Israel Unleashed: The Very Best Metal and Rock from the Holy Land
This CD, which is a compliation of what claims to be the “very best” of what Israel has to offer in the genres of heavy metal and rock music, leaves the listener hard-pressed to find any redeeming qualities in it at all. The name itself is misleading; one would expect that Israeli music would be in Hebrew. Although there is a good representation of the diversity of types of heavy metal and rock music on this CD, there is nothing distinctly Israeli about it; it does not seem that there is a single track that is in Hebrew. This in itself is disappointing, but not as much as the fact that these bands seem to have only taken the worst aspects of the music of the American and British bands they have been influenced by and put them together on one disc. There are a few songs that are enjoyable (most notably “Heartbreaker” by Crossfire) but not nearly enough to buy the whole CD. If this is the best of the Israeli heavy metal and rock bands out there, then they should stick to producing other genres of music. The intended audience for Israel Unleashed is too narrow for it to be a recommendation for any type of library.
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