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AQABA GULF
ACRONYM: ALMIGHTY QUALIFIES ALL BORN AGAINS GUARANTEEING US LIFE FOREVER

MASCOT SCRIPTURE

WILL AGAIN HAVE COMPASSION ON US, WILL TREAD OUR SINS UNDERFOOT. HURL ALL OUR INIQUITIES INTO THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA, MICAH 7;19, NI VERSION.

“AQABA GULF” IS CLASSIC POWER/SPEED METAL, CATCHY, HIGH ENERGY, MELODIC AND TECHNICAL WITH A CERTAIN MIDDLE EASTERN AMBIANCE FROM THE GUITARIST AND BASSIST JONNY LOCKETT.

CHIEF INFLUENCES

(CHRISTIAN) SACREDFICE (ITALY), SIGNUM REGIS (SLOVAKIA), STAUROS (BRAZIL), TORNADO (SERBIA).

(OTHERS) AMASEFFER (ISRAEL), MYRATH (TUNISIA), ORPHANED LAND (ISRAEL), SKYLARK (ITALY).

THESE ARE AMONG THE MOST RECENT INFLUENCES.

EXHILARATING EVIDENCE

THAT THE GULF OF AQABA WAS THE LOCATION THAT WITNESSED EXODUS’S RED SEA CROSSING WAS EXPLAINED TO ME IN THE DOCUMENTARY “MOUNTAIN OF FIRE – THE SEARCH FOR THE TRUE MOUNT SINAI,” WHICH I DISCOVERED IN ISRAEL IN SEPTEMBER 2005.

CALLING OUT TO

COMMITTED CHRISTIAN METAL MUSICIANS WITH HIGH-OCTANE ABILITY REQUIRED

CONTACT DETAILS

FOR KIND COMMENTS AND CURIOUS QUESTIONS, CONTACT jonnydpharaoh@yahoo.com.

AQABA GULF ALBUMS ALREADY WRITTEN BY JON (IN TERMS OF LYRICS, RHYTHM GUITAR AND BASS LINES)

  • FORCES IN CONFLICT (1995)
  • LIFTOFF TO LIFE ETERNAL (1996)
  • DEFY THE DEVIL (1996)
  • FOREWARNED IS FOREARMED (1997)
  • SOJOURN ON EARTH (1998)
  • REBORN TO BE FREE (1999)
  • LIFESTYLE SUPREME (2000)
  • BLOOD AND WATER (2000)
  • DEFEND TO THE DEATH (2001)
  • CYCLONEYE (2001)
  • CALL OF THE WILD (2002)
  • TWELFTH LIGHT (2003)
  • INCURABLE ADVENTURER (2006)
  • KNOWN IN HELL (2007)
  • STEEL LIGHTNING (2008)
  • FROM A GLOW TO GOLDEN GLORY (2009)
  • UNCARNAL CONQUISTADOR (2013)
  • BY WAY OF ARABIA (2013)
  • LAND OF PATRIARCHS AND PILGRIMS (2014)

MORE RECENT IMPROVED VERSIONS OF 3 OF THE FRONT COVERS:

DEFY THE DEVIL

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SOJOURN ON EARTH

SOJOURN ON EARTH front cover artwork

KNOWN IN HELL

KNOWN IN HELL front cover artwork

THE GRAND PLAN:

20 ORIGINAL ALBUMS, 2 COMPILATIONS, 1 DEMO.

AQABA GULF PRAYS FOR JESUS-METAL ACROSS THE NATIONS. TO HIS GLORY ALONE!

AQABA GULF NEWS:

THE ORIGINAL WEBSITE AT WWW.PROJECT-JEDUTHUN.ORG.UK

An Apology – please accept my apology that this website hasn’t been updated for about 4 years. About that time our website designer quit for health (and maybe other) reasons. But it took a while to become fully aware of this. I only started learning to exercise the most basic internet skills by myself since January of this year. There’s been a few further delays in verifying who exactly would take over the work on our website. Due to various circumstances and disappointments I will most definitely go live overseas and at present Switzerland looks best. Aqaba Gulf will be coordinated from the new country with a whole new line-up but still myself included. Since May of this year the Lord has blessed me with developments, including several Metal musicians expressing their interest in potentially playing with me. I’m working on the emigration so watch this space!

JON, NOVEMBER 2016.

PAST MEMBERS:

  • MATT ‘MONGOOSE’ AYLETT: KEYBOARDS
  • MEGAN ‘MEERKAT’ AYLETT: BASS

(2011-2014)

TO DATE, 19 ALBUMS WRITTEN, 1 MORE IN PLANNING.

ENGULFED SPIRITS
OF ANCIENT EGYPT

ENGULFED SPIRITS OF ANCIENT EGYPT front cover artwork

TO BE TEN TRACKS WHICH ARE APPROPRIATE EXAMPLES FROM THE EARLY YEARS, 1995-2001 OF SONGWRITING BY “JONATHAN H LOCKETT ENTERPRIZES.”

ONE BONUS COVER SONG ‘EL SHADDAI’ BY JOHN THOMPSON & MICHAEL CARD, 1981, INCLUDED ONLY WITH KIND PERMISSION FROM THE PROPER PUBLISHING PEOPLE.