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Track listing

1. "Birth of the Three (The Unification)" – 6:57
2. "Ocean Land (The Revelation)" – 4:43
3. "The Kiss of Babylon (The Sins)" – 7:23
4. "A'salk" – 2:05
5. "Halo Dies (The Wrath of God)" – 7:29
6. "A Call to Awake (The Quest)" – 6:10
7. "Building the Ark" – 5:02
8. "Norra el Norra (Entering the Ark)" – 4:24
9. "The Calm Before the Flood" – 4:25
10. "Mabool (The Flood)" – 6:59
11. "The Storm Still Rages Inside" – 9:20
12. "Rainbow (The Resurrection)" – 3:01

1. "The Evil Urge" − 3:28
2. "A Never Ending Way" − 3:14
3. "Mercy" (Paradise Lost
   Paradise Lost (band)
   Paradise Lost are a heavy metal band that formed in 1988 in Halifax, England.-History:Their first three full-length albums are examples of the death/doom style, although the latter two incorporated some melodic and gothic elements...
   
    cover) − 3:46
4. "The Beloved's Cry" − 6:42
5. "The Orphaned's Medley" − 9:33

Band members

• Kobi Farhi − vocals, backing vocals
  Backing vocalist
  A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
  
  , death growl
  Death growl
  A death growl, also known as death metal vocals, guttural vocals, death grunts, and harsh vocals among other names, is a vocalisation style usually employed by vocalists of the death metal and black metal music genre, but also used in a variety of heavy metal and hardcore punk subgenres.Death...
  
  s, chants, spoken reading
• Yossi Saharon (Sasi) − lead guitar
  Lead guitar
  Lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
  
  , clean guitars, acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
  An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
  
  s, classic guitars, saz
  Baglama
  thumb|180px|Cura and bağlamaThe bağlama is a stringed musical instrument shared by various cultures in the Eastern Mediterranean, Near East, and Central Asia....
  
  , bouzouki
  Bouzouki
  The bouzouki , is a musical instrument with Greek origin in the lute family. A mainstay of modern Greek music, the front of the body is flat and is usually heavily inlaid with mother-of-pearl. The instrument is played with a plectrum and has a sharp metallic sound, reminiscent of a mandolin but...
  
  , oud
  Oud
  The oud is a pear-shaped stringed instrument commonly used in North African and Middle Eastern music. The modern oud and the European lute both descend from a common ancestor via diverging paths...
  
  , solos
  Guitar solo
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   on tracks 1, 5, 6, 7, and 11.
• Matti Svatitzki − rhythm guitar
  Rhythm guitar
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  , clean guitars, acoustic guitars, solos on tracks 2 and 5.
• Uri Zelcha − bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , fretless bass
• Eden Rabin − keyboards
  Electronic keyboard
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  , synthesizer
  Synthesizer
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  s, piano
  Piano
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Session members and guest musicians

• Avi Diamond − drums
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• Avi Agababa − percussion
  Percussion instrument
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• Shlomit Levi − Yemenite
  Yemenite
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   female vocals

• David Sassi
• Avi Ratzon
• Yariv Malka
• Kobi Farhi
• Yossi Sassi
• Eden Rabin
• Erez Caspi

• Tali Ketzef
• Neta Gev
• Neta Kirschenbaum
• Michal Front
• Yael Front
• Naama Aharony
• Reut Venforero
• Noa Kalush
• Liad Dahari
• Rachel Reuven
• Yair Goren
• Yair Polishuk
• Eden Rabin
• Kobi Farhi
• Yossi Sassi

Production and other

• All music
  Music
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   composed between the years 1997 - 2003 by Yossi Sassi, Matti Svatizki, Eden Rabin, Kobi Farhi, and Uri Zalcha (except song 8 - Egyptian Traditional).
• Additional composition on songs 1, 5, 6, 10 by Sami Bachar.
• Production management and arrangements by Kobi Farhi with the help of all Orphaned Land
  Orphaned Land
  Orphaned Land is an Israeli progressive metal band, formed in 1991, that combines Death/doom, Jewish and Arabic influences.- History :In 1992, the band changed its name from the original Resurrection to Orphaned Land....
  
   members.
• Recording Engineer: Erez Caspi
• Additional Recording Engineer: Simon Vinestock, Daniel Ya'ari
• Assistant Engineer: Marselo David Kovalsky, Rafi Nahmias
• "Moazin" (end of song 2) were sung and recorded secretly in "Taj Mahal
  Taj Mahal
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  ", India
  India
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   by Kobi Farhi.
• Intro and Thunder
  Thunder
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  s were recorded by Kobi Farhi in India and Israel
  Israel
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  .

• Kobi Farhi and Alon Miasnikov
• Additional lyrics
  Lyrics
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   by Eden Rabin
• All Hebrew and Latin
  Latin
  Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
  
   texts (songs 5, 7, 11) taken from the Book of Genesis (Flood Story).
• Hebrew and Yemen
  Yemen
  The Republic of Yemen , commonly known as Yemen , is a country located in the Middle East, occupying the southwestern to southern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the north, the Red Sea to the west, and Oman to the east....
  
   texts (songs 3, 4) taken from Rabbi
  Rabbi
  In Judaism, a rabbi is a teacher of Torah. This title derives from the Hebrew word רבי , meaning "My Master" , which is the way a student would address a master of Torah...
  
   Shalom Shabazi
  Shalom Shabazi
  Rabbi Shalom ben Yosef Shabbazi, also Abba Shalem Shabbezi or Salim Elshibzi was one of the greatest Jewish poets who lived in 17th century Yemen and now considered the 'Poet of Yemen'. Shabbazi was born in 1619 at Jewish Sharab, close to Ta'izz, and lived most of his life in Ta'izz from which he...
  
  's (1619–1720) poems and from "Halel" praising song (song 8).

External links

• Mabool: The Story of the Three Sons of Seven at Orphaned Land official site