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Petah Tikva (פתח תקווה), Israel (1991 – present)

Orphaned Land is a band from Petah Tikva (פתח תקווה), Israel, formed in 1991. They combine oriental elements and traditional Jewish folk music with slow /.

Orphaned Land is a / band at its core, but they are highly influenced by the music and tradition of the Oriental Jews (Mizraḥim), making their sound much more progressive than typical doom/death bands. Their album Sahara (1994) was the first to include a combination of and traditional oriental music. In their second album El Norra Alila (1996), Orphaned Land elaborated the combination of and oriental music, including the addition of song 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 worked 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 the seventh son of God (who was divided into three, each one symbolizing one 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.
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  • harris4got

    Leaves the rest of em far behind, way behind..

    Saturday afternoon

  • TytanowyBanan

    Greetings from Poland ! Amazing Band ! Shalom, brothers from Izrael ! |,,|

    11 days ago

  • PedroVx

    perfect band <33

    11 days ago

  • ZadionApocalaya

    @mPandemonium As far as I know, there's no studio version of The Beloved's Cry. I'm with you though, the live version (on Calm Before the Flood) is far more touching than the version on Sahara.

    17 days ago

  • Sunriseruh

    Great band, from Brazil with peace!

    20 days ago

  • mPandemonium

    A question: Is there an [[acoustic]] and [[studio]] version of the song "The Beloved´s Cry" ?? I've heard a semi-acoustic version of this song on their live album "Calm Before the Flood (2004)", I really like that version, but it's "live" and includes audience's voices. Have they released a studio version of the acoustic "The Beloved´s Cry" ?

    23 days ago

  • MelankoliaGoth

    the sadness in your music .. specially the folk instruments, it is so epic.. I guess it's the result of mixing different cultures to present doom .... the vocals, the lyrics.. everything just steals me from the place to an unknown state where I go numb and beautifully paralyzed...

    last month

  • ZadionApocalaya

    lol, NSBM band. That's such obvious trolling that it isn't even funny.

    last month
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Three confirmed shows in Israel

4 Jan 2011 | from blog.myspace.com/orphanedmyspace

We'll be playing in our home country at the end of January with the first shows for the new year 2011 in Be'er Sheva, Tel-Aviv and Haifa.January 25, 2011 - Be'er Sheva @ BarockJanuary 26, 2011 - …

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