Orphaned Land conquer Thessaloniki

IOfTheStorm · January 16th, 2005, 11:45 AM

..and the hearts of all of us. More than they had before with the trio of superbe albums.
Words are poor to describe such perfection. First of all (as i said to the band) i have NEVER heard so CLEAR + STRONG sound in a live show. You could just stand still and close your eyes and feel like you are flying over all mystical middle east plains. Then their performance was totally amazing and flawless. All songs sounded 10 times better on stage, especially old songs like the grand opus "Ornaments Of Gold" which was totally mind blowing. Kobi's performance was really deep and emotional, Yossi's sweet melodies took us into the heart of a desert storm..the whole experience was unique as very few things in this world. More than anything i want to congratulate the band for being very modest (although not very talkative

) unlike.. Thanatos for example...haha.
The photos are .. "shaked" (and not stirred..) but i guess its .. "ok" hence the situation in which i took em.

Hair madness

Folklore · January 16th, 2005, 12:10 PM

THANKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AMAZING PICS !!!
Tell us more about the show man !!!

IOfTheStorm · January 16th, 2005, 12:38 PM

Well what can i say... the playlist was PERFECT (all Mabool except 3 (?) songs, loads of great El Norra Alila (yes - fav O.L. album) hymns : Like Fire To Water, Find Yourself Discover God, Of Temptation Born, El Meod Na'Ala..... , GREAT STUFF from "Sahara" like: Seasons Unite, Ornaments Of Gold (

) and the eternal favourite THE BELOVED'S CRY ! O.L. slayed everything on stage, Kobi showed us that he is ALSO a great frontman (making the crowd to completely "obey" him), and i think i should let O.L. to tell us what did they think about the crowd. Last (but still very important i think) is that the band was totally enjoying the whole situation.
p.s. And the last song was an ABSOLUTE and UNIQUE surprise for us - a semi traditional/rock song from a Greek Singer called Nick Papazoglou, called "Ah Ellada S'Agapo!" (translation : "Oh Greece, i love you") which totally left a wide smile on our faces.

XdefilerX · January 16th, 2005, 02:49 PM

Is the guy from Thanatos sang together with OL the HALO DIES double-vocals part - or was he just standing there ?

IOfTheStorm · January 16th, 2005, 02:52 PM

Hah, yeah he sang in "Halo Dies".

RashomoN · January 16th, 2005, 03:23 PM

thanx for the info and the great pics!!!

Slash · January 16th, 2005, 03:34 PM

WoW..! I'm getting excited day by day..The countdown is still goin on for us,I'm glad to hear you had a great time.Our beloved OL rocks !

Dead_Lioness · January 16th, 2005, 05:04 PM

damn I miss those guys !
great pics!
I'm so glad they're having fun over there!
thanks for posting those IOfTheStorm!

MysticForce · January 16th, 2005, 05:25 PM

I also went in that show in SAlonika.I was blessed!I live in Athens and so I was waiting for their show in my city.Thats why I had planned my 3day vacation in Salonika in such a way so I can be in the show in Athens!Before I left Athens I learned that their show was cancelled and I was devastated!Thankfully on January 15 I was in SAlonica and able to participate in their concert!!!This experience was stimulating!I hadn't felt that way since I was 15!Mind that I am 27 now

this was my first time since I was 17 that after the show I stayed in the hall just to have some words and some autographs from the band!I felt like they were my friends!Athens is so unlucky that the show was cancelled!To experience El Meod n'Alla live was ritualistic!All these great songs!They played everything.All of my favourite songs!This show was great!Divine!Biblical

I hope that I will be able to experience them again in my life!
P.S:The Greek cover was fantastic!

Folklore · January 17th, 2005, 02:09 AM

Wish I was there... oof

OrphanedAngel · January 17th, 2005, 05:12 AM

We Have Returned Yesterday From Thessaloniki!

The Show Was Indescribable!!! Orphaned Land were so great!
Their music,their songs,their homeliness that they released to the fans was amazing!
There are no words that can describe the enraptured fans that were all like a family singing and shouting at the top
of their voices asking for songs and calling out "Orphaned Land"!

