Oriental metal

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Oriental metal
Stylistic origins: Middle Eastern music, Heavy metal, Folk metal, Folk music
Cultural origins: Late 1980s Israel and Turkey
Typical instruments: Acoustic guitar/Oud - Electric guitar - Bass guitar - Drums - Keyboards
Mainstream popularity: Underground
Fusion genres
Mesopotamic Black metal
Regional scenes
Middle East
Other topics
Timeline of heavy metal

Oriental metal is a form of folk metal that incorporates elements of traditional Middle Eastern music.

The term "oriental metal" originated in Israel, where bands like Salem from the local doom and death metal scene began writing metal songs related to Jewish tragedies and biblical stories. This change did not only have an effect on the lyrics, but on the music as well; the bands added traditional Jewish instruments and applying slow Death metal riffs, creating moving, emotional, apocalyptic music. Some of the bands have also composed Death metal versions to ancient Jewish prayers and Psalms chants.

Since then, a few Oriental metal bands have begun to appear in other countries, namely Turkey and the Arab world. These bands combine the Folk music of their respective ethnicity with various genres of Heavy metal music, broadening the definition of Oriental metal. Some bands are also influenced by the music of ancient oriental civilizations, like Mesopotamia. The most notable bands in this genre are the Israeli bands Salem and Orphaned Land, the Turkish band Mezarkabul, and the multi-ethnic band Melechesh.

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Black metal - Classic metal - Death metal - Doom metal - Folk metal - Glam metal - Gothic metal - Grindcore - Industrial metal - Neo-classical metal - Nu metal - Post-metal - Power metal - Progressive metal - Speed metal - Symphonic metal - Thrash metal
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Scandinavian death metal - New Wave of British Heavy Metal - Bay Area thrash metal
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