All Is One is the fifth album by the Israeli

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band,

Orphaned Land Orphaned Land is an Israeli Heavy metal music, heavy metal band formed in 1991. They combine Mizrahi music, Mizrahi and Maghrebi Jews, Maghrebi Jewish, Arabic music, Arabic, Music of Turkey, Turkish, and other Middle Eastern music, Middle Easter ...

, which was released on June 24, 2013. It is the first album to feature guitarist Chen Balbus who replaced the co-founding member and guitarist Matti Svatitzky in 2012. It is also the last album to feature the co founding member and guitarist (along with oriental instruments) Yossi Sassi who left the band in 2014.

Songs

The song "Brother" is a ballad that discusses the relationship between

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and

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. The song is written from the point of view of one brother (Isaac) who writes a letter that forgives the other brother (Ishmael) for becoming enemies. The lyrics of the song "Let the Truce Be Known" was inspired from the story of the

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which in it the soldiers celebrated together Christmas and the day after, they returned to kill each other. The song was composed along with the Israeli artist, Kobi Aflalo. The song "Shamaim" (In English: "Sky"; in Hebrew: שמיים) was written by the Israeli artist Yehuda Poliker, and it combines elements and concepts that were in the band's previous albums. the song is a closing cycle for the band, mostly because the band's name is taken from Poliker's song "Winds of War" (רוחות מלחמה). The song "Our Own Messiah" contains a verse from the Jewish prayer,

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Track listing

Personnel

Orphaned Land *Kobi Farhi – vocals * Yossi Sassi – electric guitars, acoustic guitars, classic guitars,

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, chumbush *Chen Balbus – electric guitar *Uri Zelcha – bass guitar *Matan Shmuely – drums Production *

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– female vocals *Shahar Choir – vocals *Elram Amram – vocals *Sahar Amram – vocals *Moran Magal – piano *Roei Friedman – percussions *Sami Bachar – guitar *Tzahi Ventura – flute *Turkish ensemble – violins

Charts

References

{{Authority control 2013 albums Orphaned Land albums Century Media Records albums Albums produced by Jens Bogren Symphonic metal albums