ARKAN, die Band um den THE OLD DEAD TREE-Schlagzeuger Foued Moukid, werden am 16. Juni 2008 ihr erstes Full Length-Album Hilal veröffentlichen. Hier die Tracklist:
1. Groans of the Abyss, 2. Lords Decline, 3. Mistress of the damned Souls, 4. Lamma Bada Under the Spell of Haughtiness, 5. Tied Fates, 6. The seven Gates, 7. Athaoura Shaped by the Hands of Gods, 8. Chaos Cypher, 9. Defying the Idols, 10. El Houdou, 11. Native Order, 12. Amaloun Jadid