Ahoora
Iranian indie rock band Ahoora is going to release their third album “Awkward Diary” in few weeks. Classic Rock Magazine believes:” …some very nice touches on Awkward Diary. Imagine Muse and Tool getting all cozy around Iced Earth and you’ve got the drift here. The musicianship is accomplished, the songs concise and focused, and the band are clearly battling against the Islamic odds to be heard”
Formed late 2001 in Tehran, Iran; Ahoora has played the first and yet only metal performance ever with vocals in Iran. Since then and throughout their career they’ve been banned by the authorities. February 13th 2006, saw the release of self titled debut album as a forbidden release in Iran. Ultimate Metal called it “hard-hitting, true heavy metal “and The Metal Observer wrote “They are walking a very fine line, very fit on their instruments”.
The band was invited to play at Evergreen Music Festival in Washington D.C; but missed the lifetime opportunity because of the strict exit laws. In September 2006 the late concert in support of the first release was canceled by the authorities, leaving no chance to perform the album for the fans and made “Ahoora” a banned act. Throughout the recording of the second album, the band missed the chance of performing at ’07 version of famous Metal Camp. The idea was shut down thanks again to the exit laws.
Ahoora’s 2nd album, “All in Blood with You”, came out on 30th of September 2007, which was a major step forwards in many ways. The album was received even warmer by metal & underground media. As Metal Mayhem named it as “…already one of the favorites of the year””; Ultimate Metal called it “an incredible release that everyone should check out” while Progressive Rock&Metal described it as “A surprisingly quality metal masterpiece”. In early 2008 the British Real2Can released Ahoora’s self titled debut album digitally worldwide.
Ahoora’s third album “Awkward Diary” was written throughout 2008 and the band started recording in April 2009. In 26th of October, Ahoora released its first ever single, “Crimson Baby”, dedicated to Neda & all who died innocently in Tehran streets during the conflicts of June 2009. This was followed by the 2nd single; “Closure” which was out on November 25th. The singles were released through the Italian free label KO-REC, available for free download.
http://www.ahoora-band.com
http://www.myspace.com/ahooraband
http://www.twitter.com/ahooraband
http://www.reverbnation.com/ahoora
Instrumentation
Milad Tangshir – Guitars, Backing Vocals
Ashkan Hadavand – Vocals
Mamy Baei – Bass
Ario Nourfardy – Drums
Discography
*2010 – “Awkward Diary”; out late February
*2009 – “Closure” [single]
*2009 – “Crimson Baby” [single]
*2008 – “Blood Red” [single]; on “25 years of Slayer” Tribute CD
*2008 – “Limb by Limb” [single]; on “Pirate Tales” Rock Comics Project
*2007 – “All in Blood with You”
*2006 – “Ahoora”
Links
http://www.ahoora-band.com
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