Wasted Land

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Wasted Land "We Came To Conquer"

Country	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Genres	Melodic death metal with folk/medieval influences
Labels	Unsigned
Members	Ahmad Khoja (Guitar) Ayman Al-Ghamdi (Guitar) Emad Mujalled (Vocals) Sultan Al-Ghamdi (Bass) Tamim Helmi (Drums)

Wasted Land is one of most well-known bands in the underground local Saudi metal scene.

1 History of The Band
2 2003
3 2005

[edit] History of The Band

[edit] 2003

It all started in year 2003, when Ahmed Khojah , Emad Ashour, Sultan Alghamdi , Rayan Bahabri and Amer Tashkandi, created a thrash metal band called Crimson Iris. After playing for couple of months and only one song Away From Life they disbanded for personal reasons. In 3 months they gathered to form a new band along with Ali Maarawi, Ahmed Khojah, Sultan Alghamdi and Hani Nowillati. After two songs they parted ways due to musical dispute in Summer of 2003.

[edit] 2005

In 2005 Ahmed and Ayman came together to play just for fun, but this session was the first step to creating the band Wasted Land. As both of them play and have the same taste in music (with influences such as Dark Tranquility and In Flames) they contacted Emad Mujalled and Sultan Alghamdi to join the band. Emad as a vocalist and a drummer and Sultan as a bassist. After recording the first song Death in war it was a major hit among the local metal crowd and have been asked to perform live couple of times. As the band seriously started to search for a permanent drummer to play with them, they met Majed Shaarani who played only one show and designed the band's logo but had to leave. He was replaced by Tameem as a permanent drummer.

[edit] Public Appearance

S.A. Metal Gigs
1- SA Metal Gig 2 - Dammam - September 2005
2- Jeddah's Metal Resurrection - Jeddah - January 2006
3- SA Metal Gig 3 - Khobar - May 2006
4- Shamal battle of the bands - Dubai - December 2006

They were the 2nd runner up in the Shamal Battle of The Bands 2006 in Dubai, whose winner would have been the opening act of Dubai Desert Rock Festival 2007 with the lineup of Children of Bodom, Mastodon, In Flames and Iron Maiden as the headliner.

[edit] Discography

Their demo The Beginning was released in 2006 containing 5 songs:
1. Into Chaos I lost
2. Folk Night
3. Bells of the falling Castle
4. Anthem of Warriors
5. Death in War

Their song Bells of The Falling Castle was featured in a Belgian CD called Poems of The Dead, Vol.1 and also have been featured on the A.O.G media compilation CD volume 7 along with 12 other bands from all over the world.