Advantages: original, well-executed, musically diverse and hugely enjoable! Disadvantages: vocals arent very accomplished ( though they still fit somehow)
Crusader-themed black metal played by a bunch of English blokes that like to pose on their album covers stood in front of ruined castles dressed up in medieval armour and waving swords around... sounds well and truly cringeworthy doesn't it?
Fortunately, The Meads of Asphodel are a hugely talented and entertaining band with a strong sense of humour, and their second full length, "Exhuming the Grave of Yeshua" is a pleasure to listen to from start to finish.
In keeping with the band's image, "Exhuming..." deals with the outbreak of psychological and ideological epidemy that was the crusades, and the brutal violence they involved, as well as the insanity of religious war in general. It highlights the xenophobic and fanaticial perspective of Christian Europe at the time, whilst simultaneusly decrying religious war in general, thus ...
Advantages: Beautiful and ancient city Disadvantages: Not well advertised
Well! today I'll write about Damascus, the capital of Syria.
First of all it is interesting to learn that Damascus is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world! It is now the biggest city in Syria with about quarter of the 16-million population of Syria live in greater Damascus.
Damascus is famous for the Ghouta Oasis, river Barada, Damascus university which is the largest in Syria and was established in 1903 and the city's international airport,.
The main attraction of Damascus are:
- National Museum: Contains a fantastic array of exhibits, including written cylinders from the 14th century BC that use the world's first known alphabet, statuary from Mari that's over 4000 years old, two halls full of marble and terracotta statues from Palmyra, Damascene weapons, old surgical instruments from surgeons' graves ...
Advantages: Fascinating old city with mosques, markets and monuments galore. Disadvantages: Too hot in summer, miserable in winter, polluted and chaotic traffic
MARHABA BIKUM FII DIMASHQ...WELCOME TO DAMASCUS
(Disclaimer: I do have a review entitled Damascus on epinions and dooyoo, but this review is totally new, written this evening in fact?just to avoid any confusion! Furthermore, I claim no responsibility for anyone who injures themself by falling asleep while ploughing through this rather long review ;@P)
After a long flight and an almost complimentary tour of the city?s dark, dingy yet expensive hotels with my taxi driver, it was with a mixture of relief and exhaustion that I collapsed onto a far-from-comfortable bed at the Funduq Al-Haramein. Here I was, in a strange city, alone and surrounded by enough luggage for the next year. ?What have I done?? was the thought running through my head.
I?d arrived in Damascus to attend an Arabic language course as the second year of my ...
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