There are at least 10 bands that share this name: 1. An experimental band from Michigan, United States 2. An extreme metal band from Isreal 3. An alternative hip-hop band from Washington, United States 4. A post-hardcore band from Florida, United States 5. A heavy metal band from Spain 6. A melodic power metal band from the United States 7. A metal band from the United Kingdom 8. A thrash metal band from Slovenia 9. A metal band from Japan 10. An alternative rock band from Denmark 1. SALEM is a US-midwest band from Traverse City, Sound is composed of dark ambient but with elements of shoegaze, psychedelic dubstep and trip-hop. Some of the hype about Salem is perhaps the mystery that surrounds them. Much is unknown about the artist(s). Self-promoted through their two (eerily indescribable) Myspace profiles, Salem was quickly found by the likes of 20JGF, NME and brooklynvegan. They are a band, consisting of one girl and two guys, from Chicago/Michigan/NY. Their music has been compared to a cross between The Knife and Burial. So far they've released two CD-R's on the Texas imprint, Disaro, (both out of print) and a 7" on the Canadian label, AcéPhale. http://www.s4lem.com/ http://www.myspace.com/jjhhmm http://www.myspace.com/salemhm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_(Michigan_band) 2. The first Metal band hailing from Israel, and one of the most extreme at the time. Also the fathers of what's mostly known as "oriental" metal. Salem was formed in 1985, and is considered to be one of the first bands in the global underground scene to play death/doom metal. After 5 years of a successful underground career the band released another live demo "Millions Slaughtered " (1990). This sold 1 500 copies and lead to a record deal with the German label Morbid Records. "Creating our sins" (1992) and "Kaddish" (1994) were released by Morbid Records and sold over 40,000 copies worldwide. Prior to the release of "Kaddish", Morbid Records released a 7 inch picture EP with the single "Dying Embers"(1994) to promote the album, and when "Kaddish" came out, a limited edition picture disc was released. The opening song "The Fading" was played on MTV's Headbanger's ball rotation and had the band elected as one of the best 10 up-and-coming bands in the world by MTV and Kerrang. "Kaddish" also featured a cover song in Hebrew called "Ha'ayara Bo'eret