BIOGRAPY:
In 1985, Ze'ev(singer) formed SALEM
with some friends. The real first line-up played together for 2 years after
four gigs and two demos only.
Shortly after that, the band then
splitted but joined again in 1989 with a new line-up : Ze'ev-Lior-Giora-Michael
and the first drummer called Ya'hir who left a year later.
SALEM then found a new drummer
: Amir Neubach. They will record after that a third demo(the first demo
with the new line-up) which was actually recorded in a gig. This demo has
sold 1000 copies worldwide.
Salem showed to the world what
a death band from israel was about. After that, the israeli underground
metal scene started to rise at a great speed as they were more and more
known and appriciated in the world.
(Ze'ev received many letters from
any place imaginable in the world). SALEM sent after a glorious start their
demo "Millions Slaughtered" to many record companies, but they were waiting
too much for a positive answer.
They thus decided to record by
themeselves 3 new songs and start all over again until they were contacted
by the german label -Morbid Records- who showed many interest in SALEM.
They were interested in their new songs, so SALEM sent the 3 songs and
shortly after that "Creating our sins"(first CD) was created.
Salem almost toured with the famous
band DEATH but it fucked up in the last minute. SALEM received many good
responses from zines,fans,radios all over the world. They then continued
to make live gigs and new songs.
MORBID RECORDS then asked SALEM
to release new compos. That gave birth to the famous 2 song 7" Picture
disk. SALEM then gained very big popularity all over the world, they had
been to many TV shows. Then they performed in a cable TV show called "Emergency
Exit" that plays live in the studio many bands. SALEM performed 3 songs
and one of them "The fading" was even shown in MTV's Headbanger's ball.
Morbid Records were naturally very pleased about that as the sales of the
first CD tripled in a few days.
The german label then signed again
with SALEM and that gave birth to the excellent masterpiece "Kaddish" CD.
That album was released and recorded in Ramat-Gan in Gal-Kol studios where
all the big israeli bands and singers do their recording and mixing.
Then SALEM almost toured again
in the world for 16 dates in two weeks but it collapsed because of the
incompetence of promoters.
SALEM was a support band for many
big groups like CANCER,ENTOMBED,DISHARMONIC ORCHESTRA and even MEGADETH!!
What happend was that COC was supposed to play as support band for MEGADETH
but they couldn't make it, SALEM had good connections with MEGADETH so
they were able to perform with them for replacement. The shows sold out
with 5000 people in 2 nights. They also played with such goups as ROTTING
CHRIST etc..
Shortly after that, Giora(guitars)
left the band, he got married and wasn't into it anymore. B.N.E. (israeli
label) then contacted MORBID RECORDS for some money that they owed SALEM.
They found out that MORBID RECORDS was actually stealing SALEM's money
in their backs. The result was that SALEM quit the german label but continued
to write new songs and perform as a four piece band for a next album.
Early 1997, they completed material
for a new album and started to negociate with BNE label. The label suprised
SALEM with Colin Richardson(man behind groups such as CARCASS-MACHINE HEAD-FEAR
FACTORY etc..). He actually received SALEM's 4 track demo and liked it.
They started together to record in august their 3rd new album.(ITS GONNA
BE KILLER!!).
(biography taken from the official
SALEM site)
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Contact SALEM :
PO Box 566
53408 Givataym
Israel
Fax:(9722)432328
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DISCOGRAPHY:
BAND PICTURE:
Ze'ev Tananboim - vocals
Michael Goldshtein - bass guitar
Lior Mizrzchi - guitar
Nir Nakav - drums
song: SYMBIOSIS
-from the album a moment of silence