ANGBAND: Debut Album Release Date, Track Listing Revealed
July 7, 2008Iranian power/progressive metallers ANGBAND will release their debut album, "Rising from Apadana", on August 29 via Germany's Pure Steel Records. 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" track listing:
01. Incarnation of Truth
02. Lighter Days
03. The Eyes
04. Flaming Sight
05. Before the End of Time
06. Look into the Abyss
07. The King's Command
The CD will also include video footage from the album recording sessions.
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.
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