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O.L.
OL may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Orphaned Land, an Israeli progressive metal band * Old Lace (comics) a telepathically linked dinosaur hero Businesses and organizations * OLT Express Germany (IATA code: OL), a scheduled and charter airline based in Emden in Germany * Open Library, an online project intended to create "one web page for every book ever published" Places * OL postcode area, for parts of Greater Manchester and Lancashire, surrounding Oldham, England * Oulu railway station, Finland (abbreviated OL) Science and technology * -ol, a suffix for chemical compounds that are alcohols * Guillaume-Antoine Olivier, in botanist or zoologist author citations (Ol.) * HTML element#ol, , an HTML tag for creating ordered list elements * ''Optics Letters'', a journal published by the Optical Society of America * A Unified Soil Classification System symbol for organic silt and/or clay Sport * Olympic Games, an international sport event * Olympique Lyonnais, a prominent Frenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orphaned Land
Orphaned Land is an Israeli heavy metal band, formed in 1991 under the name Resurrection (changing their name in 1992 to the current name), that combines Israeli Jewish, Mizrahi, and other West Asian influences. They are considered the pioneers of oriental metal. The band has gone through several lineup changes over the years, but has retained two of the founding members, Kobi Farhi (vocals) and Uri Zelcha (bass). They are joined by Matan Shmuely (drums), Chen Balbus (guitar/keyboard) who replaced co-founding member Matti Svatizky in 2012, and Idan Amsalem (guitars/bouzouki) who replaced co-founding member Yossi Sassi in early 2014. Their lyrics promote a message of peace and unity, particularly between the three main Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Islam, and Christianity). History In 1992, the band changed its name from the original Resurrection to Orphaned Land. Orphaned Land fuse progressive, doom, and death metal as well as Middle-Eastern folk music and Arabic traditio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
