Israeli metal band ORPHANED LAND have announced that Steven Wilson of PORCUPINE TREE will produce their next album, entitled "The Never Ending Way of ORwarriOR".

Commented ORPHANED LAND vocalist Kobi Farhi: "We are a big fans of Steven's works, we are very much exited that we will work together and we are sure we will make an unforgettable album!"

Added Wilson: "I'm very happy to have the opportunity to work with ORPHANED LAND, one of the most unique and ambitious metal bands on the scene. I know we are going to make an extraordinary album together."

ORPHANED LAND is a band which combines progressive heavy/death-metal rock with ethnic Middle Eastern/Arabic/Israeli elements, a unique hybrid of styles that contributed to Steven's decision to work with them. The group have recorded three albums to date, the most recent of which, "Mabool", was their Century Media debut.

Existing completely outside of the mainstream, ORPHANED LAND have managed to create a large worldwide following, and their recent appearances in Europe and the USA at the ProgPower festivals have brought them to the attention of a whole new audience. Wilson is, of course, known from his main project PORCUPINE TREE as well as the producer of three of OPETH's albums.

With regards to the next album's concept, Farhi had previously stated, "The next ORPHANED LAND album will deal with the war of light and darkness. We've dealt with this topic in the past, yet this time the emphasis will be on the hero of this war — The Warrior of Light (Lohem Ha'or in Hebrew).

"Every year in late December there's a day where the longest night and shortest day (light time) is measured, meaning that the days to arrive after that night are getting longer, and the nights turn shorter. Spiritual[ly], it's the rebirth of light and death of the darkness. ORPHANED LAND's comeback show in 2001 was exactly on this day, without us paying attention even to this fact. Some might say its coincidence; some will claim for a 'guiding hand from above', your choice…

"Why do we deal with the war of light? The light is the source for everything on this planet; we are all sons and warriors of light. Even if we're not aware of it, we all fight for our right to shed light into this hectic world. In 'Mabool', for example, the three heroes where well-aware of them being Warriors of Light, trying to find for mankind's right to awake and possibly turn back the faith of darkness being brought to earth by the flood. In the meantime, many of us live in confusion, suffering and despair, full of sadness and being let down, leading to self-destruction and lack of self-security. We re-live the traumas of the past, while happiness stays 'somewhere in the future.' The 'here and now' is almost inexistent in our lives."

ORPHANED LAND have yet to set a date to begin recording the new album, as they are still working the new material for the new effort. More details will be made available during the coming months.

Ah ! Ben tant mieux !

Oui, cool.

Yeah!

Arf.

Le bonheur !

Trés bien! même si je ne suis pas fan de Porcupine tree, "mabool" m'a bien troué le cul et donc je jetterai surement une oreille sur ce prochain album.

Wait and see....

Pile poil pareil ! great !

tres bonne chose que cette colaboration entre steven wilson et orphaned land, mabool étant un tres bonne album, le prochain risque d'etre aussi bon voir meilleur

Arghh, c'est juste ce qu'il manquait à Orphaned Land, le son parfait !! Ca va donner !!! Si l'inspiration est au rendez-vous...

On peut difficilement reprocher à Mabool d'avoir une mauvaise prod. A la limite, le couple mabool/The storm still rages inside aurait gagné à avoir quelques arrangements supplémentaires pour redonner un bon coup de fouet au milieu, mais sinon...


Mais bon, ça veux pas dire que je prends pas ça comme une bonne nouvelle, au contraire même. D'ailleurs, c'est un peu comme un signe de reconnaissance, je ne leur souhaite que de bonnes choses à ce groupe (ils ont trouvé un autre claviériste au fait?)

ah la la vivement que ça sorte !!!

La production n'était pas franchement mauvaise, à vrai dire elle est suffisante, pas excellente au point de dire "wouahouh le son de la mort qui tue", mais suffisante pour apprécier les différents instruments.
Et là je me dis : à l'écoute de Mabool, j'ai cru déceler quelques influences Opethiennes, certes minimes, mais quand même. L'arrivée de Wilson me conforte dans cette perspective...

Il Est Fort Caza ! Et en plus il as pas totalement tord !

Je ne "tord" pas (je ne suis pas Bender hein, Futurama ©), je n'ai pas "tort".
Et sinon, je dois le prendre comme une marque d'ironie ?

Ca avance doucement.

La chanteur, Kobi Farhi, va écrire un bouquin (A Tango Between God & Satan).

Mais ils essayent d'avancer sur le prochain album. On a le temps je pense...

Vocalist Kobi Farhi of the Israeli metal band ORPHANED LAND is currently working on his debut book called "A Tango Between God & Satan". The book will contain personal stories and adventures from Kobi's childhood, from his world travels, and, of course, some stories from his adventures with ORPHANED LAND.

Comented Kobi: "I choose not to write about sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll as I find it boring and I don't see a reason why these stories should be in a book. My stories and adventures are very spiritual and unique along with very bad adventures and dark stories, and that is that 'tango.' I used to tell these stories that happened to me to friends and they were always amazed and said I should publish a book about it."

The book is written in Hebrew language and it is scheduled for a 2008 release.

Regarding ORPHANED LAND's current activities, Farhi said, "we have no shows for the moment and all of our free time is dedicated to working on 'ORwarriOR', our next, fifth album!

"After the huge sucsess of the album 'Mabool', you should expect no less than another masterpiece! the album will not be 'Mabool Vol. 2'. As you might know, we always like to bring something new and we like to expiriment new instruments and ideas, so this new album is something else, and so far we love what we wrote very much!"


PS : on voit que je sors ce topic du caveau vu que mon post suit celui de Caza.

Ils ont mis 8 ans entre les deux précédents, on va dire qu'ils ont un rythme tranquille

Eh oui ça date déjà, caza, chips, deux grands disparus

chips avait des problèmes de Pc je crois non?

Sinon, oui ils ont mis 8 ans entre les 2 derniers mais il me semble qu'ils avaient quelques circonstances atténuantes. Je crois que le chanteur devait faire son service militaire déjà après la sortie de el nora alila. Et là bas, il me semble que c'est 2-3 ans non?

Il a surtout des problèmes d'emploi du temps si j'en crois le message qu'il a laissé sur le forum de nime il y a 2 jours.