Well it had to happen sometime and it finally has - Yiddish Metal has arrived.
Gevolt are Russian Israelis who also do stuff in Russian alone. They're recording an album of Metal covers of classic Yiddish songs, some of which are up on their Myspace page. From what I've heard it's a very credible and interesting project. As Metal Israel (from whom I got the tip about the band) points out, Rammstein is one reference point, at least in the dramatically intoned Germanic lyrics. But there's a lot of folk Metal in there too (they use a lot of klezmer violin). This is a serious attempt at coming up with a musical fusion rooted in both Yiddish/klezmer and Metal.
What I hope is that this isn't the end of it and that Gevolt don't end up as an interesting curiosity. It would be really great to see would be a whole Yiddish Metal scene, but given the paucity of Yiddish speakers outisde the Haredi world that's unlikely to happen. Still, you do find Yiddish enthusiasts in the klezmer scene and there are some interesting parallels to be drawn between the iconoclasm and radicalism of secular Yiddish culture and the anti-religiosity of Metal. So I guess the future of Yiddish Metal probably depends on finding Metal enthusiasts (or at least those interested in collaborating with Metallers) within the klezmer scene. I haven't met many myself but Scandinavian folk Metallers seem to have no problem finding accordionists and violinists, so you never know...
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great music.great band!!where can i find this cd?!
Posted by: monster jew | August 18, 2007 at 10:53 AM
Rammstein's new album is going to be very impressive (from what I hear). The music is going to be a mix of old and new techniques in the studio.
Posted by: Rammstein | April 06, 2009 at 12:23 AM