The Never Ending Way of ORWarriOR ( Rus. The Endless Way of the Warrior of the Light ) is the fourth studio album of the Israeli oriental metal band Orphaned Land , which was released on January 25, 2010 via Century Media Records , [10] after an almost six-year hiatus. ORwarriOR means βlight warriorβ or βwarrior of lightβ - a conceptual hero of the battle of light against darkness. [11] The Never Ending Way of ORWarriOR is the band's second concept album . It was recorded between 2007-2009. (producer Stephen Wilson of Porcupine Tree ). This is the last album featuring guitarist Matti Svatizky, who left the band in 2012.
| The Never Ending Way of ORWarriOR | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | |||||||||||||
| Orphaned Land Studio Album | |||||||||||||
| Date of issue | January 25, 2010 | ||||||||||||
| Genres | Oriental Metal | ||||||||||||
| Duration | 01:18:22 | ||||||||||||
| Label | Century Media Records | ||||||||||||
| Professional reviews | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
| Timeline Orphaned Land | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Content
List of Songs
| No. | Title | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| one. | Sapari | 04:04 |
| 2. | "From Broken Vessels" | 07:36 |
| 3. | "Bereft in the Abyss" | 02:45 |
| four. | "The Path Part 1 - Treading Through Darkness" | 07:27 |
| five. | "The Path Part 2 - The Pilgrimage to Or Shalem" | 07:45 |
| 6. | "Olat Ha'tamid" | 02:38 |
| 7. | "The Warrior" | 07:11 |
| eight. | "His Leaf Shall Not Wither" | 02:31 |
| 9. | Disciples of the Sacred Oath II | 08:31 |
| ten. | "New Jerusalem" | 06:59 |
| eleven. | "Vayehi Or" | 02:41 |
| 12. | "MI?" | 03:27 |
| 13. | "Barakah" | 04:13 |
| 14. | "Codeword: Uprising" | 05:25 |
| 15. | "In Thy Never Ending Way" | 05:09 |
Worked on the album.
Group members
- Kobi Farhi - Vocals, Chants, Growls, Narrations, Choirs
- Yossi Sassi Sa'aron - Guitars, Guitars (acoustic), Saz, Bouzouki, Chumbush, Piano (on track 2), Vocals (backing)
- Matti Svatizky - Guitars, Guitars (acoustic)
- Uri Zelcha - Bass, Bass (acoustic)
Guest Musicians
- Erez Yohanan - Drum programming
- Avi Diamond - Drums
- Matan Shmuely - Drums (on video clip "Sapari")
- Avi Agababa - Percussion
- Avner Gavriell - Piano (on track 15)
- Nizar Radwan - Violin
- Srur Saliba - Violin
- Alfred Hagar - Flute (Nay, Kawala)
- Yonatan Danino - Shofar
- Shmuel Ruzbahan - Santur
- Erkin Koray - Vocals
- Steven Wilson - Keyboards
- Shlomit Levi - Vocals (female)
Others
- Itzik Filiba - Mastering
- Yaniv Paz - Engineering, Mixing
- Bora Ozcoban - Recording (Erkin Koray's vocals)
- Shimon "Chikony" Rozenfeld - Pre-production
- Uri Zelcha - Design, Layout
- Steven Wilson - Producer, Engineering, Mixing
Notes
- β Sergey Serebryansky. Review . " World of fiction " No. 81; May 2010 (07/06/10). Date of treatment January 8, 2016.
- β Eduardo Rivadavia. Review AllMusic . Date of treatment October 18, 2015.
- β Holger Stratmann. Review (German) . Rock Hard # 273. Date of treatment October 18, 2015.
- β Petra Schurer. Review (German) . Metal Hammer (01. Februar 2010). Date of treatment October 18, 2015.
- β Tyler Munro. Review Sputnikmusic (January 5th, 2010). Date of treatment October 18, 2015.
- β ADRIEN BEGRAND. Review PopMatters (February 7, 2010). Date of treatment October 18, 2015.
- β Aly Hassab El Naby. Review Chronicles of Chaos (6/3/2011). Date of treatment October 18, 2015.
- β Vera Matthijssens. Review Lordsofmetal.nl. Date of treatment May 8, 2016.
- β Review . Rock sound . Date of treatment May 8, 2016.
- β Orphaned Land: New Album Release Date Announced Archived November 16, 2009. blabbermouth.net. 2009-11-12. Retrieved on 2009-11-12.
- β ORPHANED LAND - The new concept - Ultimate Metal Forum