SALEM

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 Pictures



01/04/2010 -
New T-Shirt is now available. See T-Shirt



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.
Check out the article at this location.



All The News



SALEM was formed in 1985 along with the newly born extreme metal scene and released 2 demo tapes called: " Salem "(1986) and "Destruction till Death"(1987).



Back than, SALEM were in very good relations with Mayhems founder Euronymous who offered SALEM relocation to Norway and joining their cult. Varg Vikernes (Burzum) who disliked the band ideals thought differently and sent to vocalist Zeev Tananboim an explosive envelope by mail.
After 5 years of a successful underground career and a line-up change to: Zeev Tananboim - Vocals, Lior Mizrachi - Guitar, Michael Goldstein - Bass, Giora Hirsch - Guitar, Amir Neubach – Drums, The band released "Millions Slaughtered Live"(1990). This demo tape sold 1,500 copies and got the band a record deal with the German label Morbid Records.



"Creating our sins"(1992) and "Kaddish"(1994) were released by Morbid records. Prior to the release of "Kaddish", Morbid Records released a 7 inch picture EP with the single "Dying Embers"(1994) to promote the album, and when "Kaddish" came out, a limited edition of the album was released on vinyl (picture disc).



The opening song "The Fading" was played on M.T.V's Headbangers Ball rotation and also got the band to be elected as one of the best 10 up and coming bands in the world by M.T.V and Kerrang. "Kaddish" also featured a cover song called "Ha'ayara Bo'eret" (the town is on fire), a song that is being associated with the holocaust. This national controversy found its way to the Israeli parliament for a discussion of whether or not it is appropriate for a metal band to play such songs.



In 1998, following the best offer the band got from Israeli label B.N.E., producer Colin Richardson, the man who produced such known act as Machine Head, Fear Factory etc, flew over to Israel to record "A Moment of Silence". The album was recorded at D.B. studios in Israel and The Chapel in England and was released late 1998.



Right after the "A Moment of Silence" recording session, Amir Neubach quits the band to pursue a music career in New-York City.
Nir Nakav, who just returned from L.A. after 4 years, joins SALEM. In early 2001,



In December 2001, SALEM signed deal with KMG/ System Shock from Germany.
The 4th album "Collective Demise" released in September 2002.



The fourth SALEM album is the most aggressive SALEM album to date. Produced by the band and recorded in D.B. Studios (Drums, Bass, and Guitars) and Noise Studios (Vocals and mix) in Israel to maintain the bombastic production standard set forth with previous release "A Moment of Silence".
"Collective Demise" contains 12 new songs which textually are snapshots of our reality since September 2002.



Nir Gutraiman (Guitar) joins SALEM in 2002.



February 2004 SALEM is back with a vengeance, Live Demise D V D offering their ever expanding fan base the opportunity to bring one of the band's infamous live shows home. Shot last July in front of 1000 raging fans, this full-length live concert is presented in stereo, 5.1 and DTS mixes.



2005 saw the light of "Strings Attached" the first album in music history of extreme metal band with full strings quartet orchestra, the startup made a huge impact in the European market and magnificent reviews were written in all important media journalists, the album led to special show in Israel in front of 1000 die hard fans with the strings quartet on stage and Attilla from the Norwegian band Mayhem as special guest.



June 2007 The band's new album "Necessary Evil" was released by French label "Seasons of Mist" in June, the album reflects more modern yet technical and aggressive side of the band.



On June the band played at the main slot of HELLFEST FESTIVAL in France with bands as Machine Head, Slayer, Blind Guardian, Within Temptation and more.



"SALEM Underground's" official release date is June 6th, 2008. This DVD is a collection of performances from 4 different shows. The concept for this DVD was to mix the recorded audio (in Stereo) but to leave it un-edited to maintain the rawest live experience possible.



On December 11, 2009, It was announced that Salem was signed by Pulverised Records to release their upcoming seventh studio album "Playing God and Other Short Stories" on April 3, 2010 in Israel, April, 2010 inIsrael & Europe and August, 2010 in the USA



Management & Booking
www.salemband.com



Pulverised Records, Calvin Chiang (A&R)
www.pulverised.ne



Welcome to Salem's merchandise center. Here you'll find all the still available items of the band. Some of the items presented here are very limited. A proper icon will indicate limited availability items and when those are sold out, most likely you won't be able to find them anywhere else.



Welcome to Salem's merchandise



Playing God video trailer



Act of War - Live



Resentment - Hellfest France 2007



Salem & Attila Mayhem - Deathcrush Live