Chen Balbus's guest appearances

Chen Balbus

Live Music Talk

Sonic Perspectives

Steve Lukather

John Bush

Robert Plant

Eric Johnson

Ted Nugent

Rob Zombie

Frankie Banali

Steve Hackett

Chris Bay

Geoff Tate

Phil Campbell

Jason Bonham

Glenn Hughes

Dennis DeYoung

Michael Schenker

OwlTail

Chen Balbus is an Israeli guitarist, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and composer currently playing with Orphaned Land and The Secret Saints. Orphaned Land is widely regarded as the pioneers of “oriental metal,” and are one of the biggest musical acts to come from Israel, using religious allusions and iconography to hold up a mirror to the world and comment on the current state of affairs across the globe. January 2018 saw the release of their latest album, Unsung Prophets &amp; Dead Messiahs (check out our review of the album here), with a resulting North American tour alongside TYR, Ghost Ship Octavius, and Aeternam in the spring. Sonic Perspectives author and interviewer Austin Kokel had the chance to catch up with Chen Balbus via phone interview as the band was making their way to the last couple dates of the tour, and they discussed the larger meanings of some songs in the Orphaned Land discography, what goes into the music, former Orphaned Land guitar hero Yossi Sassi, what Balbus does to keep busy when not occupied by Orphaned Land duties, and more. You can hear the entire interview, as well as the opening track “The Cave” from the band’s new album, in the link below.

Chen Balbus is an Israeli guitarist, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and composer currently playing with Orphaned Land and The Secret Saints. Orphaned Land is widely regarded as the pioneers of “oriental metal,” and are one of the biggest musical acts to come from Israel, using religious allusions and iconography to hold up a mirror to the world and comment on the current state of affairs across the globe. January 2018 saw the release of their latest album, Unsung Prophets &amp; Dead Messiahs (check out our review of the album <a href="http://sonicperspectives.com/album-reviews/orphaned-land-unsung-prophets-and-dead-messiahs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>), with a resulting North American tour alongside TYR, Ghost Ship Octavius, and Aeternam in the spring. Sonic Perspectives author and interviewer Austin Kokel had the chance to catch up with Chen Balbus via phone interview as the band was making their way to the last couple dates of the tour, and they discussed the larger meanings of some songs in the Orphaned Land discography, what goes into the music, former Orphaned Land guitar hero Yossi Sassi, what Balbus does to keep busy when not occupied by Orphaned Land duties, and more. You can hear the entire interview, as well as the opening track “The Cave” from the band’s new album, in the link below.

Interview with Chen Balbus (Orphaned Land, The Secret Saints)

Chen Balbus / Orphaned Land / WOA 2016On Friday I had the chance to interview Chen, who plays in the Oriental-Metal band Orphaned Land.I first heard about them in the documentary “Global Metal” and have always loved their open approach — towards music AND people.We talked about his sound philosophy, “unusual” instruments and the music scene and venues in Israel.We left out the obvious topic, for which Chen was thankful in a way, because he gets of course asked questions about politics all the time.The conversation is featured in full length and uncut (if you dont count a five second pause in which I looked at my notes)Thanks to Chen and Tal and all of Orphaned Land management for their support.  window.podcastData9e7d671b0a4278 = {"title":"Live Music Talk","subtitle":"Gespr\u00e4che um Livemusik","description":"Leute die auf der B\u00fchne oder hinter den Reglern stehen teilen ihre Ansichten zu Musik und Sound und geben Einblicke in ihre Arbeitsweise","cover":"https:\/\/livemischer.de\/555\/podlove\/image\/687474703a2f2f6c6976656d6973636865722e64652f3535352f77702d636f6e74656e742f75706c6f6164732f323031372f30372f706f64636173746c6f676f6c6976656d7573696374616c6b332e6a7067\/400\/400\/0\/live-music-talk","feeds":[{"type":"audio","format":"mp3","url":"https:\/\/livemischer.de\/555\/feed\/mp3\/","variant":"high"},{"type":"audio","format":"mp3","url":"https:\/\/livemischer.de\/555\/feed\/podcast\/","variant":"high"}]};    if (typeof SubscribeButton == 'undefined') {      document.write(unescape("%3Cscript class=\"podlove-subscribe-button\" src=\"https://livemischer.de/555/wp-content/plugins/podlove-podcasting-plugin-for-wordpress/lib/modules/subscribe_button/dist/javascripts/app.js\" data-json-data=\"podcastData9e7d671b0a4278\" data-language=\"de\" data-size=\"small\" data-format=\"square\" data-style=\"filled\" data-color=\"#75ad91\"&gt; %3E%3C/script%3E"));      // hide uninitialized button     window.setTimeout(function() {         iframes = document.querySelectorAll('.podlove-subscribe-button-iframe')         for (i = 0; i &lt; iframes.length; ++i) {             if (!iframes[i].style.width &amp;&amp; !iframes[i].style.height) {                 iframes[i].style.display = 'none';             }         }     }, 5000);  }  Other episodes: http://livemischer.de/podcast/ Subscribe to the podcast: http://livemischer.de/555/feed/podcast/ Subscribe with itunes: itpc://livemischer.de/555/feed/podcast/ Weitere Folgen: http://livemischer.de/podcast/ Podcast abonnieren: http://livemischer.de/555/feed/podcast/ Abbonieren in itunes: itpc://livemischer.de/555/feed/podcast/

