Metalfront Fest 2008

[METALFRONT]

METALFRONT.AM is proud to announce that on November 26 and 27, at the Yerevan State Puppet Theatre, will take place the first two-day international metal music festival in Armenia,
METALFRONT FEST – 2008.

Bands:

Melechesh (Shumerian Black Metal) – Netherlands
Arkona (Folk Pagan Metal) – Russia
Rossomahaar (Black Metal) – Russia
Mordab (Death Metal) – Iran
5 Grs (Heavy/Thrash Metal) – Iran
Stryfe (Progressive Metal) – Armenia
Sworn (Atmospheric Black Metal) – Armenia
Dogma (Progressive Ethnic Metal) – Armenia
E.V.A. (Goth Rock/Metal) – Armenia
Nairi (Heavy Metal) – Armenia

For More information please visit

http://www.metalfront.am

Click here to visit the festival’s official foprum.

You will periodically receive News and updates about the festival.

[jgk3]

Re: Metalfront Fest 2008

I would've gone if I was in Armenia, I've listened to Melechesh but I'm more of a fan of Absu

[ArmSurvival]

Re: Metalfront Fest 2008

Melechesh is playing in Armenia in a black metal festival? LOL

And I thought they were from Israel, why does it say Netherlands?

[METALFRONT]

Re: Metalfront Fest 2008

Melechesh is playing in Armenia in a black metal festival? LOL

And I thought they were from Israel, why does it say Netherlands?

This is not black metal festival, only 3 bands will play black metal.

Melechesh origin from israel, but nothing connected with israel or joos. Bands leader Ashmedi 70% ARmenian. Since 1998 they moved to Netherlands.

[crusader1492]

Re: Metalfront Fest 2008

I would've gone if I was in Armenia, I've listened to Melechesh but I'm more of a fan of Absu

I'll actually be in Yerevan on the date of the concert. I think I'll go.

[METALFRONT]

Melechesh



Genre: Black/Death/Middle-Eastern Folk Metal
Lyrical themes: Mesopotamian/Sumerian mythology
Country: Netherlands
Site: melechesh.com
Line-up:
Melechesh Ashmedi - Vocals, Guitar, Bass
Moloch - Guitar (Equimanthorn (US))
Xul - Drums (Liar of Golgotha, Thanatos (Hol), Lier in Wait, Funeral Winds, Inferi (Hol))
Kawn - Live Bass

Discography:

As Jerusalem Burns... (1995)
The Siege of Lachish (1996)
As Jerusalem Burns...Al´Intisar (1996)
Djinn (2001)
Sphynx (2003)
The Ziggurat Scrolls (2004)
Emissaries (2006)

1993 Melechesh was formed in Jerusalem! With the intention to create Raw Black Metal with Mediterranean Touches (Drum patters and guitar Scales)

1994 Lineup stabilized, started underground activities worldwide

1995 debut demo As Jerusalem Burns was released which received overwhelming responseMelechesh run into legal complications due to Alleged Dark Cult activities in the Holy Cities of Jerusalem and Bethlehem. The authorities wrongfully wanted Melechesh members! A few years later all was cleared.

1996 Melechesh released a 7EP single entitled The Siege Of Lachish through the German label Membrum Propaganda. That same year the band was signed to the American independent label Breath of Night Records, which released their debut album together with Pulverizer Records (USA)

1997 Melechesh performed several concerts in Holy land and a documentary was filmed on the band, which was broadcasted several times due to high ratings!



1998 a promo CD was recorded introducing the pioneering new style of extreme Metal, That same year the band relocated to the Netherlands and France

2000 All members met in the Netherlands to record their sophomore album DJINN in Harrow Studios. Osmose productions signs Melechesh for Three albums

2001 Melechesh's second full-length album Djinn was released (Osmose Productions) Clip filmed in the Netherlands to support the release. (The clip was broadcasted in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, USA, Finland, Sweden and Bulgaria. It was also streamed through many Internet clip shows/services.

December 2002 Melechesh recorded their third opus entitled (Sphynx) at Los Angered Studios in Gothenburg, Sweden. Engineered by Andy Larocque (Guitarist of King Diamond). The Cover Art for the latest release Sphynx will be done by Ron Woodall (Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Pearl Harbor etc.) in San Francisco at George Lucas Industrial Light and Magic

May 2003 worldwide release of the new album Sphynx - Tremendous and outstanding Media and public response. Sphynx is considered by the majority of the Metal media and fans as one of the top 10 metal releases for the year 2003

January 2004 Sphynx gets an official release in North America and Central America thru an exclusive license to The End Records, alter that year the band focused on more live events Europe, Canada etc..

