Yossi Sassi

Orphaned Land

"With my PRS I feel that I don't need to compromise. These top-quality instruments are so versatile and sensitive that I can go from tender clean sounds to mind-blowing roaring riffs in a heartbeat, without having to touch a dial on my amp! All you need is the volume knob and pickup switch."

Familiar to numerous music fans by his unique trademark sound signature, Yossi Sassi blends East with West, Rock with World music, melodic tunes with progressive passages, and traditional folk instruments with roaring electric riffs. With over 20 years as Producer, Composer/Arranger and Founding member of "Orphaned Land" (Century Media USA/EMI), the worldwide pioneers of middle-eastern metal, Yossi Sassi, Orphaned Land's musical mastermind, continues to soar to new horizons. Yossi is known to constantly explore sound and musical boundaries, driving inspiration from different cultures around the world. Yossi plays 17(!) different guitars and traditional instruments, and has been invited to play live and share the stage with artists such as Metallica, Marty Friedman, Steven Wilson, Yehuda Poliker and many others. Yossi Sassi is a 1st level endorsing artist of some of the best musical equipment manufacturers in the world, including PRS Guitars, Engl Amps, Elixir Strings and Electro-Harmonix. Yossi Sassi has cooperated and recorded with artists from Kuwait to Portugal. He is a veteran performing artist, with hundreds of global shows and major festivals in his record. In 2010 alone, he performed ~100 shows in 30 countries, including U.S. and European tours, shows opening for Metallica, shows filmed for DVD (with Porcupine Tree's Steven Wilson) and more.