Video - Top of the music Charts in Daesh land: "My Ummah, Dawn Has Appeared,"

Video - Top of the music Charts in Daesh land: "My Ummah, Dawn Has Appeared," HT: NewRepublic.

You probably won't find "Dawlat al-Islam Qamat" on the many lists of the year's best music. But the song has defined the year quite literally in life and death, and marked the emergence of a quasi-state that got the world's attention. "My Ummah, Dawn Has Appeared," to give it its English name, is perhaps the most beguiling, hypnotic, disturbing piece of music you might have heard all year. And you probably have heard it—or at least snippets of it, before a news report cuts away or you can no longer stomach what you're watching.

There's the sound of a sword being drawn, boots marching, and burst of staccato gunfire. (If you speak Arabic, these sounds would have been less surprising, as the lyrics begin, "My Ummah, Dawn has appeared, so await the expected victory. The Islamic State has arisen by the blood of the righteous.")

"My Ummah, Dawn Has Appeared" is the product of the Ajnad Media Foundation—the Islamic State's record label, of sorts. Author Alex Marshall calls the song the "national anthem" of IS, Read the full story here. More here.