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Skew Echoes is a Progressive oriental metal band formed in 2014 by Nightfox and officially started their carrier in 2018 by releasing their first single track called ” Kyansea ” and soon they will release their first album.
band members:
Nightfox: vocals, composer, song writer
Hesam Dehghani: electric guitar
Tanha Panahi: drums
Kyansea:
Abdi Ohadi ” Three drops of water ” single track
music and vocals: Abdi Ohadi
Lyrics: Sadegh Hedayat
” Trails Of The Soul “ Album
Norik Misakian is an Iranian-Armani composer and guitar player and he is one of the most accomplished and fastest guitar players in Iran and is known as the Iranian Malmsteen
Track 1: Ashes with the wind
Track 2: Blast off
Track 3: Destiny
Track 4: Gazing at the moon
Track 5: Wake up call
Track 6: Genocide part 1
Track 7: Genocide
Track 8: Trails of the soul
album: 4 Sim
Artist: Domim Sedaghat
1-Aghaz
2-Jostejoo
3-Khizesh part I
4-Khizesh part II
5-Omid
6-Porsesh
7-Shurush
8-Taabeh khali
Vocals and arrangement: Sohrab Karamroudi
Composer: Beegees , AaRon Band
Cover art work: Paniz Khoshnik
1-New york Mining disaster 1941
2-U-Turn(Lili)
Ashkan Safapour : “I prefer the original music. Fans pay to hear and watch our music”
Satura has recently drawn attention big time. here we talked to the band’s leader, composer and guitar player, Ashkan Safapour.
“Doing covers is not always bad”
we talked to Pouyan Madadi , 5grs leader, about his work and its ups and downs.
5grs was formed 14 years ago and the current members are:
Pouyan Madadi on guitar, Yashar Mojtahed Zadeh on drums, Aiden Hasanzadeh on guitar and Mohammad halaji Zadeh on bass and vocals.
click here to read the interview in Farsi
Empyrium is a German symphonic folk/doom metal and neofolk/dark folk band.
It was founded in 1994 by Markus Stock and Andreas Bach, but later many other participated.
Empyrium draws inspiration from nature.
We had a little chat with Markus before Empyrium’s reunion with their fans in Istanbul, Turkey September 7th and 8th.
1-Where do you usually get the ideas for the songs and lyrics?
Inspirations come from deep within ourselves. Also nature has always played a huge role for Empyrium. Also we are of course inspired by other music too and also poetry play a big role.
2-What took you so long to make your latest studio album?
After our 4th album „Weiland“ we quite Empyrium in 2002. Only in 2010 we reunited and started writing music for our 5th album „The Turn Of The Tides“ – this is why it took so long.
3-You have both German and English songs. Which do you prefer making more?
It always depends on the setting of the song. The more folkloristic songs work very well with the German lyrics since they tell about German myth and fairy tales and German nature. The more romantic songs are often heavily inspired by British romantic literature by Lord Byron or Shelley or Keats and naturally I think they work better with English lyrics.
4-Why did you replace violins for flute?
The original flute player Nadine (who is my wife by the way) is not very interested in playing live and since I knew the violin player Aline from her work with her band Neun Welten and really liked her playing I thought we give it a try to replace the flute with the violin and what can I say – I think it works really well in a live setting.
5-Seemingly the fans enjoyed the early albums better. Will you go back to making music the way you used to back in the early days?
We are working on new songs since over a year already and yes there will be some songs/parts reminiscent of earlier Empyrium works.
6-Do you prefer making studio albums or be on tour and play live?
100% Studiowork. I am working as a record producer as a dayjob for other Metal bands from all over Europe and I always loved the creative process. I like playing live too and I absolutely enjoy sharing the emotions with the audience in a live setting. But I see myself much more as a composer than a performer,
7-Did you know you got a lot of fans in Iran? And have you listened to any rock bands from here?
Yes, I know we have a big following in Iran and I am grateful and amazed that some of the music that I composed when I was 16-18 (first two albums) years old made it that far. Deeply grateful for that!
8-You’re playing Istanbul September 7 and 8 (Where many Iranian fans will show up) Is it your first time playing there? And will there be an opening act for the shows?
We already played in 2016 two concerts in Istanbul. Probably two of the most memorable shows we ever played for our Turkish and Iranian fans. That‘s why we were really glad we got invited one more time this year to celebrate again our hymns to melancholy with our friends from Turkey and Iran!
9-What music labels have you worked with so far?
We always stayed on the label Prophecy Productions since 1995. Actually our first album „A wintersunset…“ was also the first ever release of the label Prophecy Productions.
10-Have you ever looked into the audience and see something funny that made you laugh?
I’ve seen a lot of things from stage. Funny (fails) and disturbing (fights) stuff. But I better keep this to myself…hehe
11-Is there anything else you wish to say?
