---
title: "Salem"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/salem"
genre: "Death-Doom Metal"
country: "Israel"
formed: 1985
---

# Salem

**Salem** is a death-doom metal band, from Israel, active 1985 to present.

Salem is an Israeli extreme metal band, pioneers of the oriental metal movement and of the Israeli heavy metal scene in general. Much of their lyrics and music deals with political issues concerning the Jewish people and Israel, most notably the concept albums Kaddish (1994) and Collective Demise (2002).

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_(Israeli_band)

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Salem |
| Genre | Death-Doom Metal |
| Parent genre | Doom Metal |
| Origin | Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Formed | 1985 |
| Releases in catalog | 7 |

## Genres

[Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/death-metal) · [Death-Doom Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/death-doom) · [Doom Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/doom-metal) · [Black Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/black-metal) · [Gothic Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/gothic-metal) · [Melodic Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/melodic-death) · [Progressive Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/progressive-metal) · [Technical Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/technical-death)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Lior Mizrahi](https://themetalnet.com/musician/lior-mizrahi) | Guitar |  | Current |
| [Nir Gutraiman](https://themetalnet.com/musician/nir-gutraiman) | Guitar | 2002 to present | Current |
| [Nir Nakav](https://themetalnet.com/musician/nir-nakav) | Membranophone | 1998 to present | Current |
| [Ze’ev Tananboim](https://themetalnet.com/musician/ze-ev-tananboim) | Lead vocals | 1985 to present | Current |
| [Amir Neubach](https://themetalnet.com/musician/amir-neubach) | Membranophone | 1990 to 1998 | Former |
| [Giora Hirsch](https://themetalnet.com/musician/giora-hirsch) | Guitar | 1990 to 1996 | Former |
| [Michael Goldstein](https://themetalnet.com/musician/michael-goldstein) | Bass guitar, Guitar | 1985 to 2012 | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1992 | [Creating Our Sins](https://themetalnet.com/album/89b4dc42-fc47-3865-ad1d-19404ac8e301) | EP |
| 1994 | [קדישKaddish](https://themetalnet.com/album/5448a2ae-ebf6-3428-a9e8-79d5e276b2a8) | Album |
| 1998 | [A Moment of Silence](https://themetalnet.com/album/5b111be3-99eb-36ac-8969-02a39ef2baa7) | Album |
| 2002 | [Collective Demise](https://themetalnet.com/album/f1866638-2381-3b7f-9fba-780c60b22572) | Album |
| 2005 | [Strings Attached](https://themetalnet.com/album/a5cab274-288c-34e0-94bf-8bfcb0f1b33f) | Album |
| 2007 | [Necessary Evil](https://themetalnet.com/album/d1e76b1e-c09c-3102-8bd4-8a1fd0b71b1d) | Album |
| 2010 | [Playing God & Other Short Stories](https://themetalnet.com/album/479f61b1-aa9d-4f8a-96b0-47d2d36efd85) | Album |

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- [Metallica](https://themetalnet.com/band/metallica) (listened together)
- [Rammstein](https://themetalnet.com/band/rammstein) (listened together)
- [Pain](https://themetalnet.com/band/pain) (listened together)
- [Iron Maiden](https://themetalnet.com/band/iron-maiden) (listened together)
- [Megadeth](https://themetalnet.com/band/megadeth) (listened together)
- [Judas Priest](https://themetalnet.com/band/judas-priest) (listened together)
- [Amon Amarth](https://themetalnet.com/band/amon-amarth) (listened together)
- [Samael](https://themetalnet.com/band/samael) (listened together)
- [Dark Tranquillity](https://themetalnet.com/band/dark-tranquillity) (listened together)
- [Iced Earth](https://themetalnet.com/band/iced-earth) (listened together)
- [Pantera](https://themetalnet.com/band/pantera) (listened together)
- [Apocalyptica](https://themetalnet.com/band/apocalyptica) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Salem/465
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4wodAC6EyPxigONNgfBgZI

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/salem](https://themetalnet.com/band/salem). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt