Knew:
• SALEM was the first Israeli band to be put in regular rotation on MTV's Headbangers Ball.
• SALEM was the first extreme metal band to have done a full-length studio album accompanied by a full string quartet. The unusual co-operation led to the band playing a live set with an all-girl string quartet from Israel.
• Mayhem frontman Attila Csihar performed with SALEM in 2005 live on stage, covering two of Mayhem's most memorable songs: "Freezing Moon" and "Deathcrush."
• Playing God And Other Short Stories is the first album in SALEM's history to move away from their strong political subjects. Instead, the new album is loosely based around the concept of super heroes.
Playing God And Other Short Stories
Released earlier this year, Playing God And Other Short Stories is the latest full-length from legendary Israeli extreme metallers SALEM. The band's seventh studio album since forming in 1985 was recorded at Harold Studios in Israel and mastered by UE Nastasi at the prestigious Sterling Sound in NYC. Playing God And Other Short Stories includes a guest vocal appearance by At The Gates frontman Tomas Lindberg, (on “The Mark Of The Beast Part 1” and “The Mark Of The Beast Part 2”) as well as a cover of Bob Marley’s “Exodus.”
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