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Salem, the first extreme metal band in Israel was formed in 1985, A large part of their work deals with political issues concerning the Jewish people and Israel, most notably the concept album Kaddish (1994) and Collective Demise (2002). and is considered to be one of the first bands in the worldwide underground metal scene to play brutal black metal. This can be heard in their self-titled rehearsal tape from 1986 and their live demo Destruction Till Death from 1987, recorded at the legendary 'Penguin' club, the only outlet for alternative music in Israel throughout the 1980's. This formula was later perfected by bands such as Beherit and Blasphemy in the early 1990's. After 5 years of a successful underground career the band released another live demo Millions Slaughtered (1990), with a new line-up and a genre shift towards the death\doom realms. This sold 1,500 copies and lead to a record deal with the German label Morbid Records. Band members Ze'ev Tananboim - vocals Lior Mizrachi (Afifit) - guitars Nir Gutraiman - guitars Michael Goldstein - bass Nir Nakav - drums


Salem - Creating Our Sins Album = $1.00
Salem - Kaddish Album = $1.00
Salem - Strings Attached Album = $1.00