At the end of the show there was a Greek cover suprise(Ah Ellada S'Agapo-
Nikos Papazoglou) that they had prepared for the Greek fans!!!They performed it even better than the greek song!
Who knows?Maybe in future we'll see them playing together in a gig with Nikos Papazoglou!

Kobi's and Yossi's(that did some some vocals too)pronunciation was great,it was like they are Greeks!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I want to give for one more time congratulations to the band and to Miri(she
had participation in some songs)and thank them for being here in Greece to
play for us and for being so friendly to everyone!
Thank you guys for having such great moments with you

I also want to thank Tal,Hila,Lee(Eden's brother)Einav,Nathalie(our Morticia)
for having such great moments with them too

EFHARISTO Orphaned Land YAMAS

Yossi_Orphaned_Land · January 17th, 2005, 05:19 AM

Tikanis, Thessaloniki?!?!

WHAT A GREAT EXPERIENCE it was for us to be with you, we enjoyed every minute on stage and absolutely every minute out of the stage (Lots of Ouzou, Souvlaki and Recina

) - The hospitality was AMAZING, we love you all!
I hope we return to Greece once again (and soon!) and this time for more than few concerts.

Ah Elada S'agapo!!!

Ko_B · January 17th, 2005, 06:09 AM

We were in Paradise!!!

The promoters were the best people we ever met, being with our family friends there was amaizing (Efharisto Chris, Stravoula, Greg, Hellen, Aris, Yiannis, Christos - SAGAPO!!!!!!)

We will be back again, it was a show to memorize

Animanexus · January 17th, 2005, 06:26 AM

I Want To Send My Love To All The Orphaned's.it Was Fucking Great.u R All Great Persons.i'll Never Forget U. Hope To See U All Again Soon....i'm Sorry I Have No Words To Describe My Feeling .i'm Gonna Cry.thanx Again For The Unforgetable Moments We All Live With U Guys.my Respect For All Of U.thanx.

Nighttime Bird · January 17th, 2005, 06:46 AM

I Cry From Yesterday.all It Was So Wonderful That I Thought I Was Dreaming.i Want To Thank All Of U For Beeing So Sweet And Nice With Us.i'll Never Forget The Times We Spend All Together. How Amazing Are All Of You.it Was The Best Show I've Ever Seen In My Whole Life.i Trully Love You All And I Hope To See You All Again.take Care Of Yourselves And Have Health To Enjoy Your Lives.kisses With Tears And Forever Your Friend Helen!!!!!!!

Nighttime Bird · January 17th, 2005, 06:57 AM

OH! ME AND GREG WANT TO SEND OUR LOVE TO TAL,HILA,LEE,AINAF,NATHALIE,AND OF COURSE MIRI FROM DESTORTED.WE WISH YOU THE BEST.KISSES.

UnConscious · January 17th, 2005, 07:12 AM

wow, it looks like it's been so wonderful! thanks for the great photos IOfTheStorm and everybody for sharing the joy of those perfect moments with us. i felt like i was there!
you know, we so often hear in our weather forecasts something like "there will be a storm coming from the Balkans this week" and the weather here in Istanbul becomes like it was in Greece a week ago.

This time it sure is a holy divine truth, and i hear it not with my ears but with my heart!

I just can't wait to feel the storm raging

Tabletwister · January 17th, 2005, 07:17 AM

15th of January 2005...1 hour and 45 minutes...the flood...the storm...the rage...the divine intervation...
for one night Thessaloniki's land became the Orphaned Land!!!

Kobi (the voice of our heart), Yossi, Mati and Uri (the strings of our soul), Eden (the keys of our mind), Avi and Yatziv (the storming thunder of our spirit)and of course Miri (the "Distorted" melody of our feelings)...
showed to us all what Orphaned Land are made of!!!

If you combine their unique divine characters along with their unbelievable musical technique and feeling,
and if you put all these together on stage then for sure the result will be curved deep into everybody's memory and soul...
it's something that for sure brought tears in my eyes...
it's the sense of not believing what you see or listen...
a dream within a dream that you don't want to wake up from...
it's Orphaned Land!!!

