Orphaned Land - All Is One

All Is One album cover
8.1 | 347 votes |
Band
Orphaned Land
Style
Oriental folk metal, Progressive metal, Symphonic metal
Release date
24 June 2013
Owners
318 have it
49 want it
1 trades it
Tracklist
Disc I
01. All Is One
02. The Simple Man
03. Brother
04. Let The Truce Be Known
05. Through Fire And Water
06. Fail
07. Freedom
08. Shama'im
09. Ya Benaye
10. Our Own Messiah
11. Children
12. As I Stare At The Ocean Alone [Limited edition bonus]
13. All Is One [Turkish version] [Limited edition bonus]
14. Children [Arabic chorus version] [Limited edition bonus]

Disc II [Limited edition DVD]
01. Documentary - Creating "All Is One"
02. Studio Clips
    1 - Brother
    2 - Freedom
03. Art Clips
    1 - In Thy Never Ending Way
    2 - Vayehi Or
    3 - M I?
    4 - Bereft In The Abyss
Line-up
Kobi Farhi - vocals
Uri Zelcha - bass
Yossi "Sassi" Saharon - guitars, bouzouki, cumbus
Chen Balbus - guitars, glockenspiel, keyboards
Matan Shmuely - drums

Session musicians
Roei Fridman - percussion
Itzhak Ventura - flutes
Mumin Sesler - qannun
Moran Magal - piano
Salih Kemanci - violin
Umut Senyaylar - violin
Levent Duzagar - violin
Tuncay Duzagar - violin
Cem Olgun - violin
Saban Golge - violin
Ugurcan Sesler - cello
Tarkan Bergamali - viola
Judit Blanka Deák - soprano vocals
Gali Paz - soprano vocals
Karine Vartsky Volk - soprano vocals
Tanya Drubetskaya - soprano vocals
Eszter Halász - soprano vocals
Michal Kerer - soprano vocals
Sivan Traijtenberg-MIlls - soprano vocals
Yael Oren - alto vocals
Yael Abady - alto vocals
Yaara Unger - alto vocals
Noa Stav - alto vocals
Sigal Yaary - alto vocals
Shani Reiter - alto vocals
Boaz Brill - tenor vocals
Gilad Mills - tenor vocals
Yoav Simhoni - tenor vocals
Yotam Gigi - tenor vocals
Ofer Beit Halachmi - tenor vocals
Noam Ben-Hillel - tenor vocals
Eyal Comforti - bass vocals
Itai Kollmann - bass vocals
Itay Regev - bass vocals
Ariel Davis - bass vocals
David Morgenstern - bass vocals
Nate Silverman - bass vocals

Guest musicians
Sharir Amram - vocals
Elram Amram - vocals
Mira Awad - vocals
Vuslat Koçak - vocals
Nalan Tarhan - vocals
Additional info
Release dates:
June 24: Europe
June 25: USA

Produced by Orphaned Land.
Co-producer - Johan Örnborg.
Recorded by:
Johan Örnborg at Fascination Street Studios, Sweden,
Yonatan Kossov (assistant engineer - Ofri Tamim) at Bardo Studios, Israel,
Idam Amsalem at Black Knob studio, Israel,
Yilmaz Karayalim at Sesler Studio, Turkey,
Evren Arkman at Studio Barista, Turkey.
Mixed & masterd by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios, Sweden.
Band photo by Ami Bornstein.
Drum tech - Ami Bornstein.
Artowork & design by Metastazis.
Staff review by
R'Vannith
Rating:
7.9
Rating:
7.9
The sons of the blazing sun and brothers of the orient are a musical force which have received due attention as few bands have a sound as defined, identifiable or unique as Orphaned Land. The folk instrumentation and vocal arrangements incorporated into their music carry a strong cultural resonance that reaches the ears of many listeners from all corners of the globe and from all walks of life. An equally remarkable and noble aspect to their sound has been and remains to be the conviction they show toward spreading a message. Their studio efforts have become increasingly inspired by their undying desire to state the necessity to progress beyond the violence and hostility that afflicts us in this war torn world.

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published 20.08.2013 | Comments ( 9 )
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22.03.2013 - 19:50

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Oh, yeah!
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24.03.2013 - 06:18

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How am I going to wait all that long !! it seems like a never ending way
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25.03.2013 - 03:42
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Written by c.metallerstein on 24.03.2013 at 06:18

it seems like a never ending way

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26.03.2013 - 04:47

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They never disappoint! I hope they will be in the same road for this new release
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07.06.2013 - 21:08
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Damn, I've never been so excited about an Orphaned Land release.
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21.06.2013 - 00:40
The album, don't have grolws, and what?
Its perfect! Love this guys!! \m/,
9-10
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21.06.2013 - 22:02
Rating: 9

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^Don't know what you're talking about. There are growls on "Fail", for example.
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22.06.2013 - 11:41
Rating: 10

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EASILY ALBUM OF THE YEAR!!
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22.06.2013 - 21:27
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I really love the album cover, it's nice to see people thinking this way.
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22.06.2013 - 22:09
Rating: 9
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Written by qlacs on 22.06.2013 at 21:27

I really love the album cover, it's nice to see people thinking this way.

