Sahara (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Sahara
Type = Studio Album
Longtype =
Artist = Orphaned Land


Released = November 25, 1994
Recorded = June 1994, "Sigma" studios, Tel Aviv, Israel
Genre = Death/Doom
Oriental metal
Length = 58:09
77:54 (digipak)
Label = Holy
Producer = Orphaned Land
Reviews =
* The Metal Observer rating-10|8.5 [http://www.metal-observer.com/articles.php?lid=1&sid=1&id=1667 link]
Last album = "The Beloved's Cry"
(1993)
This album = "Sahara"
(1994)
Next album = "El Norra Alila"
(1996)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Sahara re-release
Type = Studio


Lower caption = Re-release (2002)

"Sahara" is the first full-length studio album by the Israeli metal band Orphaned Land, released on November 25, 1994 by French label Holy Records. The 2002 digipak re-release of the album features three bonus tracks: "Above You All", "Pits of Despair" and "The Beloved's Cry (Martini remix - Hangis Han)" and edited cover art. The songs; "Seasons Unite", "The Beloveds Cry", "My Requiem", "Orphaned Land - The Storm Still Rages Inside..." are all from the demo, "The Beloved's Cry".

Track listing

# "The Sahara's Storm" – 7:59
# "Blessed Be Thy Hate" – 9:25
# "Ornaments of Gold" – 7:08
# "Aldiar Al Mukadisa" – 2:57 (Translated: Holy Land of Israel)
# "Seasons Unite" – 8:30
# "The Beloved's Cry" – 4:33
# "My Requiem" – 8:27
# "Orphaned Land - The Storm Still Rages Inside..." – 9:10

Digipak bonus tracks
# "Above You All" − 4:57
# "Pits of Despair" − 4:20
# "The Beloved's Cry (Martini remix - Hangis Han)" − 10:05

Personnel

Band members

* Kobi Farhi − vocals
* Yossi Sasi − lead guitars, oud
* Matti Svatitzki − rhythm guitar
* Uri Zelcha − bass
* Sami Bachar − drums
* Itzik Levi − keyboards, sampler, piano

Guest musicians

* Hadas Sasi − female vocals
* Albert Dadon − tarbuka
* Abraham Salman − kannun
* "Neve Israel" synagogue − background vocals
* Amira Salah − female "Arab" vocals

Production and other

* Recorded in "Sigma" Studios, Tel Aviv, Israel, June 1994.
* Produced by Orphaned Land
* Engineered by Tamir Muskat
* Assisted by Gary Gani
* Second assistant engineers: Eran Zira, Yotam Agam
* Mixed by Tamir Muskat, Orphaned Land, Gary Gani and Asaf Bar-Lev
* Executive producer Holy Records, Orphaned Land and Asaf Bar-Lev
* Logo by Uri Zelcha and Kobi Farhi
* Photos by Gil Pasternak
* Cover: The Blue Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey

External links

* Sahara at [http://www.orphaned-land.com/content.php?album=1994_sahara&language=en&menu=the_band&section=discography&theme=seven Orphaned Land official site]