ALBUM REVIEW: Orphaned Land – A Heaven You May Create


 

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.

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Orphaned Land – Unsung Prophets & Dead Messiahs


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 – All Is One


orphanedlandallisonecoverOrphaned 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


Brotherhood And Common Sense – An Interview With Orphaned Land


Orphaned-LandThere are many bands in metal that rely heavily on a whole range of gimmicks in order to get noticed, but there are only a few who genuinely have something to say. Orphaned Land is one of those bands. With their message of unity, hope and transcending religious and political differences, they have earned a substantial fan base in the Middle East that goes beyond any political, ethnic and religious boundaries. Frontman and singer Kobi Farhi shares with Ghost Cult his considerable insights on the band’s latest album, the source of the ongoing Israeli-Arabic conflict that tears his homeland apart and his fiery wish for more common sense and humanity in the Middle East.Continue reading