Chen Balbus / Orphaned Land / WOA 2016On Friday I had the chance to interview Chen, who plays in the Oriental-Metal band Orphaned Land.I first heard about them in the documentary “Global Metal” and have always loved their open approach — towards music AND people.We talked about his sound philosophy, “unusual” instruments and the music scene and venues in Israel.We left out the obvious topic, for which Chen was thankful in a way, because he gets of course asked questions about politics all the time.The conversation is featured in full length and uncut (if you dont count a five second pause in which I looked at my notes)Thanks to Chen and Tal and all of Orphaned Land management for their support. window.podcastData9e7d671b0a4278 = {"title":"Live Music Talk","subtitle":"Gespr\u00e4che um Livemusik","description":"Leute die auf der B\u00fchne oder hinter den Reglern stehen teilen ihre Ansichten zu Musik und Sound und geben Einblicke in ihre Arbeitsweise","cover":"https:\/\/<a href="http://livemischer.de" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">livemischer.de</a>\/555\/podlove\/image\/687474703a2f2f6c6976656d6973636865722e64652f3535352f77702d636f6e74656e742f75706c6f6164732f323031372f30372f706f64636173746c6f676f6c6976656d7573696374616c6b332e6a7067\/400\/400\/0\/live-music-talk","feeds":[{"type":"audio","format":"mp3","url":"https:\/\/<a href="http://livemischer.de" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">livemischer.de</a>\/555\/feed\/mp3\/","variant":"high"},{"type":"audio","format":"mp3","url":"https:\/\/<a href="http://livemischer.de" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">livemischer.de</a>\/555\/feed\/podcast\/","variant":"high"}]}; if (typeof SubscribeButton == 'undefined') { document.write(unescape("%3Cscript class=\"podlove-subscribe-button\" src=\"<a href="https://livemischer.de/555/wp-content/plugins/podlove-podcasting-plugin-for-wordpress/lib/modules/subscribe_button/dist/javascripts/app.js" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://livemischer.de/555/wp-content/plugins/podlove-podcasting-plugin-for-wordpress/lib/modules/subscribe_button/dist/javascripts/app.js</a>\" data-json-data=\"podcastData9e7d671b0a4278\" data-language=\"de\" data-size=\"small\" data-format=\"square\" data-style=\"filled\" data-color=\"#75ad91\"&gt; %3E%3C/script%3E")); // hide uninitialized button window.setTimeout(function() { iframes = document.querySelectorAll('.podlove-subscribe-button-iframe') for (i = 0; i &lt; iframes.length; ++i) { if (!iframes[i].style.width &amp;&amp; !iframes[i].style.height) { iframes[i].style.display = 'none'; } } }, 5000); } Other episodes: <a href="http://livemischer.de/podcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://livemischer.de/podcast/</a> Subscribe to the podcast: <a href="http://livemischer.de/555/feed/podcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://livemischer.de/555/feed/podcast/</a> Subscribe with itunes: <a>itpc://livemischer.de/555/feed/podcast/</a> Weitere Folgen: <a href="http://livemischer.de/podcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://livemischer.de/podcast/</a> Podcast abonnieren: <a href="http://livemischer.de/555/feed/podcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://livemischer.de/555/feed/podcast/</a> Abbonieren in itunes: <a>itpc://livemischer.de/555/feed/podcast/</a>

[EN] Chen Balbus – Orphaned Land