June 2004 a limited collector's 10" vinyl EP entitled 'The Ziggurat Scrolls' was released

2005 The band were heavily involved in song writing and preperations for their new album. Xul became the new drummer for Melechesh after proving his excellent drumming abilities on the live arena

January 2006 Melechesh entered Woodhouse studios in Germany (a.o. Grip inc. Samael, Therion, Moonspell...) for 4 weeks to record their 4th album entitled 'Emissaries'. many people around the band believe this album to be the best Melechesh album to date. February 2006 the band mixed the album for the First time and it was obvious the man hired to do the job was not a suitable choice at all ( to say the least), the album was mixed for the second time During the months of May and June. Emissaries was Mastered in July and will be released on 30 october 2006 (European/world date)/ tentative North American release date is set at Januray 23, 2007.

Here are some videos from Melechesh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2vc5vRh_YQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4OZBXWv4lQ

Here is the audio interview given by Ashmedi to Metalfront in the beginning of 2008.

[ARM]
Part 1, Part 2

[ENG]
Part 1, Part 2

Here are some songs from Melechesh

Of Mercury And Mercury.mp3
Rebirth Of The Nemesis
Genies, Sorcerers and Mesopotamian Nights
Annunaki's Golden Thrones
Apkallu Counsel
Touching The Spheres of Sephiroth
Double Helixed Ssceptre
Leper Jerusalem
Purifier Of The Stars

[METALFRONT]

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Genre: Symphonic Black Metal
Country: Russia (Moscow)
Site: rossomahaar.ru
Line-up:
Kniaz (Ruslan Oganyan!) - Bass
Lazar - Guitar, Vocals
Vlad - Drums

Discography:

Imperium Tenebrarum (1999)
Quaerite Lux In Tenebris... (2002)
Regnum Somni (2003)


If one states Rossomahaar’s history is History in full measure, he’s wrong. Nevertheless, the band’s foundation dates back to the beginning of 1995, when Lazar (guitars) and Vlad (drums, vocals) started off working on few compositions which, this way or another, could be reckoned to the genre of black metal stylistically. Speaking about Rossomahaar as it’s been in the year 1995, one would easily say there wasn’t much place for originality… Those songs were issued in the shape of “Grotesque” demo later on, though. A fact worth mentioning: both musicians simultaneously played in Moscow’s dark metal act Stonehenge, which was considered top-priority then, and therefore Rossomahaar’s rehearsals took place quite rarely, to say the least. However; both came up with an idea of putting the songs they composed on tape Summer 1997, although personal and musical disagreements ruined the whole affair. Three tracks were recorded, but never issued anywhere. In spite of this, Lazar decided to push the band forward on his own, and recorded “Grotesque” in August 1997 alone. The recording turned out to be rather unconditional in terms of sound execution (all songs were recorded using IBM486 hard disk and regular soundcard at Lazar’s home kitchen) as well as of originality, but the path was trodden. Despite that “Grotesque” and all the other works by Rossomahaar almost don’t have anything in common sound-wise, this demo turned out as something which the actual band was born from. After the recording was over, Lazar no longer wanted to work on this project. Consequently; no activities for almost a year.

And now we’ve come to a turning point… The year of 1998 witnessed Lazar making the acquaintance of Kai Mathias Stalhammar, with the latter being editor-in-chief of cult web-magazine, Vae Solis. Kai owned literally thousands of CDs and could define Rossomahaar’s potential much better than anyone else, and particularly Lazar. It was him who convinced Lazar of the importance of resurrecting Rossomahaar, and the latter began seeking those to complete the lineup. By the end of the year, it was comprised of Lazar - guitars, vocals, Ixxaander (Tales Of Darknord, Der Gerwelt) - guitars, Kniaz’ (Stonehenge) - bass, Sigizmund (Mental Home) - drums, as well as Herr Stalhammar as the one responsible for poetry, management and overall concept. The band began to work on new songs, which were later executed at CDM Records Studio, entitled “Imperium Tenebrarum” and put out by More Hate Productions, young Russian label. Music changed drastically! Based upon raw and brutal riffs and ultramelodiousness, it simultaneously absorbed a lot of styles of contemporary metal subculture. The CD got rave reviews, and has sold in 5000 copies, which is absolutely incredible taking into the account it was a debut - both the band’s and the label’s.

