More on Jewish metal

Some time ago, I posted about an Israeli death metal scene. Rather than mining New Testament influence in society, as most metal in Christian-dominated nations does, it focused more on Jewish texts.

As bad as I am at keeping up with music scenes I care about, I'm far worse with metal scenes. But Jewcy (via Nextbook) helps out there:

In short, Black Shabbis is hipster metal for hipster Jews.

The focus seems to be more on antisemitism than in the Israeli scene, which makes sense.

Rockin' Black Shabbos

Among the privileges of hegemony is the privilege of taking for granted everything that entails. From The World on PRI, this brief segment explores Israeli heavy metal, which has a more Old Testament feel.

The music is inspired by Motorhead, Ozzie Osbourne, Iron Maiden - the classics. But, there is a difference in the lyrics. Christian imagery, especially the crown of thorns kind of stuff, has long been present in metal. There are even Christian metal bands. But not here. One ban playing tonight, Acropolis, calls itself Hebrew Metal.