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  • Orphaned Land
    Orphaned Land
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    Orphaned Land

    The Israeli band, whose music fuses death metal growls, Jewish liturgical poems, and Middle Eastern folk, has legions of Arab fans—many of whom have petitioned for the band to receive a Nobel Prize for its cross-cultural message

    byDana Kessler
  • Scott Ian at the Sonisphere rock festival at Knebworth, England, August 2009.(Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images)
    Scott Ian at the Sonisphere rock festival at Knebworth, England, August 2009.(Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Scott Ian: The Hellish Childhood of a Jewish Metal God

    In an excerpt from his new autobiography ‘I’m the Man,’ the guitarist from Anthrax remembers growing up in Bayside, Queens

    byScott Ian
  • Fucked Up, Yuck, Drake, and Wild Flag.(Fucked Up: Culture Bully, Yuck: Fat Possum Records, Drake: billboard.com, Wild Flag: Merge Records)
    Fucked Up, Yuck, Drake, and Wild Flag.(Fucked Up: Culture Bully, Yuck: Fat Possum Records, Drake: billboard.com, Wild Flag: Merge Records)
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    Sonic Youth

    A round-up of five very different albums from 2011 worth giving and keeping, including the latest from Drake, Wild Flag, and more

    byDavid Meir Grossman
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    Suspicious White Powder

    Today on Tablet

    byMarc Tracy
  • Scott Ian of Anthrax at a "Big 4" show in Indio, Calif., April 23, 2011.(Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
    Scott Ian of Anthrax at a "Big 4" show in Indio, Calif., April 23, 2011.(Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
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    Q&A: Scott Ian

    Before the “Big 4” heavy metal show at Yankee Stadium, the Anthrax guitarist and lyricist talks Queens, Jews, and Louis Farrakhan

    byDavid Samuels
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    Proving Their Metal

    Thirty years ago, two Jewish kids from Toronto swore they’d never stop rockin’. They never did.

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