Much later, Thalleous would move the Prime Song to Northwind in order to protect it from an impending Voltaris attack. It was previously wielded by Aegus Nestoris, master of the Nestoris clan, and was the only Prime Song that was not claimed by the Deathsinger. It grants the user all the powers of the Aggressium category namely: This song is also the most powerful of Prime Songs. It is the Prime Song of the Aggressium category, which includes songs that specialize in offensive capabilities. This song is represented by the colour red.

Hamas from the beginning aimed to kill us physically, but ultimately music shows they can’t kill our spirit.There are currently four types of Prime Songs :

Then it shifts to an uplifting chorus: “It will be okay/Even if we have some road yet to pass/At the end it will be, it will be okay.”Īccording to Amano, music has an immense role to play during wartime. “What we went through in a year, could fit a decade” to “If something will happen to you, I’ll go crazy/If something will happen to you/I’ll die.” Sung in her distinctive ethereal voice, the song describes a rollercoaster of emotions, from positivity to breakdown, with a bit of optimism thrown in too. Which song will be THE song of the Iron Swords war?Īmano thinks perhaps it has not been written yet, but for now his bet is Moallem’s Yihye Tov. Israeli singers Yehudit Ravitz and Rivka Zohar, 1990. In the Yom Kippur war, Rivka Zohar was the leading artist and in the first Lebanon war it was Yardena Arazi’s Habayta ,” Amano relates. Another told me recently that after two months, one of the songs I played made her feel like dancing again.” Theme song for a war “Lots of Israelis abroad tune in to the show and often send a message that they cried during the program and are longing for their mothers. After the news broadcast I always tend to play softer music.”Īmano is in touch with his listeners through social media, which gives him a good guide to the impact of the music he plays. “Israel is a country with a lot going on. Playlists sometimes need to be changed shortly before going on air. It’s the time people are coming home all charged up after a soccer match - or last year, from political demonstrations - and I felt it was a time to broadcast music that unifies people,” he says. “My show, Ha’anashim Shel Hamuzika is broadcast at 10pm on a Saturday night. Curating music during a warĪmano, 46, who joined Galgalatz three years ago after being a journalist at the Israeli news site Ynet, gears his playlists toward the mood of his listeners. Reigning pop artists such as Anna Zak and Noa Kirel (whose song Unicorn won Israel third place at Eurovision earlier this year) have almost disappeared. What is not being played on Israeli music stations these days is just as telling as what is on the radio. Ultimately, however, there is a call for strength and for the undying love for our homeland (“You will always be my homeland, even on the edge of the abyss, even inside Gehinnom itself, you are the Garden of Eden”).

Released by popular artist Hanan Ben Ari on October 16, the vocals sound like a plaintive prayer.īut the lyrics don’t shy away from the brutal violation of young women (“The sleeping beauty, until when will you bleed?”) or the severe mistakes that led to the tragic events of October 7 (“Someone fell asleep during the watch…”). The song that seems to fit the bill best is Moledet (Homeland). “They wrote these songs literally in the days after as a response to the slaughter and in an effort to unify the country,” says Amano.Īt this dark time, he adds, “people wanted music as a release or to uplift the soul.” Pop star Hanan Ben Ari. The events of October 7 also led to a flurry of songwriting and new releases by Israel’s top artists.

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