Amaseffer

Amaseffer is an Israeli progressive metal band formed in 2004 in Tel Aviv by drummer and percussionist Erez Yohanan and guitarist Yuval Kramer. A year later, second guitarist Hanan Avramovich joined the group. The band's name comes from the Hebrew "Am Ha'Sefer" (עם הספר)—people of the (holy) book; a name from the Old Testament for the Israelites and later for the Jews. Amaseffer's music is described as progressive metal, with elements of rock, heavy metal, world music, and Middle Eastern touches.

==History== ===Slaves for life, Altalena (2006–2008)=== In 2006, drummer and percussionist Erez Yohanan, together with guitarists Yuval Kramer and Hanan Avramovich, began piecing together a musical project whose goal was to create a trilogy of albums that would tell the Old Testament story of the Exodus, from the Hebrew slavery period in ancient Egypt, through the years in the desert, and up to the entrance of the twelve tribes of Israel into the Promised Land of Canaan. They recruited Andy Kuntz, lead singer of the German metal band Vanden Plas, to sing on the first record, titled Slaves for Life, which tells the story of the events starting with the Hebrew slavery, through the birth of Moses, and ending with the ten plagues of Egypt. Kuntz was also set to produce the trilogy.