A Marriage of Yiddish and Metal. Amazing!
As Isaac Bashevis Singer once said, “Yiddish may be a dying language, but it is the only language I know well. Yiddish is my mother language and a mother is never really dead.”
Never, indeed, but I’m guessing Mr. Singer never imagined Yiddish being sung by heavy metal artists.
Dibbukim is a metal band out of Sweden who sings old Yiddish folk tunes put to heavy metal. Another band, Gevolt (cute eh?) is more of an industrial metal band. (Where is WUB when I need him?) They’re from Israel. I really dig this stuff! Click here for more backstory and clips. Rozhinkes Mit Mandlen (Raisins and Almonds) is fantastic.
Oyfn Veg Shteyt a Boym (By the Wayside Stands a Bent Tree), by Dibbukim