Let me translate "The Butterfly Effect" into "The Orphaned Land Effect".
All this energy and feelings that comes out of an Orphaned Land show can't be all for sure been consumed
only by the fans attending this magic and miracle moment.
I'm sure that this energy founting from Orphaned Land is passing through us and travels to a bitter corner of this planet to deliver hope and love...
it's the hand of God enpowered by Orphaned Land!!!

This is their flood...their storm...their rage...

Thank you very much, from the deepest of my heart, soul, mind and spirit, my brothers in Orphaned Land
and also Miri, Lee (the mirror of Eden and the opposite), Tal, Hila, Ainaf, Nathalie...
i miss you all so very much allready, please come back soon!!!

My brothers i was trying to hold my tears all the way but in the end...
my beloved brother Kobi you managed to make me cry...i love you!!!

Folklore · January 17th, 2005, 09:09 AM

*crying my eyes out*
why did I had to be ill and have exams today

I miss greece and my greek friends

Ko_B · January 17th, 2005, 03:37 PM

iofthestorm, thanks for the present, I was happy to meet you

IOfTheStorm · January 17th, 2005, 04:50 PM

It was the least i could give to you, and i knew you will understand the essence of it.
And i have to thank you and the others for the whole experience.

MysticForce · January 17th, 2005, 07:02 PM

IOfTheStorm...Is that u Antoni?!

Ko_B · January 18th, 2005, 03:27 AM

My brother Chris - Sagapo!!!

Orphaned Matti · January 18th, 2005, 04:15 AM

To all the amazing Greece dwellers...

It was one hell of a show! You all made our stay a very pleasent one that we will surely remember for many days to come.

Thank you to all the amazing fans and to our Greek family that we love very much. The producers were also amazing and they treated us very well.

Thank you Greece! YAMAS!

IOfTheStorm · January 18th, 2005, 04:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MysticForce

IOfTheStorm...Is that u Antoni?!

Nai re!

January 16th, 2005, 11:45 AM	#1 (permalink)
IOfTheStorm Gogol Bordello Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Athens-Greece Posts: 5,817	Orphaned Land conquer Thessaloniki ..and the hearts of all of us. More than they had before with the trio of superbe albums. Words are poor to describe such perfection. First of all (as i said to the band) i have NEVER heard so CLEAR + STRONG sound in a live show. You could just stand still and close your eyes and feel like you are flying over all mystical middle east plains. Then their performance was totally amazing and flawless. All songs sounded 10 times better on stage, especially old songs like the grand opus "Ornaments Of Gold" which was totally mind blowing. Kobi's performance was really deep and emotional, Yossi's sweet melodies took us into the heart of a desert storm..the whole experience was unique as very few things in this world. More than anything i want to congratulate the band for being very modest (although not very talkative ) unlike.. Thanatos for example...haha. The photos are .. "shaked" (and not stirred..) but i guess its .. "ok" hence the situation in which i took em. Hair madness __________________ YOU ARE NOT SPECIAL. YOU ARE NOT BEAUTIFUL OR UNIQUE SNOWFLAKE. YOU'RE THE SAME DECAYING ORGANIC MATTER AS EVERYTHING ELSE. YOU ARE THE ALL-SINGING, ALL-DANCING CRAP OF THE WORLD. HIPPIE METAL OR NO METAL AT ALL

January 16th, 2005, 12:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
Folklore Orphaned Avi (not drumer) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Israel Posts: 2,271	THANKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AMAZING PICS !!! Tell us more about the show man !!! __________________ Sepientem Solum Felieem Esse (The wise is a man in his moments of joy. Roman Wisdom) R.I.P. COWBOY Last edited by Folklore : January 16th, 2005 at 12:22 PM.

