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[B]Orphaned Land is an Israeli heavy metal band, formed in 1991, that combines progressive metal, Death/doom, Jewish and Arabic influences.[/B]
Background :
[QUOTE]In 1992, the band changed its name from the original Resurrection[1] (not to be confused with Resurrection, a Floridian death metal band) to Orphaned Land. Orphaned Land fuse progressive, doom, and death metal as well as Middle-Eastern folk music and Arabic traditions in a form of Oriental metal. Each album has some concept related to two extremes: a meeting of east and west, past and present, light and darkness, and God and Satan.[2]
The band’s first album was Sahara (1994) which was originally released as a demo. The second album, El Norra Alila (1996), had many eastern/oriental influences, such as "El Norra Alila" ("Illustrious God"), based on a poem sung during Yom Kippur as a plea of forgiveness. It also included songs with traditional oriental Jewish piyyut and Arabic melodies. The album explored the themes of light and darkness, as well as conveying the message of commonality between the three main Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Islam, and Christianity).[3]
The third album, Mabool: The Story of the Three Sons of Seven (the Hebrew name for the Deluge, depicted in the Bible and Noah’s story), released in 2004, was seven years in the making. It tells the story of three sons (one for each Abrahamic religion) who try to warn humanity of a flood coming as punishment for their sins. Musically, the album contains oriental instruments, two choruses, traditional Yemenite chants sung by Shlomit Levi, and quotes of Biblical verses from the story of the deluge, read by vocalist Kobi Farhi. After Mabool, Orphaned Land released an EP, Ararat (2005) named after Mount Ararat.
In January, 2010, Orphaned Land released the follow-up to Mabool, entitled The Never Ending Way of ORWarriOR. OrWarrior means "Warrior of Light," and the concept is the battle between light and darkness. The album has a different sound than Mabool, and was mixed by Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree.[4] The first single from the CD was entitled Sapari and was put on MySpace with two other tracks, Vayehi OR and Disciples of the Sacred Oath II [5].
In 2008, Orphaned Land was featured in the documentary Global Metal, a film by the creators of Metal: A Headbanger's Journey.[6]
In May 22nd 2010 Orphaned Land preformed as the warm-up show before the show of Metallica in Israel.[/QUOTE]
[B]Disography :[/B]
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Sahara 1994
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El Norra Alila 1996
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The Beloved's cry 1999
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Mabool 2004
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Ararat 2005
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The neverending way of OrWarriOr 2010
[B]Current line up :[/B]
* Kobi Farhi – leading chants, growls, narrations, choir & backing vocals (1991–present)
* Yossi "Sassi" Sa'aron – lead guitars, oud, saz, bouzouki, chumbush, choir vocals, piano (1991–present)
* Matti Svatitzki – rhythm electric & acoustic guitars (1991–present)
* Uri Zelcha – electric, acoustic & fretless bass (1991–present)
* Matan Shmuely - drums, percussion (2007–present)
* Shlomit Levi - female vocals (2004–present)
[B]Songs :[/B]
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I love these guys. Fucking awesome music.
I have Mabool and Neverending Way.
Heard about these guys because of Steven Wilson producing their latest album
:iia:
The new album is awesome.
Goddamn Wilson is everywhere nowadays.
I like this music.
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