Salem

Salem is an Israeli doom/death metal band, pioneers of the Oriental metal movement.

Salem, the first extreme metal band in Israel

Salem is an Israeli doom/death metal band, pioneers of the Oriental metal movement.

Salem, the first extreme metal band in Israel was formed in 1985, and is considered to be one of the first bands in the global underground 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 'pinguin' club, formerly the only outlet for alternative music in Israel throughout the 1980's).