Orphaned Land is a
progressive metal band from Petah Tikva, Israel, formed in 1991. They combine oriental elements and traditional Jewish folk music with slow
doom/
death metal. Orphaned Land is a
doom/
death band at its core, but they are highly influenced by the
folk music and tradition of the Oriental Jews (Mizraḥim), making their sound much more progressive than typical doom/death bands. Their album Sahara (1994) was the first to include a combination of
death metal and traditional oriental music. In their second album El Norra Alila (1996), Orphaned Land elaborated the combinatio…
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