January 16th, 2005, 12:38 PM	#3 (permalink)
IOfTheStorm Gogol Bordello Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Athens-Greece Posts: 5,817	Well what can i say... the playlist was PERFECT (all Mabool except 3 (?) songs, loads of great El Norra Alila (yes - fav O.L. album) hymns : Like Fire To Water, Find Yourself Discover God, Of Temptation Born, El Meod Na'Ala..... , GREAT STUFF from "Sahara" like: Seasons Unite, Ornaments Of Gold ( ) and the eternal favourite THE BELOVED'S CRY ! O.L. slayed everything on stage, Kobi showed us that he is ALSO a great frontman (making the crowd to completely "obey" him), and i think i should let O.L. to tell us what did they think about the crowd. Last (but still very important i think) is that the band was totally enjoying the whole situation. p.s. And the last song was an ABSOLUTE and UNIQUE surprise for us - a semi traditional/rock song from a Greek Singer called Nick Papazoglou, called "Ah Ellada S'Agapo!" (translation : "Oh Greece, i love you") which totally left a wide smile on our faces. __________________ YOU ARE NOT SPECIAL. YOU ARE NOT BEAUTIFUL OR UNIQUE SNOWFLAKE. YOU'RE THE SAME DECAYING ORGANIC MATTER AS EVERYTHING ELSE. YOU ARE THE ALL-SINGING, ALL-DANCING CRAP OF THE WORLD. HIPPIE METAL OR NO METAL AT ALL

January 16th, 2005, 02:52 PM	#5 (permalink)
IOfTheStorm Gogol Bordello Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Athens-Greece Posts: 5,817	Hah, yeah he sang in "Halo Dies". __________________ YOU ARE NOT SPECIAL. YOU ARE NOT BEAUTIFUL OR UNIQUE SNOWFLAKE. YOU'RE THE SAME DECAYING ORGANIC MATTER AS EVERYTHING ELSE. YOU ARE THE ALL-SINGING, ALL-DANCING CRAP OF THE WORLD. HIPPIE METAL OR NO METAL AT ALL

January 16th, 2005, 03:34 PM	#7 (permalink)
Slash Level20 Concert Monster Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: istanbul/Türkiye Posts: 161	WoW..! I'm getting excited day by day..The countdown is still goin on for us,I'm glad to hear you had a great time.Our beloved OL rocks ! __________________

January 16th, 2005, 02:49 PM	#4 (permalink)
XdefilerX Autobot Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Nahariya, Lebanon Posts: 31	Is the guy from Thanatos sang together with OL the HALO DIES double-vocals part - or was he just standing there ?

January 16th, 2005, 03:23 PM	#6 (permalink)
RashomoN Eran Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Holon, Israel Posts: 459	thanx for the info and the great pics!!!

January 16th, 2005, 05:25 PM	#9 (permalink)
MysticForce Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 29	I also went in that show in SAlonika.I was blessed!I live in Athens and so I was waiting for their show in my city.Thats why I had planned my 3day vacation in Salonika in such a way so I can be in the show in Athens!Before I left Athens I learned that their show was cancelled and I was devastated!Thankfully on January 15 I was in SAlonica and able to participate in their concert!!!This experience was stimulating!I hadn't felt that way since I was 15!Mind that I am 27 nowthis was my first time since I was 17 that after the show I stayed in the hall just to have some words and some autographs from the band!I felt like they were my friends!Athens is so unlucky that the show was cancelled!To experience El Meod n'Alla live was ritualistic!All these great songs!They played everything.All of my favourite songs!This show was great!Divine!BiblicalI hope that I will be able to experience them again in my life! P.S:The Greek cover was fantastic! __________________ Valar Morghulis!All men must Die!!!

