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SPEAKING OF ORPHANED LAND, HERE’S THEIR VIDEO FOR “SAPARI”

 Wednesday, February 10th, 2010 at 1:02pm by

Orphaned Land’s “Sapari” might be the only song ever that makes me want to dance the horah and mosh (moshorah?) simultaneously. A portrayal, or dramatization, if you will, of such a universe-altering event is not the way the band chose to go for the video for this song, but, y’know, this works, too.

Orphaned Land’s new album, The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR, is out now on Century Media. If you haven’t already read my Jew on Jew interview with OL vocalist Kobi Farhi, do it before The Chosen People smite thee.

Wait, do Jews smite?

-AR

[via Noisecreep]

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  • Brian \m/(-_-)\m/

    awesome song, awesome video, even if it was a lil creepy. and shlomit is a babe :)
    god i cant wait till march 8th

  • Sambo

    That sounds really, really good!

  • Grymmbear

    I’ve been a fan of OL since El Norra Alila, and thought it was awesome they Century Media signed them.

    And then 7 years passed, and we finally got Mabool (awesome record, btw).

    And now another 7 years have passed, and we finally get The Neverending Way of ORWarriOR, which is becoming my favorite.

    If this means that I’ll be 40 when the NEXT record comes out, so be it, if they’re still THIS good!

    US TOUR, PLEASE!

  • NoNameNoSlogan

    Guess I’m the one out of four readers that thought this sucked. If Jewish people are “The Chosen People” then what’s the rest of the 98% of the worlds population? Chopped pork?

  • Coop

    Really diggin it! I’ll probably buy it.

    On another note though, it seems unfair that Christian bands get shit here for being too overtly religious when this band is unbelievably religious and they get away with it cause they’re Jewish.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lauren-Vega/100000288146013 Lauren Vega

      …thats what happens when you read a metal website run by Jews. Also, if Christian bands were as good as this maybe they wouldn’t get shit on so much.

    • ebennett

      I have never been stopped while walking by someone trying to convert me to Judaism either.

      And I bet if a Christian band did the same type of thing as to turn an old hymnal into an awesome metal song it would be fairly well received. I think it is the intent more then anything, when listening to Orphaned Land I get the feeling that there is a story being told or an expression of culture rather then some lame attempt to try and convert a mass of people.

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Rodney-Wilder/42003558 Rodney Wilder

        It is a pretty interesting difference, Orphaned Land seem to be working from a concept that is based on morality, while the bulk of Christian bands operate from the Great Commission (Jesus Christ saying we must go and spread the Gospel). Both are valid and important, and CAN work well in music, but not always. Orphaned Land are a prime example of one putting their morality into a concept and pulling it off fantastically.

        And as far as Christian hymns go, I completely agree and would love to see more Christian metal bands embracing old hymns and psalms and reinventing them. One great example of this, though, being done really well (in my opinion) is Becoming the Archetype’s “How Great Thou Art” from Dichotomy. Very well done, very brutal, and carrying all the love, wonder and adoration that Jesus Christ brings to the heart.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Rodney-Wilder/42003558 Rodney Wilder

    Entrancing video for a mesmerizing album. I’ll never stop loving this band.

    And I wrote a review for “The Never Ending Way of ORwarriOR”, if you feel so inclined: link

  • Alex Schindler

    They’re also “religious” in a sense very different from christian bands. As you can see from the tattoos, Orphaned Land’s spirituality is derived from Judaism (and other Abrahamic religions as well, if you read their music), but they’re not exactly rabbis.

    I find their religious enthusiasm inspiring, as I would from any Christian or Muslim or pagan band that drew on its own ancient traditions for inspiration without being cheesy and proselytizing about it.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Rodney-Wilder/42003558 Rodney Wilder

      Exactly. There is a spirituality about their music that is just absolutely inspiring. I love Jesus Christ and live for Him, and it is just awesome that Orphaned Land, even though holding different beliefs, create music that is so passionately rooted in the ancient Abrahamic beliefs (like you said) and thus stirs deeply within me (as Christianity shares that root). To hear psalms and prayers and verses in Arabic and Hebrew, it just feels like a connection to the world I read about in the Bible and have come to love through that growth.

      Basically, Orphaned Land’s music brings a spiritual significance and light equal to reading the Psalms as a faithful Christian. Praising and listening to music so tightly incorporating the world and culture out of which Christianity stemmed, it only serves to strengthen my time with God, of prayer and worship. The prayers and compositions offered up to God thousands of years ago being there, brought to the present in OL’s music, there’s nothing like it – magnifying how I see God and how He communicates with me.

      • http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/46e389eb8b79606050d3d447431ff6ac?s=80 Nate

        You live for a lie.