Heavy Metal from Iran! Yes, you are reading correct... the band is really coming from Iran. This is truly unique, because nearly nobody thought that it would be possible to make a Metal-album there under the present circumstances. But Metal knows no borders, especially no religious borders. When we heard ANGBAND (started as an instrumental project) the first time, we didn't believe our eyes and ears. And if you listen to the incredible stories, how hard it is for Heavy Metal Bands especially in Islamic countries, the musical quality of the trio from Teheran is even more astonishing. Ashkan Yazdani(voc), Mahyar Dean(gui/bass) and Ramin Rahimi(dru) offer you a Power/Progressive mix, which especially in riffing and song writing is reminding of the old ICED EARTH/NEVERMORE school. The vocals of Ashkan, which got some similarities with those of Jan Lubitzki(DEPRESSIVE AGE), are bringing in some melancholy making the album a very independent and ambitious piece of steel, which anyone that likes unconventional Metal will love. By the way, ANGBAND is the first Iranian Metal-band, which signed a worldwide deal with a European label and Mahyar Dean is also known as author of the official biographies of DEATH and TESTAMENT.