January 17th, 2005, 02:09 AM	#10 (permalink)
Folklore Orphaned Avi (not drumer) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Israel Posts: 2,271	Wish I was there... oof __________________ Sepientem Solum Felieem Esse (The wise is a man in his moments of joy. Roman Wisdom) R.I.P. COWBOY

January 17th, 2005, 05:12 AM	#11 (permalink)
OrphanedAngel Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: GREECE Posts: 933	We Have Returned Yesterday From Thessaloniki! The Show Was Indescribable!!! Orphaned Land were so great! Their music,their songs,their homeliness that they released to the fans was amazing! There are no words that can describe the enraptured fans that were all like a family singing and shouting at the top of their voices asking for songs and calling out "Orphaned Land"! At the end of the show there was a Greek cover suprise(Ah Ellada S'Agapo- Nikos Papazoglou) that they had prepared for the Greek fans!!!They performed it even better than the greek song! Who knows?Maybe in future we'll see them playing together in a gig with Nikos Papazoglou! Kobi's and Yossi's(that did some some vocals too)pronunciation was great,it was like they are Greeks!!!!!!!!!!!!! I want to give for one more time congratulations to the band and to Miri(she had participation in some songs)and thank them for being here in Greece to play for us and for being so friendly to everyone! Thank you guys for having such great moments with you I also want to thank Tal,Hila,Lee(Eden's brother)Einav,Nathalie(our Morticia) for having such great moments with them too EFHARISTO Orphaned Land YAMAS __________________ Last edited by OrphanedAngel : January 19th, 2005 at 11:44 AM.

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Yossi_Orphaned_Land Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: The Orphaned Land Posts: 269	Tikanis, Thessaloniki?!?! WHAT A GREAT EXPERIENCE it was for us to be with you, we enjoyed every minute on stage and absolutely every minute out of the stage (Lots of Ouzou, Souvlaki and Recina ) - The hospitality was AMAZING, we love you all! I hope we return to Greece once again (and soon!) and this time for more than few concerts. Ah Elada S'agapo!!! __________________ -Yossi .S. Orphaned Land "The Storm Still Rages..."

January 17th, 2005, 06:09 AM	#13 (permalink)
Ko_B Orphaned Kobi Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: ISRAEL Posts: 804	We were in Paradise!!! The promoters were the best people we ever met, being with our family friends there was amaizing (Efharisto Chris, Stravoula, Greg, Hellen, Aris, Yiannis, Christos - SAGAPO!!!!!!) We will be back again, it was a show to memorize __________________ ORPHANED LAND A Tango between God & Satan.

January 17th, 2005, 06:26 AM	#14 (permalink)
Animanexus אבדון Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Earth Posts: 60	I Want To Send My Love To All The Orphaned's.it Was Fucking Great.u R All Great Persons.i'll Never Forget U. Hope To See U All Again Soon....i'm Sorry I Have No Words To Describe My Feeling .i'm Gonna Cry.thanx Again For The Unforgetable Moments We All Live With U Guys.my Respect For All Of U.thanx. __________________ Do you see the light of the Saviour?... ...Inside this Machine? http://www.myspace.com/animanexus

January 17th, 2005, 06:46 AM	#15 (permalink)
Nighttime Bird Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Edessa - Greece Posts: 66	I Cry From Yesterday.all It Was So Wonderful That I Thought I Was Dreaming.i Want To Thank All Of U For Beeing So Sweet And Nice With Us.i'll Never Forget The Times We Spend All Together. How Amazing Are All Of You.it Was The Best Show I've Ever Seen In My Whole Life.i Trully Love You All And I Hope To See You All Again.take Care Of Yourselves And Have Health To Enjoy Your Lives.kisses With Tears And Forever Your Friend Helen!!!!!!! __________________ I live for today Can't get away from the burning inside Ashes to ash Dust to dust

January 17th, 2005, 06:57 AM	#16 (permalink)
Nighttime Bird Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Edessa - Greece Posts: 66	OH! ME AND GREG WANT TO SEND OUR LOVE TO TAL,HILA,LEE,AINAF,NATHALIE,AND OF COURSE MIRI FROM DESTORTED.WE WISH YOU THE BEST.KISSES. __________________ I live for today Can't get away from the burning inside Ashes to ash Dust to dust

