Orphaned Land
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 Promotional groupshot of Orphaned Land taken in 2004
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| Background information | ||
| Origin | Bat Yam, Israel | |
| Genre(s) | Oriental metal Death Metal Doom Metal |
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| Years active | 1991 - present | |
| Website | http://www.orphaned-land.com/ | |
| Members | ||
| Kobi Farhi Uri Zelcha Yossi Saharon Avi Diamond |
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| Former members | ||
| Sami Bachar Eden Rabin |
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Orphaned Land is a progressive death metal band from Israel whose music contains Middle-Eastern influences.
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[edit] Music and themes
Orphaned Land fuse doom/death metal as well as Moroccan folk music and tradition. Although they have technical skill and determination, their music is not necessarily appealing to fans of the doom/death metal genre at large, as the eastern influence and pop notions largely outmode their doom metal "roots."
Their album Sahara (1994) was the first to showcase their unique amalgamation. On their second album El Norra Alila (1996), Orphaned Land elaborated the combination of metal and oriental music, including the addition of songs with traditional oriental Jewish piyyut and Arab melodies. This album conveyed a message of co-existence between Jews and Muslims. Their third album, Mabool (the Hebrew name for the Deluge, depicted in the Bible and Noah's story), 2004, was in the making for seven years and takes the combination of doom/death metal , oriental music and biblical issues to a new level. The album tells the story of three sons (one for each monotheistic religion) which try to warn humanity from a coming flood (deluge) 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 Kobi Farhi, Orphaned Land's vocalist and one of its founders. They are currently working on the follow-up to Mabool, titled The never ending way of ORwarriOR. OrWarrior means "Warrior of Light", and the concept will be about the battle between light and darkness.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Band members
[edit] Current
- Kobi Farhi - Vocals and growls
- Yossi Saharon (Sassi) - Lead guitar , oud , saz and buzuki
- Matti Svatitzki - Rhythm guitar
- Uri Zelcha - Bass
- Avi Diamond - Drums
[edit] Former
- Sami Bachar - Drums
- Eden Rabin - Keyboards and backing vocals (Gone since November 23rd, 2005.)
[edit] Featured
- Sahara album:
- Itzik Levi - Keyboards, sampler, piano
- Hadas Sasi - Female vocals
- Amira Salah - Female "Arab" vocals
- Albert Dadon - Tarbuka / darbooka
- Abraham Salman - Kannun
- Backgrounds vocals by "Neve Israel" Synagogue
- Mabool album:
- Shlomit Levi - Yemenite female vocals
- Moran chorus - Female background chorus
- Upcoming album (To be Titled "The Never Ending Way of ORwarriOR"):
- Shlomit Levi - Yemenite female vocals
- Steven Wilson - Production
- Vladimir T. - Additional female vocals.
