The Desert Wheel is an epic power-metal journey forged with Nubian/Middle-Eastern colors—down-tuned guitars locked to oud ostinati, darbuka, riq, and ney. Each song turns like a sāqiya on the Nile: childhood and elders’ tales, desert spirits and fortunes, runners and riverboats, wedding procession, caravan chants, and a dawn homecoming. Massive choruses, cinematic rhythms, and ancient timbres collide to tell one river’s story of labor, love, and survival.