While entertainment of any description is clearly the very least important thing to be mentioned with regards to the Middle East at the moment, Israeli progressive folk metal act Orphaned Land couldn’t have landed on a more suitable time to deliver a further message of hope and unity.
When they toured with Palestinian act Khalas a few years ago, Orphaned Land‘s Israeli frontman, Kobi Farhi would joke on stage every night about how, considering the two bands were from two Middle Eastern countries divided by a brutal and long-standing conflict, the only time they would actually argue with each other was over whose turn it was to buy the beer. Continue reading
Orphaned Land are seen by many as Israel’s premier metal outfit, and rightfully so. Albums like Mabool (2004) and The Never Ending Way Of ORWarriOR (2010) are mandatory purchases for any serious fan of forward thinking and adventurous metal. Especially the latter record established the band as a force to be reckoned with. Enter All Is One, Orphaned Land’s latest release. Continue reading