January 17th, 2005, 07:12 AM	#17 (permalink)
UnConscious Stream of Unconsciousness Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Istanbul, Turkey Posts: 303	wow, it looks like it's been so wonderful! thanks for the great photos IOfTheStorm and everybody for sharing the joy of those perfect moments with us. i felt like i was there! you know, we so often hear in our weather forecasts something like "there will be a storm coming from the Balkans this week" and the weather here in Istanbul becomes like it was in Greece a week ago. This time it sure is a holy divine truth, and i hear it not with my ears but with my heart! I just can't wait to feel the storm raging __________________ We're all hooked-up to the vast karmic internet Each of our souls on the end of its fibre One sacred fact that we can't download yet The truth is we share the same service-provider

January 17th, 2005, 07:17 AM	#18 (permalink)
Tabletwister O.la K.ala Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Shipwrecked... Posts: 944	15th of January 2005...1 hour and 45 minutes...the flood...the storm...the rage...the divine intervation... for one night Thessaloniki's land became the Orphaned Land!!! Kobi (the voice of our heart), Yossi, Mati and Uri (the strings of our soul), Eden (the keys of our mind), Avi and Yatziv (the storming thunder of our spirit)and of course Miri (the "Distorted" melody of our feelings)... showed to us all what Orphaned Land are made of!!! If you combine their unique divine characters along with their unbelievable musical technique and feeling, and if you put all these together on stage then for sure the result will be curved deep into everybody's memory and soul... it's something that for sure brought tears in my eyes... it's the sense of not believing what you see or listen... a dream within a dream that you don't want to wake up from... it's Orphaned Land!!! Let me translate "The Butterfly Effect" into "The Orphaned Land Effect". All this energy and feelings that comes out of an Orphaned Land show can't be all for sure been consumed only by the fans attending this magic and miracle moment. I'm sure that this energy founting from Orphaned Land is passing through us and travels to a bitter corner of this planet to deliver hope and love... it's the hand of God enpowered by Orphaned Land!!! This is their flood...their storm...their rage... Thank you very much, from the deepest of my heart, soul, mind and spirit, my brothers in Orphaned Land and also Miri, Lee (the mirror of Eden and the opposite), Tal, Hila, Ainaf, Nathalie... i miss you all so very much allready, please come back soon!!! My brothers i was trying to hold my tears all the way but in the end... my beloved brother Kobi you managed to make me cry...i love you!!! __________________ Await the coming storm...

January 17th, 2005, 09:09 AM	#19 (permalink)
Folklore Orphaned Avi (not drumer) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Israel Posts: 2,271	crying my eyes out why did I had to be ill and have exams today I miss greece and my greek friends __________________ Sepientem Solum Felieem Esse (The wise is a man in his moments of joy. Roman Wisdom) R.I.P. COWBOY

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Ko_B Orphaned Kobi Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: ISRAEL Posts: 804	iofthestorm, thanks for the present, I was happy to meet you __________________ ORPHANED LAND A Tango between God & Satan.

January 17th, 2005, 04:50 PM	#21 (permalink)
IOfTheStorm Gogol Bordello Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Athens-Greece Posts: 5,817	It was the least i could give to you, and i knew you will understand the essence of it. And i have to thank you and the others for the whole experience. __________________ YOU ARE NOT SPECIAL. YOU ARE NOT BEAUTIFUL OR UNIQUE SNOWFLAKE. YOU'RE THE SAME DECAYING ORGANIC MATTER AS EVERYTHING ELSE. YOU ARE THE ALL-SINGING, ALL-DANCING CRAP OF THE WORLD. HIPPIE METAL OR NO METAL AT ALL

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MysticForce Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 29	IOfTheStorm...Is that u Antoni?! __________________ Valar Morghulis!All men must Die!!!

January 18th, 2005, 03:27 AM	#23 (permalink)
Ko_B Orphaned Kobi Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: ISRAEL Posts: 804	My brother Chris - Sagapo!!! __________________ ORPHANED LAND A Tango between God & Satan.

January 18th, 2005, 04:15 AM	#24 (permalink)
Orphaned Matti Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Israel Posts: 273	To all the amazing Greece dwellers... It was one hell of a show! You all made our stay a very pleasent one that we will surely remember for many days to come. Thank you to all the amazing fans and to our Greek family that we love very much. The producers were also amazing and they treated us very well. Thank you Greece! YAMAS!