Iranian Metal Scene
March 27th, 2007I was watching an interesting documentary the other day, which served to emphasis how fucked up the Iranian theocracy is. CuttingEdge: Forbidden Future was a revealing documentary on the subcultures in Iran; three Iranian artists expressing themselves through music, paintings and sport. Out of these, in particular I was interested in the band Scourge, a death metal band who are recording their first album. Although they have been practicing for some time, they have never played in front of an audience, since such music is unsurprisingly strictly forbidden in Iran. In fact, their lead-man (who was being interviewd in the documentary) was imprisoned for two days for having long hair!
Anyway, it is good to see that metal is present even in such repressive and internationally remote places as Iran. I even caught a section where their lead-man was singing the lyrics to a Manowar song and also noticed that he had a poster of Manowar up in his room.
I was also surprised to see that this band has a decent website. Another relevant website I found is an Iranian online music magazine, called Zir Zamin. So check these links out.
