Arsames (baund)

Arsames is a Iranian daith metal baund frae Mashhad, the seicont lairgest ceety in Iran. The baund wis formed in 2002 bi Ali Madarshahi."Band braves ban for a blare - Iran metal musicians to rock Gangtok on sunday ", The Telegraph (Kolkata), 20 November 2010, retrieved 2011-01-28 Arsames haed chyngit its line-up mony times, Vocalist an first drummer Ali Madarshahi is the anerlie oreeginal member who haes remained. The oreegin o the name o the baund, Arsames, came frae
the name o ane o the keengs o Persian Empire durin the Achaemenid dynasty.

The baund play hivy metal muisic despite it bein illegal in Iran an, accordin tae the baund, it considered Satanic bi the govrenment.Wilkinson, James (2010) "Iranian metal", Time Out Dubai, 30 March 2010, retrieved 2011-01-28

History
Arsames oreeginally formed in winter o 2002. Thay record thair debut single "Adiposere" in 2005 in thair hame studio which wis in the brutal daith metal genre. In 2006 thay released an unsigned studio album (Cyclopia) digitally. The album got positive regards bi the fans specialy on myspace. A seicont download-anly album, Homo Sapiens, wis released in 2007.

In 2007, Malaysian documentary-maker Zan Azlee interviewed the baund as pairt o I'm Muslim Too!, a documentary on youth in the Middle East.

In 2008 Arsames joined a baund contest at Metalcamp 2009 in Slovenie an thay received the maist votes. In Julie 2009 Arsames performed at the Unirock Open Air Festival in Turkey wi baunds lik Arch Enemy, Kreator an Amon Amarth. Thay hae got mony positive reaction frae fans an critics as thay addressed Arsames as Iron Maiden an daith o Iran.

2010 wis a busy year for arsames, in Aprile thay played at Metal Asylum in Dubai.
Arsames released thair first signed album, Immortal Identity, containing aicht tracks.
In November Arsames heidlined a metal festival named 'Sikkim Fest' in Indie.

The baund's leerical themes include Persian history an meethology, an thay describe thair muisic as "auncient daith metal".

Band members
Current members

Ali Madarshahi - Vocals
Morteza Shahrami - Guitar
Ahmad Takalou - Guitar
Rouzbeh Zourchang - Bass guitar
Saeed Shariat - Drums

Umwhile members

Hamed "Fetusgrinder" Azizi - Vocals
Ali Azhari - Guitar
Hamid Yousefi Faverani - Guitar
Hamid Alizadeh - Guitar
Ali Sanayi - Bass guitar

References

Freemit airtins
Offeecial wabsteid 
official facebook
official Myspace
Arsames on Youtube

Category:Iranian daith metal muisical groups
Category:2000s muisic groups
Category:2010s muisic groups