• facebook
  • twitter
  • rss

Iranian Metal Band ANGBAND Signs With Germany's PURE STEEL RECORDS

June 8, 2008

Iranian power/progressive metallers ANGBAND have inked a deal with Germany's Pure Steel Records for the release of their debut album, "Rising from Apadana". According to a press release, ANGBAND is "the first metal band from Iran" to sign a deal with a European record company. "As you may know metal is illegal in Iran right now especially [with Iranian President Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad [in power]. There were some concerts, books and some articles in newspaper about metal when [moderate President] Khatami was the president but now metal is illegal in Iran!"

"Rising from Apadana" is tentatively scheduled for release in August.

ANGBAND was formed in Tehran in 2004 by Mahyar Dean, a classically trained musician and author who is well known in metal world for writing books about DEATH and TESTAMENT. ANGBAND was a initially progressive metal/instrumental project but when Mahyar met a talented tenor singer Ashkan they decided to become a "power metal/progressive band with killer vocals."

For more information, visit www.myspace.com/angbandrocks.

Find more on
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • reddit
  • email

Comments Disclaimer And Information

BLABBERMOUTH.NET uses the Facebook Comments plugin to let people comment on content on the site using their Facebook account. The comments reside on Facebook servers and are not stored on BLABBERMOUTH.NET. To comment on a BLABBERMOUTH.NET story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment. User comments or postings do not reflect the viewpoint of BLABBERMOUTH.NET and BLABBERMOUTH.NET does not endorse, or guarantee the accuracy of, any user comment. To report spam or any abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic or threatening comments, or anything that may violate any applicable laws, use the "Report to Facebook" and "Mark as spam" links that appear next to the comments themselves. To do so, click the downward arrow on the top-right corner of the Facebook comment (the arrow is invisible until you roll over it) and select the appropriate action. You can also send an e-mail to blabbermouthinbox(@)gmail.com with pertinent details. BLABBERMOUTH.NET reserves the right to "hide" comments that may be considered offensive, illegal or inappropriate and to "ban" users that violate the site's Terms Of Service. Hidden comments will still appear to the user and to the user's Facebook friends. If a new comment is published from a "banned" user or contains a blacklisted word, this comment will automatically have limited visibility (the "banned" user's comments will only be visible to the user and the user's Facebook friends).