Egyháztörténeti Szemle 13. (2012)
2012 / 1. szám - KÖZLEMÉNYEK - Fejes János - Kőszeghy Miklós: Rajtunk a Vízözön - Egy ősi történet új funkcióban?
44 Egyháztörténeti Szemle Xlll/1 (2012) 7. I would ask you about the symbols of the lyrics of Mabool: I can see, that the Three in the story are the representants of the Abrahamic religions. Why have you chosen them the symbols they bear (like the snake of magic, the eagle and the lion of wisdom).- Well, all three religions contain elements of those three characteristics, but for each religion, in our eyes, one characteristic just stands out a little bit more out, so it was chosen to represent this religion. I guess that each characteristic could have been might as well be chosen for different religion and it would still make a lot of sense nonetheless. 8. Who is the seventh whose seven descendant was divided into three? And who is that seventh descendant (I guess Noah)?- Well seven is a typological number. Many people consider it as a good luck charm, and the bible uses it a lot in many cases. There is also a reference to Iron Maiden’s album, “Seventh son of a seventh son”, and album which is in our eyes a milestone in metal music and we are all devoted Iron Maiden fans. But the 7th descendant is not Noah, because our story, though inspired by original story, does not involve Noah. The seventh descendant has been divided into 3 persons, who are the 3 heroes of the story, each representing another monotheistic religion. 9. In the lyrics of Mabool you never mention Noah by name, why?- Well, like I said, Noah is not actually in there, even though his story is the influence behind our story. 10. Why have you decided to write some lyrics in latin? Is it a kind of original text, or your creation?- In all our albums we sing in more than one language. Our primary language is English, but we also use Hebrew, Arabic, Yemenite, and yes, Latin. Because we use a style of music which involves instruments and melodies from many cultures, we also involve the native language of the cultures as well. Latin is often related to Christianity and the New Testament, so it was only appropriate to use it as well. 11. If my informations are good the song Norra el Norra is a kind of cover of an old egyptianfolk song. How does it fit to the concept of Mabool?- Well you’re partially right. The melody of this song is taken from an Egyptian song called “Samra ya Samra”, but the lyrics are Hebrew lyrics which have a Jewish religious context. In the concept of Mabool, this song is coming In the part where the heroes are entering the ark, and the song is a praise song they sing to god. 12. Do you plan to make an other conceptual and mytholgycal-religious cd in the future? What could the theme of it?- Since Mabool we have already released one more album called “The neverending way of Orwarrior”, which is a concept story album as well, and it tells about the warrior of light. It is also a spiritual story, in is the much more abstract in its context than Mabool. The warrior of light is an abstract figure and the idea behind him is that he can represent each and anyone of us. 13. Are you interested in biblical archeology? Do you care about the biblical disciplines during writing of lyrics?- Biblical archeology is kind of cool-1 think. You get all kind of perspective about the truth behind things, about what really happened on those times, about which of the story happened and which might have not happened.
