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Unsung Prophets and Dead Messiahs by Orphaned Land

Unsung Prophets and Dead Messiahs by Orphaned Land Downloaded from http://read.dukeupress.edu/common-knowledge/article-pdf/27/1/104/867404/0270104.pdf by DEEPDYVE INC user on 30 March 2022 LITTLE REVIEWS Orphaned Land, Unsung Prophets and Dead Messiahs (Century Media Records, 2018), 64 mins. In the music video “Like Orpheus,” by the Israeli heavy metal band Orphaned Land, an ultra- Orthodox Jewish man and a Muslim woman come to share a spiritual union through their love and devotion to the sounds of heavy metal. It is a union or communion that can be experienced by all listeners. When they reach the privacy of their rooms, each listener puts on a headphone and lets the music take over. All begin to move their bodies freely. The woman imagines her - self playing guitar and drums; the man sways his head and body as if in prayer. This freedom disrupts neither one’s identity: she never removes her hijab; he never takes off his kipah. Then, as they prepare to don their concert apparel and head for a venue where they will never come into contact— he is going to wear a Kreator zip hoodie bearing the band’s logo, and she an Orphaned Land hoodie with a spiked bracelet— each gently presses a kiss to what apparently sets them apart: http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Common Knowledge Duke University Press

Unsung Prophets and Dead Messiahs by Orphaned Land

Petel, Adir H.
Common Knowledge , Volume 27 (1) – Jan 1, 2021
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Downloaded from http://read.dukeupress.edu/common-knowledge/article-pdf/27/1/104/867404/0270104.pdf by DEEPDYVE INC user on 30 March 2022 LITTLE REVIEWS Orphaned Land, Unsung Prophets and Dead Messiahs (Century Media Records, 2018), 64 mins. In the music video “Like Orpheus,” by the Israeli heavy metal band Orphaned Land, an ultra- Orthodox Jewish man and a Muslim woman come to share a spiritual union through their love and devotion to the sounds of heavy metal. It is a union or communion that can be experienced by all listeners. When they reach the privacy of their rooms, each listener puts on a headphone and lets the music take over. All begin to move their bodies freely. The woman imagines her - self playing guitar and drums; the man sways his head and body as if in prayer. This freedom disrupts neither one’s identity: she never removes her hijab; he never takes off his kipah. Then, as they prepare to don their concert apparel and head for a venue where they will never come into contact— he is going to wear a Kreator zip hoodie bearing the band’s logo, and she an Orphaned Land hoodie with a spiked bracelet— each gently presses a kiss to what apparently sets them apart:

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Published: Jan 1, 2021

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