goth rock and colour in all options in between. The bands middle-eastern roots shine through in their music, and this gives them an oriental fresh twist to all the above mentioned genres they trundle through.

Tracklist:
1 The Birth Of The Three - The Unification
2 Ocean Land - The Revelation
3 The Kiss Of Babylon - The Sins
4 A'salk
5 Halo Dies - The Wrath Of God
6 A Call To Awake - The Quest
7 Building The Ark
8 Norra El Norra - Entering The Ark
9 The Calm Before The Flood
10 Mabool - The Flood
11 The Storm Still Rages Inside
12 Rainbow - The Resurrection