OFFICIAL WEB-SITE - http://www.orphaned-land.co.il

BIOGRAPHY:

Orphaned Land was formed in 1991 under the name "Resurrection", and
in 1992 was changed to it's current name. During the years 1992-93 the band has
performed with some important artists, among them were Cathedral & Tiamat.
In 1993 the band recorded it's first release - "The beloveds cry" demo,
that gained extreme success worldwide.in a short time period 1,500 copies of this
debut were quickly sold out (no trades),and lately the greek magazine
"Metal Invader" re-issued this release on CD in close to 15,000 copies!
After the huge success of their demo, the band was signed by french label
'Holy Records' for two albums. First album, "Sahara", was issued in 1994.
The 2nd title - "El Norra Alila" - was issued in 1996. Both albums achieved great
responses and were sold in douzens of copies !
The albums were sold good even in countries like Poland & Turkey, which sold
more than 1,000 copies each, on top of the 'fakes' that were made to the albums,
mainly in east europe.
Orphaned Land appeared in many collections & tributes, among them were
english 'Terrorizer', german 'Hard Rock', french 'Mettalian', Polish 'Mystic',
Holy Records' "Believe in the Holy rules" and "Holy bible Vol I + II", '
Tales of Apocalipse', 'Israheller' and Century Media's 'Darkness we feel'.
The 'Paradise Lost' tribute ("As we die for Paradise Lost") featured a cover for the
song 'Mercy' by Orphaned Land. Paradise Lost's lead guitarist/composer voted it
to be the best track in the cd!
In 1997, with the success of the two albums, Orphaned Land got offers from
several major labels,among them were 'Nuclear Blast', 'Metal Blade' and
'Century Media',and at last the band sigend with 'Century Media' records.
Nowadays Orphaned Land attends final preparations for a new album entitled :

Orphaned Land's secret of success lies in it's originality & eager to combine
unique styles, mixing rock metal music with ethnic influences & traditional
instruments.
All this and more has evolved Orphaned Land during the years to become the
best & most successful Israeli metal group ever and amongst the most unique
ones in the whole scene.

The current line-up of Orphaned Land is :

Kobi Farhi  - Vocals
Yossi Sasi - Lead Guitars
Uri Zelcha - Bass Guitar
 

Contact:
Orphaned Land
c/o Yossi Sasi               or                    c/o Kobi Farhi
15/B Rotchild Street                            PO BOX 817
49340 PETAH-TIKVA                          59107 BAT YAM
ISRAEL                                                ISRAEL

E-mail: yossis@orphaned-land.co.il

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SONG: EL MEOD NAALA - from el nora alila