Necessary Evil (Salem album)

Necessary Evil is the sixth studio album by Israeli death metal band Salem, released on June 19, 2007.

Necessary Evil
Studio album by Salem
Released	June 19, 2007
Genre	Death metal, oriental metal
Label	Season of Mist
Salem chronology
Strings Attached (2005) Necessary Evil (2007) Playing God and Other Short Stories (2010)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Metal Temple

The album includes the band's longest music piece, "Once Upon a Lifetime", which lasts more than 20 minutes, although it is divided into 5 parts in the album.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Blood"	4:11
2.	"Amona"	2:20
3.	"Idol Worship"	5:33
4.	"Mindless"	4:38
5.	"Hypatia"	5:37
6.	"Strife"	4:50
7.	"Resentment"	3:54
8.	"Making a Difference"	4:18
9.	"More Blood" (Instrumental)	0:58
10.	"Once Upon a Lifetime Part 1"	5:26
11.	"Once Upon a Lifetime Part 2"	5:00
12.	"Once Upon a Lifetime Part 3"	5:19
13.	"Once Upon a Lifetime Part 4"	8:09
14.	"Once Upon a Lifetime Part 5"	2:09

Tracks 1-9 are by Salem & Nir Nakav. Tracks 10-14 are by Nir Nakav.

Personnel

• Ze'ev Tananboim - lead vocals
• Lior Mizrachi - guitar
• Nir Gutraiman - guitar
• Michael Goldstein - bass
• Nir Nakav - drums, percussion