You should check out Orphaned Land.
This is how they describe their sound: The magic, the force & the wisdom of Orphaned Land is the use of conflicts & opposite concepts - by combining a few languages, cultures, ancient instruments with almost all kinds of metal styles, it gets a colorful mixture of cultures and a journey around the world, it is a meeting of east & west, past & present, light & darkness, and a tango between God and Satan, it is the land where enemies find their common path, enjoy your quest at the ark while the flood and the storm still rages...
Just a quick one here - what's your favorite hard rock/heavy/alternative/whatever group? I'm into rather harsh stuff musically and want to find some more with spiritual overtones. Am I the only one who finds some inspiration in a lot of Distrurbed's music? Recently got the Pillar CD, it wasn't bad I though, got Stapp's CD, it's okay, Alterbridge, old Creed of course, stuff like that. Have some P.O.D. and it's the first almost hip-hop stuff I like. Looking for more stuff like this to pick up and the local music stores are unholy lame. HEY, anybody heard the weird German CD Gotteskrieger by Heimataerde? 
I like Metalica, Disturbed, and that whole gravel/growl voice thing, but AILD is a bit too much gravel for me. Still, I'll probably end up with their CD's anyway as I liked what I heard aside from the vocals. Danke and God bless! 