The year of 2000 Rossomahaar exhaustingly toured all over Russia, after which Sigizmund left the band. And if it wasn’t enough, Ixxaander had to leave Moscow. Lacking members to continue touring, the band had no other way but start composing new piece. Rossomahaar was joined by a new drummer, Yanarrdakh, Summer 2002, and shortly thereafter this trio entered CDM Records Studio once again, in order to execute new CD, entitled “Quaerite Lux In Tenebris (Exploring The External Worlds)”. Both musically and lyrically (Herr Stalhammar still was [and is] a part of the band) the album picked up where “Imperium Tenebrarum” left off
2002 group spends time in active concert activity that finds reflection in a concert album " Live and die in Moscow ". The beginning of 2003 has been marked by record of an album " Regnum Somni " in which collective completely refuses from keyboard and goes on courageous experiment with wind instruments. Upon termination of record of an album the group has been compelled to leave drummer Yanarrdakh ' an ohm and drummer Vlad there and then comes to group, with which summer of 2004 the group has written down last album " A Divinity For The Worthless ".
In summer 2006 ROSSOMAHAAR has recorded their new single entitled "Moscow - The Sanguine Reign of Terror". The single includes three tracks with a total length of 20 minutes. This release establishes the general sound and content of the upcoming album.

Here are some videos from Rossomahaar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egm1Z38eGnE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTgWsaLgSS8

Here are some songs from Rossomahaar

The Forlorn Existence Of Soul
Obscurity In Progress
Blind Eye And Muted Mind
...Unto The Dimensional Comple

[METALFRONT]

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Genre: Pagan/Folk Metal
Lyrical themes: Paganism, Slavic Old-Belief, Mythology
Country: Russia (Moscow)
Site: arkona-russia.com
Line-up:
Masha "Scream" - Vocals
Sergej "Lazar" - Guitar
Ruslan "Kniaz" - Bass
Vlad "Artist"- Synth, Drums
Discography:

Vozrozhdenie (2004)
Lepta (2004)
Во Славу Великим ! (2005)
Ot Serdtsa K Nebu (2007)


The roots of Arkona are to be searched for in the beginning of 2002, when the members of local pagan community "Vyatichi" – Maria "Scream" Arhipova and Alexander "Warlock" Korolyov decided to form a band, according to their ideology and musical tastes. Initially, the band was called "Hyperborea", it consisted of: Maria "Scream" Arhipova (vocal), Eugene Knyazev (guitar), Eugene Borzov (bass-guitar), Ilya Bogatyryov (guitar), Alexander "Warlock" Korolyov (drums), Olga Loginova (keyboard). In February 2002 the band was renamed into "Arkona". The musical materials of the band were pagan/folk metal based and the lyrics had an idea of ancient national beliefs and history of Slavonic Russia . In the end of the year it was decided to record several songs as a demo-record. The process of recording took place in December 2002, at CDM-Records studio. The demo consisted of 3 tracks – "Kolyada", "Solntsevorot" and "Rus'"Now this record is included into live-play album "Zhizn' vo slavu" (2006) as bonus material. Since the beginning of 2003 the band has started its concert activity. Many people heard them for the first time at "Yazycheskaya Rus'" fest, which was held 8th February 2003 at "Estakada" club. Other bands that took part there were Butterfly Temple , Pagan Reign, Svarga, Rossomahaar.

Until summer 2003 the band performed a few local concerts, and then the question of debut LP recording was raised. Unfortunately, by that time, several band members had lost interest for the further musical creativity, and in September 2003 the band Arkona dissapears. Maria decided to keep on solo and asks her Nargathrond project mates for help in recording an opening LP. She got all the orchestration written down and musicians obtained them for learning and training. By March 2004 the first LP "Vozrozhdenie" was recorded without even a single rehearsal. Nowadays this LP is spread all over the world and has received its recognition. It is recognized as one of the most successful Slavonic pagan metal LP ever.

