Sonically, “Turab” is arguably the heaviest track on the entire six-track EP. “Is it really an honour,” the query, “or is it just another presumed truth we were raised to believe, and never question?” Meaning ‘earth’ in Arabic, “Turab” was written with the purpose of “questioning things that are culturally presumed as absolute truths,” the band says, using the culture of war as an example to question the “honour” of sacrificing oneself for “the land.” Think: intense guitar riffs, chest-pounding drum beats, and mesmerizingly groovy time changes - all backed by the track’s thought-provoking nature sparked by the trio’s poetic and harrowing lyrical efforts. The latest to land alongside their newest EP, Leap of Faith, Canadian prog-metal rockers Derev have unleashed their heaviest track yet “Turab” is available now.įeaturing guest vocalist Adel Saflou, the five-minute hard-hitter includes the Derev members Armando Bablanian, Michel Karakach, and Liam Horrigan, and picks up right where the album’s previous single, “Futile,” left off…

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