Even though this idea is borrowed from Disturbed:

Orphaned Land's design is much better though. Can't wait to hear it.
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23.06.2013 - 16:19
Rating: 9

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It looks even better with the special gold print

My favourite album of the year so far, definitely a 9.
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24.06.2013 - 02:24

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Indeed a nice album. It's my first Orphaned Land disc. It reduce much unneseccererry cheeky silly instrumentation as in their label 'progressive metal' but replaced with friendly folk lick with folk instruments.
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25.06.2013 - 15:39
Rating: 7

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Mmm, an enjoyable album indeed , not special , a lot of folk and less prog elements and a lot of arabic oriental melodies are borrowed from a lot of arabic songs so it is not original for me at all , maybe a 7 well be a just rate for this album.
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25.06.2013 - 23:14
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A step down in every aspect from the former album, less variation and some pretty generic proggy moments ... moments of brilliance are still present, but not as often as you'd expect from them !
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to be stared at from across the abyss
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26.06.2013 - 18:52

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This is awesome album! So damn awesome! Very well produced, great melodies and lyrics. So much better album than theirs last one. One of the best albums (2013)!
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27.06.2013 - 00:56
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Written by renai on 24.06.2013 at 02:24

It reduce much unneseccererry cheeky silly instrumentation as in their label 'progressive metal'...

Much like most genres, "progressive" music is a pretty broad category of music. Quirky instrumentation isn't the only characteristic of prog rock, although this album does have its fair share of that kind of thing. It's just that the band writes such accessible and natural music; it's easy to not notice it. Anyhoo, I'm glad you are enjoying this fantastic band's music. I *highly* recommend that you check out Mabool. It's is, in my humble opinion, a masterpiece.
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27.06.2013 - 05:59
Rating: 9

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Bravo Orphaned Land, bravo. Almost as good as Mabool, almost. Those orchestrals?
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27.06.2013 - 16:29
Rating: 9
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Just got the limited edition version and something sounded familiar with the bonus song "As I stare at the ocean alone".
My friend figured it out - the music is taken precisely from a Yehuda Poliker song חלון לים התיכון ("Chalon Layam Hatichon", a window to the Mediterranean sea).

They did have some collaborations with Poliker a few times.
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27.06.2013 - 17:00
Rating: 8

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Their worst album. Still great, but too much generic songs, more accesible for people...
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27.06.2013 - 19:13
Rating: 8

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It's good, but rather disappointing, more symphonic and less progressive. Great use of Oriental folk again, but far too simple structures, almost generically average. Not very 'challenging' either compared to Mabool or Neverending...
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27.06.2013 - 23:09
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I like it a lot
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30.06.2013 - 07:16
Rating: 7

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Kinda disappointed it's less like Mabool than ORwarriOR was. Maybe they'll go back to their roots in a future release. Nevertheless, it's still a tight album. Very easy to listen to and quite catchy. By far their most accessible. Hopefully they'll widen their listener base and thus garner enough support to tour the US more often.
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03.07.2013 - 17:41
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Sounds generic, easy and too much orchestral for its purpose. Also, really annoying lyrics.

Am I the only who thinks that they just stopped being metaphorical about religion and stated everything they believe and stand for in these lyrics? There's no art nor soul on saying things this way after releasing such albuns as Mabool or Orwarrior.. We all already know what they want.

This is not challenging at all and their arabic driven songs sound too uninspired and seem all the same. I'll try to give it another pair of spins, but I feel really disappointed regarding this as one of my all time favorite metal bands.
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04.07.2013 - 18:56
Rating: 6
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After the first song the album goes downhill for me. I hate that.
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14.07.2013 - 09:57
Rating: 8

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This is honestly a solid album, very good to great, but man... Mabool and ORwarriOR are LEGENDARY. I'm disappointed they threw out so much of the prog.
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17.07.2013 - 10:34
Rating: 8

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This is something i'm relly proud to own
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17.07.2013 - 15:50
Rating: 7
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Starts really well, but gets damn repetitive as the record progresses. All are pretty much easy-listening songs and it gets tiring, not much diversity in this one. The strongest point here is clearly the production, it sounds amazing.
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20.07.2013 - 19:27
Rating: 5

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Most shallow and dumbed down album this band has released both in terms of composition and lyrics.
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21.07.2013 - 20:13
Rating: 8

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'Brother' shook me totally... but the title track fell back!! still the album's good
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23.07.2013 - 17:46
Rating: 8

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Sooooooo disappointed with All Is One, as good as this album is may be. It is getting more and more predictable and boring every time I listen to it. Their worst IMO but its still good music.
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