TRIVAX INJECT BLACKENED death metal’s darkness with Middle-Eastern melodies, incorporating traditional instruments like the Saz –a lute-like instrument –alongside neck-breaking blastbeats. For vocalist Shayan, who formed the band in Iran in 2009, these elements are not just part of his band’s sound but a link to ahome he was forced to leave.
“There was no future for me there,” he admits. “We were playing in a basement with eggshells and cement on the walls to keep the noise in, so that the neighbours wouldn’t complain to the police and get us arrested.”
Moving to the UK in 2011, Shayan reformed Trivax from scratch. But while the band –made up of Shayan, Syrian bassist Sully and British drummer Matt Croton –are now based out of Birmingham, they still embrace uniquely Middle-Eastern worldviews. With their second record, Eloah Burns Out, songs like Against All Opposition even draw on the teachings of Zoroastrianism, an ancient Persian religion.
IN SHORT
SOUNDS LIKE: A blackened death metal cocktail shaking up ancient religion, Middle-Eastern melodies and Nordic darkness
FOR FANS OF: Asagraum, Melechesh, Watain
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