Ahoora, was formed in 2002, in Tehran, the capital of an extreme Islamic country called Iran. The influences were shown in the early covers: Iced Earth, Iron Maiden, Metallica, and Black Sabbath …etc. The band recorded its first demo tape back in 2004, due to gain permission from the culture ministry of Islamic Iran: breaking the broken! Meanwhile the sound developed to a more progressive & modern dark sound. In May 2005 Ahoora played its first official gig, the first metal performance ever with vocals parts in Iran. The band played two sets, First: Iced Earth songs & the 2nd set included four Ahoora songs that later were heard on the debut album.
Ahoora was forced to cancel the second night though. February 13th 2006, saw the self titled debut album came out as a forbidden release in Iran. Although the release can be analyzed as a unique event in Iranian music scene, the foreign feedbacks have always been stronger than Iran. Ultimate Metal called it "hard-hitting, true heavy metal "while Metal Observer described the band" They are walking a very fine line, very fit on their instruments". The band experienced some international critic and also was invited to play at Evergreen Music Festival in Washington D.C. the late concert in support of the first release was cancelled by the authorities in September 2006, left no chance to perform the whole length album for the fans and made "Ahoora" a completely banned act. Writing of the follow up to self titled debut album is 90% done and a release is expected somewhere in 2007.
» by SODOMIZER on 03/29/2007 | Filed under AD Archives.