Hail to all,

There’ve been days better and others worse. But The Battle of Lebanon was one of the most challenging and exciting we ever had. Especially for a band that reformed only few months ago.
I must say it was no easy battle. Neither in the heat nor in the finals and the sub-heat. And I think it all speaks for itself. We did hear many comments about the whole competition and I do not feel like criticising each and every single one of them. But to be brief, Blaakyum would like to thank:

The Jury for their time and effort,
the bands that participated and believed in this event and didn’t just sit back criticise passively and didn’t bother to push it further.

We thank Blood Ink for such a competition; it was hell of a tight situation…
We would like to thank the Organisers and especially Roy Naufal, as it is our firm belief that Roy didn’t have a fair chance to focus on his band because of the need to make this event a successful one, and we recognise that this had affected on his band’s performance through-out the event.
As well, we recognise the fully unbiased position he took and his neutrality when it came to taking decisions, unlike what rumors say.

We would like to thank the fans, we were hell surprised to see so many while we haven’t been around for so long, that means a lot and we thank you all.

Blaakyum conquered Lebanon… and as our fellow band Oath to Vanquish say: London get ready to be VANQUISHED.

And the Battle rages on… for we hear the Battle Roar.

Bassem Deaïbess
Blaakyum