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Orphaned Land - Announce New Concept Album, 25th Anniversary Tour

Century Media Records just confirmed the upcoming concept album by Oriental metal masters Orphaned Land, Kna'an! It is a side project album with Amaseffer's Erez Yohanan, which covers up the biblical story of Kna'an, in the eyes of Walter Wayers, after he wrote a modern-perspective play about the story of Abraham in the land of Kna'an.

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Posted: 07.06.2016 by Kais | Comments (12)


Orphaned Land - Announce European Unplugged Tour

Orphaned Land are embarking on a European unplugged tour. The progressive folk metallers from Israel will take to the stage in September/October for their first ever acoustic tour accompanied by the Stimmgewalt male/female choir and supported by Molllust. If you don't want to miss these shows, see the dates below.

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Posted: 11.06.2015 by BloodTears | Comments (0)


Orphaned Land - New Video Released

Orphaned Land, one of Israel's most successful musical exports, have recently premiered their new video for "Let The Truce Be Known" taken from the actual album All Is One. The video can be seen here now. The video was directed and edited by Vadim Mechona and produced by Yan Lubin. "Let The Truce Be Known" is one of the band's favourite songs ever. The lyrics and the story are based on the World War I's "Christmas Truce".

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Posted: 10.08.2014 by BloodTears | Comments (5)


Orphaned Land - Announce 'Mabool' 10th Anniversary Tour

Progressive folk metallers Orphaned Land, now without guitarist and one of the band's founding members Yossi "Sassi" Saharon, will celebrate the 10th anniversary of their masterpiece Mabool this year. Released in 2004, Mabool is a fan favourite and will also be re-released as a remastered 10th anniversary limited edition including a 5-track, 27 minute acoustic live show as bonus CD. This limited edition will be available all across Europe in August. As for the dates of the tour, check them out below.

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Source: centurymedia.com
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Posted: 20.05.2014 by BloodTears | Comments (3)


Orphaned Land - Guitarist Yossi Sassi Quits Band

Orphaned Land and Yossi Sassi have parted ways. Yossi Sassi, founding member and key composer of the folk metallers, has announced his departure from the band. Not a great start of the day. Guitarist Matti Svatitzki had already left the band back in 2012 as well. Yossi Sassi is now focusing on his new solo album Desert Butterflies. What could this mean for the band?

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Posted: 07.01.2014 by HaaskAksaaH | Comments (12)


Orphaned Land - Debut New Video

Folk prog metallers Orphaned Land have released another video for a song from their most recent album All Is One, freshly released last month. The band chose the title track "All Is One" for the video which Shahar Hamo directed. You can watch this visual piece below right now. This one is a little more worked than "Brother" which focused more on footage from the recording sessions.

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Posted: 15.07.2013 by BloodTears | Comments (8)


Orphaned Land - Release New Video

Prog folk metallers Orphaned Land have revealed yet another new song from their upcoming offering All Is One. This time around, the band released a new video for the song "Brother", a ballad. Enjoy it while you wait to grab the album on June 24th in Europe and June 25th in North America.

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Posted: 29.05.2013 by BloodTears | Comments (6)


Orphaned Land - Streaming Another New Song

Stop what you are doing because Orphaned Land have just released another new song from their upcoming opus All Is One. After the first taste we had with "Our Own Messiah", the second song to be released is "Let The Truce Be Known" which is available for your listening pleasure through the lyric video available below. It seems to be true to their unique sound. Enjoy!

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Posted: 20.05.2013 by BloodTears | Comments (10)


Orphaned Land - New Lyric Video Released

Israeli progressive folk metal band Orphaned Land has just released the first taste off their new album. You can finally hear a piece of what the band has come up with since The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR was released in 2010. Watch the lyric video for the song "Our Own Messiah" below now. The song is from their upcoming new album All Is One that will be released on June 24th in Europe and June 25th in North America under Century Media Records.

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Posted: 13.05.2013 by Account deleted | Comments (19)


Orphaned Land - Share New Album Cover Art, Tracklist

By now, we already know that Orphaned Land will be releasing the follow-up to their mammoth album The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR this year but today we learn more about it. Today the band revealed the cover artwork for All Is One created by the French artist Metastazis (Paradise Lost, As I Lay Dying, Sonne Adam, Watain), incorporating the three signs of the biggest religions as one. You can see it below.

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Source: centurymedia.com
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Posted: 23.04.2013 by BloodTears | Comments (17)


Orphaned Land - European Headlining Tour Announced

Prog metallers Orphaned Land will be bringing their music to European shores once again as they have announced their upcoming European All Is One headline tour. From September to November, the Israeli group will be presenting their new studio album All Is One, surfacing on June 24th in Europe (USA June 25th). Before heading on the headline tour, Orphaned Land will play in a few festivals and shows in South America, as well as European festivals.

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Event: Orphaned Land: All Is One Tour Europe 2013
Posted: 11.04.2013 by BloodTears | Comments (6)


Orphaned Land - Set New Album Title And Release Date

Orphaned Land have set All Is One as the title of their next album which they will release in June, almost three years after their latest prog masterpiece The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR. The group is in the final process of recording the new album and still hasn't given us audio teases at this point.

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Posted: 22.03.2013 by BloodTears | Comments (6)


Orphaned Land - Start Recording New Album

Good news from the Orphaned Land camp. The progressive metal band has just started the recordings for their brand new album in Istanbul. No release date is set as of now and not much is known about the upcoming release yet but the band will do recording sessions in Sweden, Turkey and Israel. The band's latest album, The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR, came out in 2010.

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Posted: 29.12.2012 by BloodTears | Comments (5)


Orphaned Land - To Broadcast Tel Aviv Show Live Tonight

Israeli progressive metallers Orphaned Land have prepared a treat for their fans this Saturday, December 8th. The band's show in Tel Aviv Harbor, Israel, will be broadcast live at 20:00 GMT or 22:00 (Middle East time) via CultureBuzz - Israel. The band even created a small video inviting fans for the event, which can be seen below.

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Posted: 08.12.2012 by BloodTears | Comments (0)


Orphaned Land - Ask Fans To Help Nominate Band For Nobel Peace Prize

Israeli progressive metal band Orphaned Land is encouraging fans to sign a petition (created by a fan of the band) submitted to the Norwegian Nobel Committee to consider them for the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize, in case you think they are worthy of such a prize.

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Source: centurymedia.com
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Posted: 26.10.2012 by BloodTears | Comments (46)