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The album cover of Orphaned Land's latest album, 'Unsung Prophets and Dead Messiahs,' with lead singer Kobi Farhi at the center (Courtesy Orphaned Land)
February 18, 2018, 5:09 pm
Israeli heavy metal band idealizes Plato
Kobi Farhi digs deep on Orphaned Land’s latest album, ‘Unsung Prophets and Dead Messiahs’
By Jessica Steinberg
Ozzy Osbourne, 69, is coming to Israel for what he says is his final, farewell tour (Courtesy Ozzy Osbourne)
November 19, 2017, 1:49 pm
Heavy metal legend Ozzy Osbourne plans final Israel gig
Bats beware! Former Black Sabbath frontman to hit Rishon Lezion in July
By Jessica Steinberg
Lead singer David Draiman of the band Disturbed performs at the start of the tour for the 2010 Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival at Target Center on August 17, 2010 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Adam Bettcher/Getty Images via JTA)
February 3, 2017, 10:40 am
Classic song takes metal singer back to yeshiva roots
Covering Simon & Garfunkel helps Grammy-nominated ‘Disturbed’ vocalist rediscover his cantor’s voice and classically trained style
By JTA
Alice Cooper and some of his stage personas for the wild, wacky ride that is an Alice Cooper concert (Courtesy Alice Cooper)
June 15, 2016, 11:45 pm
No need to get desperado; Alice Cooper has arrived
The shock rocker plays Ra’anana’s Amphi Park Thursday night
By Jessica Steinberg
The musically diverse members of Orphaned Land, Israel's best-known heavy metal band (Courtesy Orphaned Land)
April 5, 2016, 2:54 pm
‘Changing clothes,’ heavy metal band goes acoustic in museum gig
Orphaned Land will perform with ethnic group Habrera Hativeet’s Shlomo Bar at Jerusalem’s Islamic Art Museum
By Jessica Steinberg
Alice Cooper, the beloved heavy metal rocker, will finally get to Israel (Courtesy Man Alive!/CC BY 2.0)
March 9, 2016, 1:44 pm
Shock rocker Alice Cooper books Tel Aviv
Heavy metal performer announces concert date on YouTube video; he’s finally coming to Israel after ‘many years of trying’ to get here
By Jessica Steinberg
Ugly Hanukkah Sweatshirt by heavy metal band Anthrax (screen capture: Rockabilia.com)
February 7, 2016, 9:19 pm
Anthrax sued for $1M over Hanukkah sweatshirt
Detroit artist and businessman claims he made original design in 2012, sues heavy metal band
By JTA
Former Pantera frontman Phil Anselmo ended a January 22, 2016 show at the Lucky Strike Live in Los Angeles, California, by giving what appeared to be a Nazi salute and screaming the words "white power" to the crowd. (Screen capture: YouTube)
January 30, 2016, 4:38 pm
Pantera singer in Nazi salute storm unrepentant
Phil Anselmo, former frontman of heavy metal band, was performing to raise cash for cancer research; says gesture was ‘inside joke’
By AFP
The Hungarian band Tankcsapda performing on stage. (photo credit: Facebook)
March 29, 2015, 5:15 pm
Anti-Semitic fans pressure Hungarian band to cancel Israel gig
Tankcsapda’s bass player says group will come to Tel Aviv in June despite criticism on social networks
By JTA
Metal concert (screenshot: YouTube)
September 3, 2012, 11:24 pm
Cairo cops probe ‘satanist’ metal
Brotherhood lawyer files suit after heavy metal fans dance while wearing black
July 9, 2012, 11:54 pm
Israeli metal band becoming Turkish
Orphaned Land already plays several shows a year in Turkey and considers country as a second home
By Joshua Davidovich
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