by Tom Mis | Nov 10, 2023 | Lists, Top 5
Essential Audiobooks for Metalheads For those of us too busy to sit down and binge a book, there’s always the audiobook, and there’s no shortage of metal to be found here. For biographies and histories, the audiobook will probably feel more...
by Elise Yablon | Dec 12, 2019 | Editorials, Lists
This past summer, a story hit the news cycle about the legal journey of Iranian metal band Confess. Singer/guitarist Nikan “Siyanor” Khosravi, who fled to Turkey after his trial in 2016 and is currently residing in Norway, spoke with Louder Sound about he and bandmate...
by Zenae Zukowski | Jul 10, 2019 | Bummer Alert, News
Two members of Iranian metal band Confess, Nikan “Siyanor” Khosravi and Arash “Chemical” Ilkhani have been sentenced to a combined 14.5 years in prison by the Revolutionary Tribunal of Tehran. Frontman Khosravi was sentenced to 12 ½ years in prison and 74 lashes as...
by Holly Fitzpatrick | Feb 10, 2016 | News
It’s no shock that being a metal musician is hard. It’s also not hard to imagine that being a metal musician from the Middle East is unbelievably difficult. In most of the western world, (mainly the US and Europe), metal gets a few dirty looks and some...