25/01/2012
Salem's ultra rare appearance in 1990 documentary "Screams for you are singing for me" has finally saw the light of day.
After been buried alive more than 20 years, the rare Israeli documentary "Screams for you are singing for me" filmed in 1990 finally saw the light of day to public.
The film discuss the situation of underground musical movement in Israel and featured a small yet radical band interview and some studio footages never seen before.

17/11/2011
SALEM'S Second Album KADDISH – out now in Europe Via Metal Mind. Polish record label "Metal Mind Productions" (Sadus, Xentrix, Sacred Reich, Atrophy etc) will release the second Salem album KADDISH, originally released via German's Morbid Records in 1994 and lately reissued by Israeli Raven Music. The exclusive re-release of “Kaddish” includes the exclusive bonus track – “The Edge Of The Void” (videoclip). New digipak edition, limited to numbered 1000 copies. The release date is scheduled for 12th December (World ex. USA & Israel).

Kaddish Dying Embers
Eyes to match a soul
Kaddish
Above the ground
Ha'ayara Bo'eret
The fading
Desert Prayer
The edge of the void
Fear of the future
The one that no one...
The Edge of the Void (videoclip) 		“Kaddish” (re-issue + bonus video track)
Label: Metal Mind Records
Cat. No.: MASS CD 1456 DG
Barcode: 5907785037267
Format: CD Digipak (limited edition of 1000 numbered copies)
Genre: Death Metal
Release date: 12.12.2011 World ex. USA & Israel
More Info: METALMIND
07/08/2011
Salem – Kaddish Album to be released via Metal Mind. Salem's 1994's classic album Kaddish will be released in Europe by the Established Polish Label Metal Mind Productions. Metal Mind is a well known label and focus on reissues of Classic Metal Albums such as Annihilator, Sadus, Sacred Reich, Gorguts, Solitude Aeturnus, Xentrix, Atrophy and many more classics.
10/06/2011
Nir Nakav (our beloved drummer) has just released a new video for Hammerax cymbals.
13/05/2011
54 New pictures have been added to our gallery from the last show with are special guest Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal (06.05.2011) at the Reading 3 in Tel Aviv - See Pictures.
11/05/2011
SALEM wishes to thank Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal for his devastating special guest appearance with the band's May 6th show at Reading 3 in Tel Aviv.

