After the success of their most recent release, “Strings Attached”, Israeli black metallers Salem have decided to sign with Season of Mist, who will release Salem’s newest effort, “Necessary Evil.”

Some of the acts also signed to Season of Mist include Mayhem, Arcturus, Green Carnation, Carpathian Forest, Ancient Rites, Rotting Christ, Macabre, Confessor, Necrophagia, Solefald, Natterfrost, Gorgoroth, Aggressor and Nocturnus.

Alright. Last time I posted about a show I went to in the States (In Flames) people griped that it’s not really Israeli. Well, guitarist Kenny Hickey has a (Jewish) daughter named Aliyah. Does that count?

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this is insanely skilled drummer Shaked Furman.  Check out all of his bands (yep, this is a very busy man).

The Fading.  Dissonant.  Acropolis.

A six-part documentary about the long-running Israeli death metallers SALEM has been posted online at YouTube.com. Check it out:

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SALEM is currently in the recording studio working on the follow-up to 2005’s “Strings Attached”. The new release, which will be a double album, will include a 27-minute piece entitled “Once Upon a Lifetime Parts I – V”. Part 1 of the track is available for listening at the band’s official MySpace profile. Part 2 will follow shortly.

SALEM‘s latest album, “Strings Attached”, was released in Israel in June 2005. The CD contains songs from the band’s past repertoire and one brand new song, all re-arranged and performed with one of the most respected all-girl string quartets in Israel. Also featured on the CD are a remake of the SALEM classic “Old Wounds”, featuring guest appearances by the lead vocalists of ETERNAL GRAY, ARALLU, BARTHOLOMEUS NIGHT, MOONSKIN, LEHAVOTH, MATRICIDE, SPAWN OF EVIL, SOLITARY and HANGMAN.

Taken from their Myspace bulletin…

Record your version of “Caught In A Mosh” by Anthrax and have your chance to win mosh-worthy prizes! GRAND PRIZE: Anthrax Equipment! 1 Shure SM58 vocal microphone plus a signed item from a recent tour. 2nd prize is a set of autographed CD’s from the band and 3rd prize, 2 pieces of exclusive Anthrax merchandise. To enter, record your entry between the specified dates and tag your recording with “ThraxShot”. The 5 entries with the most points (as voted on by users) at the end of the contest period will be reviewed personally by Anthrax and they will handpick the winners of the contest by December 18, 2006. Winners will be notified by December 20, 2006. And don’t forget to use the embeddable player to spread the word about your recording and to get people to vote for you! ENTER NOW!!! Once you’re on the site click the Getting Started link in the upper right hand corner to get going.

Check out a video clip of their show/interview at 1909 in Hebrew.  Light stuff, be warned.

This guy’s a sweetheart.

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(Blabbermouth)

Quoth he, “I have a few talking shows tentatively booked for late this year/early next year in Dubai and Israel. I don’t expect I’ll be seeing many of you at these shows but I thought I’d let you know. “

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I am sure that this is going to be the next band to make it big out of Israel for the following reasons…

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