Schaliach was a Christian metal band formed by Peter Dalbakk and Ole Børud from Hamar, Norway. Dalbakk served as the band's vocalist, while Børud handled all the instrumentation. ^[1] The band released one studio album, Sonrise, in 1996 through Petroleum Records. Three songs from that recording were then featured on the Rowe Productions compilation album Northern Lights: Norwegian Metal Compilation, which was also released in 1996. ^[2] The band also contributed the song "Purple Filter" to the compilation album In the Shadow of Death: A Scandinavian Extreme Music Compilation, released in 2000 through Endtime Productions. ^{[3] [4]} Dalbakk was also part of the unblack metal band Vardøger, and Børud had joined the progressive death metal band Extol and also started a career as a solo artist. The two artists would years later, in 2015, team up again to found the progressive death metal project Fleshkiller. ^[5] The genre performed by the band was described variously as doom metal, ^{[1] [6]} death metal, ^{[7] [8] [9]} death-doom, ^[10] gothic metal, ^[9] black metal, ^[9] melodic death metal, ^[8] and progressive metal. ^[11] Børud's guitar work was strongly influenced by classical music, with one reviewer describing it as a "metal symphony." ^{[1] [10]} Its lyrics were explicitly Christian, drawing heavily from the Bible and emphasizing the love of God for all humans. ^[1] Schaliach has been compared to the output from Extol, ^{[7] [8]} Amorphis, ^{[8] [10]} Metallica, ^{[1] [10]} Solitude Aeturnus, ^[11] Dream Theater, ^[11] Threshold, ^[11] Shadow Gallery, ^[11] and Teramaze. ^[11] Most critics were favorable to Sonrise — it was rated highly by HM writer Matt Morrow and by two reviewers from the Christian website The Phantom Tollbooth, ^{[7] [10] [11]} and described by the webzine Chronicles of Chaos as "excellent". ^[6] However, Rock Hard was less favorable and considered Schaliach boring. ^[9]

Discography

• Sonrise - 1996
• Northern Lights: Norwegian Metal Compilation - 1996
  1. "The Last Creed"
  2. "You Maintain"
  3. "Coming of the Dawn"
• In the Shadow of Death - A Scandinavian Extreme Music Compilation - 2000: Contributed "Purple Filter"

Band members

• Peter Dalbakk – vocals
• Ole Børud – guitar, bass, drums

References