Pictures by Avihai Levy
More video footage.
01/05/2011
GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal will be a special guest at SALEM's May 6, 2011 concert at Reading 3 in Tel Aviv, Israel. The event will commemorate the re-release of SALEM's cult 1994 album "Kaddish" (originally released by Germany's Morbid Records), an LP which represents the band's personal dirge for the victims of the Holocaust during World War II.
"I'm a third-generation Holocaust survivor," SALEM's vocalist Zeev Tananboim tells The Jersulam Post. "My father lost his whole family in the Shoah and escaped from Poland to Russia to Israel. I heard his stories all my childhood about what had occurred to his father and Kaddish was our desperate cry in memory of the horrors that happened to our families. By doing this album, we sent two important messages: We will never forget, and we are here to survive."
Read more from The Jersulam Post.
29/04/2011
A bit late but better late than never. Come experience the Behemoth of Salem performing "Antichristian Phenomenon" live on stage with guest vocalist Nergal from Behemoth.
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11/04/2011
The front cover of the upcoming reissue of "Kaddish", the cult 1994 album from Israeli death metal pioneers SALEM, can be viewed below. Due next week via Raven Music, the CD's cover art and design was handled by the band's guitarist, Nir Gutraiman. The effort was remastered by UE Nastasi at Sterling Sound in New York City.
Originally released through Germany's Morbid Records and was distributed worldwide via SPV, "Kaddish" represents SALEM's personal dirge for the victims of the Holocaust during World War II.
14/03/2011
GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal will be a special guest at SALEM's May 6, 2011 concert at Reading 3 in Tel Aviv, Israel. The event will commemorate the re-release of SALEM's cult 1994 album "Kaddish" (originally released by Germany's Morbid Records), an LP which represents the band's personal dirge for the victims of the Holocaust during World War II.
Commented Thal, "['Kaddish'] is the most true-to-art doom metal album I've ever heard, completely capturing the horror of mankind's utmost vulnerability to evil and self-destruction. Being someone who lost family to the Nazis in Poland, this album tore straight to my soul."
Producer of the event, Yishai Swearts of Raven Music, stated: "Both my parents' roots are sadly in the massacre done by the Nazis. My grandfather at the age of 13 saw his family slaughtered and had to escape to the forests of Russia and live in subhuman terms for four years under the snow and bloodshed. He survived the horror, came to Israel and built a family where I was born.
"I feel that Ron's family's tragedy, my family's tragedy and SALEM members' family tree tragedy made it possible to unite and send a message of strength which is highly important and have a personal value for all of us.
"I am proud and glad to welcome Bumblefoot to be guest in the show and highly respect him for this important thing."
SALEM vocalist Zeev Tananboim added: "'Kaddish' is our desperate cry in memory of the horrors that happened to our families.
"The Holocaust followed me all my life as a dark shade which is so scary to look at. By doing this album we dared to look at the face of the horror and send two important messages: We will never forget, and we are here to survive.
"I highly respect Ron 'Bumblefoot' Thal as a musician and person. Though we live in different parts of the globe, we share the same loss, the same grief.
"Music was created to unite people's feelings.
"We are looking forward to this important show and special musical message with Ron."
13/01/2011
Nir Nakav joined the very lucrative lineup of artists who are using Hammerax cymbals. In his words: "Hammerax is the freshest and most innovative cymbal manufacturer in recent decades. I am totally in awe of the amazing line of cymbals they offer the drumming community and am extremely proud to be a part of their family".
http://www.hammerax.com.
18/08/2010
Playing God is finally out in the USA. After a long delay Sony Red has finally unleashed the album in North America while Sick Drummer Magazine is still holding the "Drums of the Dead" drum contest. A few contestants have already submitted their performance. Good luck to you all, we are all honored that you have taken the time to check us out. Well, what are you waiting for? Go get it.
04/08/2010
We have revised our best selling shirt "Raining Terror". This limited edition T-shirt will not be available in stores. The only place to get it is right here. Follow the link to the MERCHANDISE section.
10/07/2010
The Heat is on!!! Sick Drummer Magazine has launched our first ever drum contest. All you have to do is to play "Drums of the Dead part 1" like our drummer, Nir, and you can win some cool prizes. Details are here:
www.sickdrummermagazine.com
Good luck.
14/04/2010
The official street release dates for the upcoming SALEM "Playing God And Other Short Stories" have been set as 26th April 2010 for Europe and 25th May 2010 for North America.
05/04/2010
41 New pictures have been added to our gallery from the last show (03.04.2010) at the Barbie club in Tel Aviv. (live Pictures by Shaked Hetzroni's),See Picture
01/04/2010
New t-shirt is now available.
20/03/2010
Another article about Salem's album "Playing God", was published in the biggest internet news in Israel, YNET.
Check out the article at this location.
19/03/2010
An article about Salem's album "Playing God", was published in the biggest daily newspaper in Israel, Yediot Ahronot's, which has a circulation of around 1 million copies. The article includes rare band pictures from the album.
08/03/2010
Raven music has licensed Salem's upcoming release "Playing God and other short stories" from Pulverised Records for distribution in Israel. This will mark the 5th Salem release that Raven music has licensed in the past decade.
04/03/2010
SALEM: Full Record Stream
Brought To You By Noisecreep Playing God And Other Short Stories, the long anticipated upcoming new full-length from legendary Israeli extreme metallers SALEM, is currently streaming in its entirety via Noisecreep/AOL Music! Check out the record. Full Record Stream
The stream will only be available for a limited time. Don't miss it!
Along with an in depth track by track breakdown from drummer Nir Nakav.
23/02/2010
The opening song off "Playing God and other short stories" can now be heard on the band's MySpace page. Click here to hear the "Drums of the Dead part 1".
30/01/2010
The album is done at long last. Now we are busy putting together the CD release show that will take place at the Barbi club, Tel Aviv, on Saturday, April 3rd 2010. Tickets will become available this week. We always make sure that our local crowd is treated somehow special so this time we talked the local Pulverised distributor, Raven Metal to hand out free copies of the new album to the first 400 ticket buyers (to be given at the show). So go and get a ticket the earliest possible.
Ticket price is 80 Shekels.


29/01/2010
Salem video trailer for upcoming album, "Playing God And Other Short Stories".
27/01/2010
We recently found some studio footage of our guitar player, Nir Gutraiman, tracking 'Playing God'. You are invited to experience the insanity it has been recording the guitars for the new album (with 3 amps and 11 microphones operating simultaneously) while getting a taste of a selection of songs (mixed and mastered).
19/01/2010
The legendary Israeli Death Metallers SALEM have revealed the album artwork and final tracklisting on the group’s upcoming seventh full-length album entitled “Playing God And Other Short Stories”.
Also appearing as special guest singer on this album is the acclaimed At The Gates frontman Tomas Lindberg, who shared vocal duties on “The Mark Of The Beast Part 1” and sang exclusively on “The Mark Of The Beast Part 2”.
SALEM also did a rendition of one of Bob Marley’s most recognizable song - “Exodus”; giving it their own unique but nevertheless an aggressive touch with their version of the song.



Tracklisting
Drums Of The Dead Part 1
Drums Of The Dead part 2
The Privileged Dead
Exodus (Bob Marley cover)
Downfall Of Paris Part 1
Downfall Of Paris Part 2
The Mark Of The Beast Part 1 (featuring Tomas Lindberg on guest vocals)
Beast Lullaby
The Mark Of The Beast Part 2 (featuring Tomas Lindberg on vocals)
The Mark of The Beast Part 3
I Hate Pigs!
Playing God

"Playing God And Other Short Stories" was recorded at Harold Studios in Israel and mastered by UE Nastasi at the prestigious Sterling Sound NYC.

On the explanation of the album artwork for "Playing God And Other Short Stories", SALEM skinsman Nir Nakav states: “The cover is based around Adinkra, a West African symbol system. The symbol we used is called Gye Nyame and it means "Except for God". This unique and beautiful symbol is ubiquitous in Ghana. It is by far the most popular for use in decoration and also a reflection on the deeply religious character of the Ghanaian people."