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This May, Tyr will headline a North American tour with Orphaned Land, Ghost Ship Octavius, and Aeternam! See below for all confirmed dates, with more to be added soon.

Tyr front man and founder Heri Joensen comments: "It's been waay too long since we visited Vinland, and we're Helbent on having a blast of a time on this trip!"

TOUR DATES:

May 5 - Brooklyn, NY - Knitting Factory
May 6 - Providence, RI - Alchemy
May 7 - Montreal, QC - Corona Theatre
May 8 - Quebec City, QC - Salle Multi
May 9 - Toronto, ON - Velvet Underground
May 10 - Columbus, OH - Al Rosa Villa
May 11 - Joliet, IL - The Forge
May 12 - Kansas City, MO - The Riot Room
May 13 - Denver, CO - Marquis Theatre
May 15 - Vancouver, BC - Rickshaw Theatre
May 16 - Seattle, WA - Studio Seven
May 17 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theatre
May 19 - Oakland, CA - Metro Opera House
May 20 - Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex
May 21 - San Diego, CA - Brick by Brick
May 22 - Phoenix, AZ - Joe's Grotto
May 24 - Dallas, TX - Gas Monkey Bar & Grill
May 25 - Austin, TX - Come and Take it Live!
May 27 - Orlando, FL - The Haven
May 28 - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade (Hell)
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Germany's Rockpalast has released "All Is One", a documentary on oriental metal pioneers ORPHANED LAND.

"All Is One" is more than the name of one of ORPHANED LAND's albums. It is the quintet’s philosophy claiming that all three big religious groups - Christians, Muslims and Jews - are coming from the same origin. German filmmakers Ingo Schmoll and Conny Schiffbauer visited Israel to follow the band’s path and to get a personal insight view into the musician’s life by visiting the band members at home, getting to know their families and learning about their daily lives.

"In the documentary we are trying to take the audience beyond the endless discussions about the conflicts in the middle east by taking a far more human approach to it all", the filmmakers explain.

Singer and frontman Kobi Farhi comments, "For the first time you can see a glimpse of our daily personal lives back at our home, and also a confession of me from the days I was a brainwashed extremist. This documentary is something you must see!"

Use the following links to watch the full one-hour documentary online:
English version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVFxWMz2z-A.
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Oriental metal pioneers, Orphaned Land, have just released the digital single "Chains Fall To Gravity", taken off their upcoming album "Unsung Prophets & Dead Messiahs", which will be released this Friday, January 26th, 2018. The song features a guest solo performance by guitar virtuoso Steve Hackett (STEVE HACKETT, ex-GENESIS)!

Kobi Farhi explains, ""Chains Fall To Gravity" is a very important song on our new album and its concept. It is the point where the hero is being unchained and starts his way out of the cave, and for the first time he has to leave anything he thought to be the truth. I remember telling Steve Hackett about this song and the concept and he was definitely put all these emotions into the guitar solo he performed here, which is in my opinion, one of the best guitar solos ever on an Orphaned Land song. We are just too lucky and honored to have a rock legend playing with us in this one!"

Steve Hackett comments: "I was thrilled to have Kobi Farhi sing on one of my album tracks. His voice sounds beautiful and mystical on the track. It was equally a pleasure to do a guitar solo for this exciting track on Orphaned Land's album, which has a great vibe!"

LISTEN to the full-length album version of "Chains Fall To Gravity" here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks52bFQKIDo.
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Oriental metal pioneers, Orphaned Land, have just released the music video and digital single for their new song “Like Orpheus”, taken from their upcoming album “Unsung Prophets & Dead Messiahs”, which will be released on January 26, 2018. “Like Orpheus” features guest vocals by no other than Blind Guardian’s Hansi Kürsch.

Kürsch comments, “What a marvelous song. I heard it and fell in love with it immediately.  What keeps me so thrilled about it is this perfect blend of different musical cultures and the constant wave of emotions these guys have woven together in a stroke of genius. This song, as all their works, is a strong statement for humanity. I am really proud to be a part of such a fantastic family. All is One!”

Orphaned Land vocalist Kobi Farhi explains, “It is a little bit hard for us sometimes to release only one song, especially as there is a whole concept album to follow. But if we have to choose one song to start with, it'll be ‘Like Orpheus’. In Greek mythology it is told that Orpheus’ singing was so beautiful, that even the stones and the earth fell in love with his voice, to a point that the earth was open and that's how he ended up going down straight to hell. At the chronology of the concept of our story, this is the story where the hero leaves Plato's cave for the first time, and it is the first time he exposed to the light, to the new truth of all the shadows he considered to be the truth before. Being overwhelmed from this revelation he describes the world and his feeling with singing, and his singing is so beautiful that he is like Orpheus himself in a way. We are so happy to feature one of the most humble gentleman on the planet, a real rock star and a simple beautiful soul - Hansi Kürsch from Blind Guardian. Hansi is such a singer, he and his singing is literally like Orpheus'.

The story of the cave of Plato and the use of Orpheus are just allegories. In this video clip we chose to tell the true story of some metal heads from the Middle East. Their daily lives is some sort of a cave, their culture, the way they dress and their customs may give an impression that they are utterly different, while the truth is that they escape to the same world, the world of metal, while they never met each other and cannot start to imagine how similar and one they are.

On a personal note: Metal today is still considered as Satanism in many societies and countries, especially in the Middle East and it is still banned in many countries from our region.
Metal is one of the best co-existing communities we ever get to know, so all of you metal heads out there - think about those metal heads from the Middle East, cause they are here to stay!”

WATCH “Like Orpheus” HERE: https://youtu.be/hurWzo01FpM.
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