Hail to our Fans from Iran! We know about you and we are deeply gratful for all the support over the years! Thank you so much!
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interview by Aida Zarifian
interview with Suburbian Rex
Anton, Ivo & Julian comprise Suburbian Rex – a Germany based rock trio. Founded in 2015. the band first focused on preparing a smashing live show and hit the stage in march 2016 for the first time. Since then they played about 100 gigs all across Germany and neighboring countries. After several festivals, their first tour and the release of the „Clockwork Universe“ EP, Suburbian Rex gained a lot of experience, professionalism and has now tasted blood for more.
Being somewhere indefinable between „Stoner Rock“, „Psychodelic Rock“ and „Classic Rock“ Suburbian Rex is an interesting live act for everyone that likes to flee from the unbearable mainstream pop (-rock).
We had an interview with Anton, Ivo & Julian. Go ahead and find out more about the trio…
1-Tell us about the band and how did you guys get together?
Rumor has it that the three of us have met each other long time ago in school, listening to the same music, having the same hobbies and sharing the opinion, that rock music seems to slowly die in peoples heads. I mean.. listen to todays popular music. No more words needed.
But in fact we all got brainwashed and reseted about 2,5 years ago.. we really can’t tell what happened before Suburbian Rex. All we know is that rock needs a proper revival in todays youth.. we don’t ask. We do.
2- What can you tell us about your first EP?
Well our first Demo EP is a five song EP with legendary bangers like „Last Gang in Town“ and „Pair of Dice“. But that one is definetly not worth talking about. (laughing)
We released our first real EP „Clockwork Universe“ in June 2016. It was more like a compilation of the songs we liked most. We still tried to put a certain feeling in it, we didn’t want to have it straight forward into the faces, which lead us to the decision to put some smooth and more personal songs like „Tell me your story“ or „Behind those walls“ on it. But all in all back than it was time to finally release something that shows people „Hey we are here. Get ready for some heavy shit“.
3-Have you ever looked into the audience and seen something funny that made you laugh?
That moment when there are more people on the stage, than in the crowd…
4-Do you listen to music from the middle east?
„System of a Down“ and of course „The Lemonoise“.
5-Any projects you are working on right now?
Right now we are working on our debut album which we are planning to release next year. Songwriting, demo – recording, cover – design (cheers to Arash Zarifian). Another project we are working on right now is called holiday. Holy shit, last two years were intense.. we need a breather.
6-How did you come up with the Band title?
Too many Weizen and crazy minds. Don’t judge us, we are German!
7-Which 3 songs should be your every road trip soundtrack?
Buffalo Springfield – For what its worth
Red Hot Chilli Pepeprs – Pretty Little Ditty
Parov Stelar – The Sun
8-What was the best show you’ve ever played?
Playing „Rockaue Festival 2017“. God damn.. rocking the smallest stage with tons of people in front of it. And they even became more during the gig. What would you say if women start running to your merch after your show?!
9-Any last words to say?
Thanks for taking the time to read this. Check us out on Spotify, Instagram, Facebook and everywhere you want. We love everyone who supports proper music. Don’t loose faith in rock, spread love, peace and harmony, take time for yourself and don’t let the modern society and stress enter your head till your gone. Be tolerant and be kind to unkind people. They need it most!
Thanks for the interview.
Anton, Ivo & Julian
Suburbian Rex
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All photo credits go to Patricia Heck, Ausdrucksstark Fotografie
German hard rock icons Scorpions will release an album of their greatest rock ballads next month.
Titled ‘Born To Touch Your Feelings’, the best of compilation features 17 of Scorpions’ finest rock ballads from their five-decade history including two brand new tracks.
Ahead of its release on Friday 24th November, Scorpions have launched an incentive on social media to get fans to unveil the album artwork.
The band explain on their official website: “Post a picture on Instagram with the Hashtag #BornToTouchYourFeelings now. The more pictures posted with the official album hashtag the sooner you will reveal the brand new Scorpions cover. All your pictures can be found in the social wall on this website.”
At the time of writing the album artwork.
The exact track-listing is also yet to be revealed but expect to hear anthems like ‘Wind of Change’, ‘Send Me An Angel’ and ‘Still Loving You’. 
Explaining how the project came about, singer Klaus Meine told SiriusXM last month: “Sony Music approached us and said, ‘C’mon, guys. You have so many powerful songs. And we wanna put it together in some kind of compilation you guys never did before.'”
Of the bonus tracks, he said: “We went in the studio and everybody came up with great ideas. We just finished a recording session and listened to the first mixes and stuff, and it sounds pretty good. It’s gonna be a ‘best of ballads,’ but with those new tracks. And it’s gonna be a cool project.”
source: Planetrock.com