Immediately after studio work, Maria dedicates herself to the creation of new songs, and by the end of summer 2004 the material for the second album "Lepta" was ready. It was recorded the following autumn with the same musicians. The album was released in December 2004 and, though LP continues the same old themes from "Vozrozhdenie", it is done in more dark and gloomy style. In the recording of this LP (as in the recording of previous one) took part a poet and vocalist Les’yar ( Nevid', ex-Butterfly Temple ), not only as a performer, but also as lyrics writer (the song "Zarnitsy Nashei Svobody"). By the moment of LP release, Arkona revived as a band - it consisted of musicians, which took part in recording of two first LPs. They were: Sergey "Lazar" (guitar), Ruslan "Knyaz'" (bass-guitar), Vlad "Artist" (drums).

Since the beginning of the year 2005 the band could be seen again performing live. Irrepressible creativity of Maria doesn’t let her stop and by summer 2005 the band starts recording the third LP, the most complicated and varied album "Vo Slavu Velikim". The band decided to give up on using any synthesized instruments and used real ethnic instruments, so the list of musicians, that took part in this recording, considerably extended. One of the invited was a famous folk-musician Vladimir Cherepovskiy (Mervent, ex- Voinstvo Sidov, Veter Vody, Trio Mario) and members of bands Svarga and Alkonost.

The orchestration for the songs sometimes included over 100 record tracks, but the band overcame these difficulties and in September 2005 the LP gone gold. During its presentation the live performance was recorded and was released as a DVD and also included into live LP "Zhizn’ vo Slavu". The band is not going to stop and repose on its laurels and at present is at work upon the fourth LP, the recording of which is going to be started in summer 2007.

Here are some videos from Arkona

"Pokrovi nebesnogo Startca"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w628V9_r-Mk

Arkona on Ragnarök festival

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZjFOk7PKm0

Here are some songs from Arkona

Of Покровы небесного Старца
От Сердца к Небу
Купала и Кострома
Сва

[METALFRONT]

Re: Metalfront Fest 2008

So... here is final info

METALFRONT.AM is proud to announce METALFRONT FEST 2008, the first two-day metal festival in Armenia, which will take place on November 26-27 at Yerevan State Puppet Theatre.
Big name bands, powerful sound, extreme atmosphere, barrels of beer and much more surprises from METALFRONT will make you remember those two nights for a very long time.

Don’t miss your chance to:
- see great bands like Melechesh, Arkona and Rossomahaar live
- meet underground Iranian metal bands like Mordab, 5 Grs and Vaspooher
- once again feel the power of Armenian metal
- drink barrels of TUBORG beer at the chipest price
- get cigarettes at low prices and numerous other surprises from "PRIMA LUXE"
- rent a camera from "VIDEOCAM RF" at reasonable prices.
- meet your favorite bands, take autograps and pictures at MEETING POINT
- buy unique merchandise both from bands and MetalFront at METAL MARKET
- find our reporters with cameras to make your extreme statement and get into METALFRONT FEST 2008 official DVD.

Date:
November 26th and 27th, 2008 at 18:00

Place:
Yerevan State Puppet Theatre, Sayat Nova 4 str., Yerevan, Armenia

Tickets:
Tickets for local and foreign visitors are available at the Puppet Theatre Booth.
Or contact +(374 91) 489480 or [email protected] for booking, finding alternative ways to get tickets and any other info.

Full tickets for November 26 and 27 cost only 6000 drams (~20$) and will be sold from November 14 to November 25.
One-day tickets cost 3500 drams (~12$).

Don’t miss the opportunity to book a full ticket beforehand for a cheaper price.

DAY 1 - 26 NOVEMBER

Arkona (Folk Pagan Metal) – Russia
Mordab (Death Metal) – Iran
Stryfe (Progressive Metal) – Armenia
Empyray (Hard’n’Heavy Metal) - Armenia
5 Grs (Heavy/Thrash Metal) – Iran
Scream Of Silence (Progressive Metal) – Armenia

DAY 2 - 27 NOVEMBER

Melechesh (Sumerian Black Metal) – Netherlands
Rossomahaar (Black Metal) – Russia
Sworn (Atmospheric Black Metal) – Armenia
Dogma (Progressive Ethnic Metal) – Armenia
E.V.A. (Goth Rock/Metal) – Armenia
Vaspooher (Heavy/Thrash Metal) - Iran
Nairi (Heavy Metal) – Armenia

We appreciate any comments and suggestions concerning the METALFRONT FEST 2008.

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[jgk3]

Re: Metalfront Fest 2008

Thanks for the info, I would've gone if I was in Armenia but it's good to know that there's a metal community in Armenia that's being catered to by good bands