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YELL
Ustuqus-al-Uss
Sovereign
Abrahadabra |
Yell (2008) Press Release
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CONTACT:
Salim Ghazi Saeedi
info@arashkband.com
www.arashkband.com
Iran - Tehran
A YELL against Iranian hard "rock wall"
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hard "rock wall" exists against rock music in Iran. What
could be the reaction of a hard rocker against such
wall? A knock? No. Arashk guys chose to YELL!
YELL album songs range from hard rock to heavy metal and
progressive rock but there is one unifying theme:
Centuries of pain and hope looking salvation in lyrics
of great poets and music of bold young musicians who
find nothing better expressing their spirit than heavy
rock music. It gets back to 2001 when Pouyan Khajavi and
Shahram Khosraviani established Arashk band and started
their artistic expression, rock style... But it was not
sooner than 7 years later when Arashk built a private
studio and recorded the album themselves.
The Persian lyrics convey various themes from an
innocent prisoner (song "Prison", lyrics:
Masud Sa'd Salman) to story of Zahhak, evil mythical
emperor of Persia who fed the black serpents on his
shoulders with youth human brains (song "Yell", lyrics:
Ferdowsi).
YELL album has Pouyan Khajavi on vocals/guitars, Shahram
Khosraviani on drums arrangement and Salim Ghazi Saeedi
on guitars and keyboards. The bass parts are also played
by Pouyan. In YELL you find rich melodic riffs and solos
of hard rock accompanied by the creative spirit
prevalent in progressive rock and an eastern blend
evoking deep emotions refreshing your soul by rich
Persian spirit!
Generally categorized as Persian hard rock, YELL album
composers, Pouyan and Shahram think that the album's
style has formed spontaneously: "The compositions were
intended to reflect the inherent soul within poems
themselves. And it is surprising that how these poems
were excellently blended with hard rock and metal
styles.". Pouyan says. "So one may not find any paradox
between singing in Persian and western music style at
all." The YELL spirit confirms that despite the ancient
style of the poems (mostly versified about 700 years
ago), their concepts could still be applicable and even
more present in today life!
YELL album is available for streaming in full length at
Arashk's website
www.arashkband.com . Arashk band is now looking for
opportunities to continue their music career outside
Iran.
Track Listing:
1. Falcons of the Sky
2. Prison
3. Mourning Scents
4. Hur Mazda
5. Yell
6. No Leaves Garden
7. War Against War
8. Groanings
9. Last Song |
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Website:
http://www.arashkband.com
Arashk Biography
Making original hard rock and metal mingled with ancient Persian
culture in Iran is a bold act. But Pouyan Khajavai and Shahram
Khosraviani started this in 2001 by establishing Arashk band.
They had no support or chance for media coverage in Iran except few
concerts in universities. After Salim Ghazi Saeedi joined the band
in 2004, Arashk band underwent two main projects:
From 2006-2008 three "instrumental
progressive rock/metal albums" released composed by Salim including
Abrahadabra (2006), Sovereign (2007) and Ustuqus-al-Uss (2008)
and in 2008 Arashk released the album YELL (2008) as a
"Persian hard rock with vocals album" composed by Pouyan and Shahram.
Arashk members are eastern minded guys who enjoy western music and
try to have their own interpretation of hard/progressive rock. Their
goal is not to blend or even reconcile eastern and western music
which are ill-advisedly considered detached; but to insist on the
evident fact that creativity in music is not culturally bounded.
The album YELL released in 2008 - recorded in a private studio
Arashk members built themselves - is a hard-rock/metal album
incorporating Persian vocals with mostly classic poems; reconciling
epic poetry with contemporary heavy rock.
Ustuqus-al-Uss (2008) being compared to "Arabian Nights in
rock music format" (Ragazzi, Jun 2011) combines elements of
progressive metal, jazz-fusion and Persian music. Sovereign (2007),
containing the most eastern flavor among other Arashk albums is
based on Ferdowsi's Epic of Kings, and is a
"story of a jester inside an epic of Persian kings" (Psyche
Music, Nov 2011) . Abrahadabra (2006), is the first
attempt by Salim to depict his idea of "pictorial rock" and
called by Gnosis2000 website, "the
Ultima Thule of instrumental progressive metal".
The band went inactive in 2008 since having no chance for concerts
inside Iran. Meanwhile Salim Ghazi Saeedi started pursuing his solo
project. For more information and sound samples visit Arashk band's
website at
www.arashkband.com
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