Acclaimed Middle Eastern guitarist Yossi Sassi (ORPHANED LAND) has just released his his debut solo album, MELTING CLOCKS, via VERYCORDS. The CD, which was produced and composed by Sassi, features guest appearances by several known musicians, including former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman.
ORPHANED LAND is a Israeli Doom/Death/Progressive Metal band which spans a musical journey of more than 20 years.
Incorporating "jewish" and "arabic" influences into their lyrical landscaping - the band are the pioneers of the middle-eastern Progressive Metal genre. The striking factor lies in the fact that the band fuses traditional middle-eastern instruments with modern guitars and drums to create a completely different yet melodic sound.The band has a unique stage presence as well. With traditional jewish, muslim and christian attires, the band sends a strong message of religious harmony not just through their costumes but also their lyrical themes.
Internationally acclaimed sitar player Anoushka Shankar will perform at Alcheringa 2012, the annual fest of IIT-Guwahati, on 2nd February 2012.
Guitarist Yossi Sassi Working On Solo Album
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Yossi Sassi, guitarist, founding member and musical mastermind of Israeli Progressive Folk Metal masters ORPHANED LAND, is working on his first album as a solo artist. The CD will feature guest appearances by former MEGADEATH guitarist Marty Friedman and "other leading musicians."
According to The Jerusalem Post, Israeli Progressive Folk Metal masters ORPHANED LAND held a press conference in Tel Aviv earlier today (Thursday, 8th September) ahead of their 10th September concert at the Unirock Open Air Festival in Istanbul, Turkey. During the press conference, they expressed their hope that their success and the adoration of their fans from countries branded by Israel as "enemy states" could be used as a model for repairing ties with Turkey.
Interview-Ida Olniansky(DIBBUKIM)
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IMR: Shalom Aleichem, Ida! Firstly, for a bit of background, can you tell us about DIBBUKIM, the music you guys play and how did the band come together? Also, does any of the member play in any other side-projects other than DIBBUKIM?
Ida Olniansky(DIBBUKIM): Hi there Pravin! DIBBUKIM is a Yiddish Metal band which mixes "Klezmer Music" with Metal and thereby shaping somewhat of a new musical style. The lyrics are exclusively in Yiddish, and we are currently the only band around writing Metal material in that language.
It was actually my idea to start the band. Me and my husband, Niklas, had discussed starting a new Metal band for some time, and when I suggested that it should be done in Yiddish he immediately liked the idea and DIBBUKIM was born. We called our old friend Magnus Wohlfart who is a great guitarist and started to arrange and write songs.
Both Magnus and Jacob are also members in our label mates, YGGDRASIL, and I believe Jacob is a part of numerous other projects, PANDEMONIUM for example.
Thee Orakle Issues Album Updates
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Doom/Gothic Metal band Thee Orakle from Portugal are in the terminal stage of the process of writing the next album. In late October, it will begin the pre-production of the work.