Iranian melodic death metallers, ARSAMES, have released video for ‘Immortal Identity’, the title-track off their back in 2010 released album. The video was directed by Sorena Afkham Shoara, and produced by Ali Madarshahi, the band's founder and vocalist. ARSAMES are apparently to release a 4-song cover EP entitled ‘Persian Death Metal Tribute To Warriors Of Metal’, paying their due to AMON AMARTH, KREATOR, CARCASS and SEPULTURA, sometime this year.
ARSAMES, the first Persian ancient death metal band – as they describe themselves, was formed in 2002 in Mashhad, Iran, by Ali Madarshahi, despite the fact that metal music is deemed satanic and declared illegal in his home country. The group recorded their debut single ‘Adiposere’ in their home studio in 2005, kept practicing and recording songs they uploaded on MySpace in order to promote themselves and released digital album, ‘Homo Sapiens’, in 2007. In 2009, ARSAMES were invited to perform at Slovenia's Metalcamp and Turkey's Unirock Open Air Festival, alongside AMON AMARTH, ARCH ENEMY, KREATOR and others. In 2010, the band performed at Metal Asylum Open Air festival in Dubai, released their first proper album, ‘Immortal Identity’, and were invited to appear at India's Sikkim Fest. In an interview conducted by Gulfnews, ARSAMES' frontman Ali Madarshi stated:
“Being a metal band in Islamic Republic of Iran is the most metal thing ever done in the world of music before! … Metal music is banned in Iran so we can’t play it live, but we can practice it in our homes. At least we can make sure the band is ready for gigs and can work on our albums. Metalheads all over the world always love each other, they have always supported each other, their language is metal. Behind the rough appearance of metal music you will find a golden heart beating for universal peace.” [Read the rest here.]
ARSAMES features: Ali Madarshahi - vocals, Morteza Shahrami – guitar, Ahmad Takalou – guitar, Saeed Shariat – drums and Rouzbeh Zourchang – bass
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