Arashk was an Iranian hard rock/

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band that were active between 2004-2008 and based in

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

History

Arashk was formed in 2001 by vocalist/guitarist Pouyan Khajavi and drummer Shahram Khosraviani in

, Iran. In 2004, Salim Ghazi Saeedi joined the band. Their live performances consisted of occasional concerts at

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in Iran. The band released a total of four albums: Abrahadabra (2006), Sovereign (2007) and Ustuqus-al-Uss (2008) (which were composed by Salim Ghazi Saeedi), and YELL (2008), which was composed mainly by Pouyan Khajavai and Shahram Khosraviani. Salim Ghazi Saeedi played secondary guitars on YELL, and recorded and mixed the album. The band became inactive after their 2008 release due to limited chances for live performances in Iran. Salim Ghazi Saeedi continued as a one-man-band under his own name.

Discography

*Abrahadabra (2006) *Sovereign (2007) *Ustuqus-al-Uss (2008) *YELL (2008)

Style

The albums Abrahadabra, Sovereign and Ustuqus-al-Uss are

instrumental An instrumental is a recording normally without any vocals, although it might include some inarticulate vocals, such as shouted backup vocals in a big band setting. Through semantic widening, a broader sense of the word song may refer to inst ...

with influences of

progressive rock Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. In ...

progressive metal Progressive metal (sometimes shortened to prog metal) is a broad fusion music genre melding heavy metal and progressive rock, combining the loud "aggression" and amplified guitar-driven sound of the former with the more experimental, cerebral ...

rock in opposition Rock in Opposition or RIO was a movement representing a collective of progressive bands in the late 1970s united in their opposition to the music industry that refused to recognise their music. It was initiated by English avant-rock group H ...

,Gnosis2000
Ustuqus-al-Uss Album Review
Richard Poulin, Jun 2011, retrieved: 9/15/2012 acid jazz and has been compared to "progressive phase of Rush",

King Crimson King Crimson are a progressive rock band formed in 1968 in London, England. The band draws inspiration from a wide variety of music, incorporating elements of classical, jazz, folk, heavy metal, gamelan, industrial, electronic, experime ...

,ProgNaut webzine
Ustuqus-al-Uss Review
, Lee Henderson, Aug 2011

Univers Zero Univers Zero (also known as Univers Zéro and Univers-Zero) are an instrumental Belgian band formed in 1974 by drummer Daniel Denis. The band is known for its dark style of progressive rock, heavily influenced by 20th-century chamber music. Histo ...

. Arashk albums also incorporate Arabian and

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influences blended with rock format. Gnosis2000

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called Arashk's debut album, Abrahadabra, "the Ultima Thule of instrumental progressive metal". Their fourth release, ''YELL'' is a hard rock album with

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

vocals with poems from Ferdowsi,

Masud Sa'd Salman Mas'ud-i Sa'd-i Salmān ( fa, مسعود سعد سلمان) was an 11th-century Persian poet of the Ghaznavid empire who is known as the prisoner poet. He lived from ca. 1046 to 1121. Early life He was born in 1046 in Lahore to wealthy parents ...

Mehdi Akhavan-Sales Mehdi Akhavān-Sāles, or Akhavān-Sāless ( fa, مهدی اخوان ثالث) (March 1, 1929 in Mashhad, Iran – August 26, 1990 in Tehran, Iran), pen name Mim. Omid ( fa, م. امید, meaning ''M. Hope'') was a prominent Iranian poet. He is ...

, Saadi.Arashk Website
YELL album
retrieved: 9/15/2010

References

External links

Official Website
{{Authority control Iranian rock music groups Progressive metal musical groups Musical groups from Tehran