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Black Hour
Black Hour, often stylized as Blackhour, () is a Pakistani progressive rock band from Islamabad, founded in 2007 by guitarist Hashim Mehmood. After several lineup changes in its early years, the band settled on four members for more than a decade: Hashim Mehmood, drummer Daim Mehmood, bassist Salman Afzal and lead vocalist Tayyab Rehman. Black Hour has consistently incorporated progressive rock, progressive, folk music, folk, classical music, classical, and alternative rock, alternative influences into its compositions, as well as strong influences from heavy metal music, heavy metal, especially in their early works. Black Hour has released two studio albums and one live album. The band released its debut album ''Age of War'' in 2011, which garnered them critical success and began to create a cult following for the band outside of Pakistan. In 2016, Black Hour released their best selling album ''Sins Remain'', which received accolades from around the globe, with Aaron Yurkiewic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sins Remain
''Sins Remain'' is the second studio album by Pakistani progressive rock band Black Hour, released on 5 January 2016 in the United States and Europe by Transcending Obscurity, and reissued in 2020 by Rearts Records globally. The recording sessions occurred at the SnakeHook Studios in Islamabad, Pakistan with production by Black Hour alongside Fahad Humayun Chohan. It was also the last Black Hour release with guitarist Mubbashir Sheikh. Background In 2015, Black Hour signed with Transcending Obscurity, an Indian record label, for the release of their second studio album titled ''Sins Remain''. In July, the band went on to release their first single "Wind of Change (Black Hour song), Wind of Change" from their upcoming second studio album, with ''Unite Asia'' referring the band as the Iron Maiden of Pakistan and praised the song saying, "the vocal chops on the song "Wind of Change" and get ready to be pleasantly surprised by how the band fully wears their influences on their sleeves ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islamabad
Islamabad (; ur, , ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's ninth-most populous city, with a population of over 1.2 million people, and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital Territory. Built as a planned city in the 1960s, it replaced Rawalpindi as Pakistan's national capital. The city is notable for its high standards of living, safety, cleanliness, and abundant greenery. Greek architect Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis developed Islamabad's master plan, in which he divided it into eight zones; administrative, diplomatic enclave, residential areas, educational and industrial sectors, commercial areas, as well as rural and green areas administered by the Islamabad Metropolitan Corporation with support from the Capital Development Authority. Islamabad is known for the presence of several parks and forests, including the Margalla Hills National Park and the Shakarparian. It is home to several landmarks, includin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band formed in Leyton, East London, in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. While fluid in the early years of the band, the lineup for most of the band's history has consisted of Harris, lead vocalist Bruce Dickinson, drummer Nicko McBrain, and guitarists Dave Murray, Adrian Smith and Janick Gers. The band have released 41 albums, including 17 studio albums, 13 live albums, four EPs and seven compilations. They have also released 47 singles and 20 video albums. Two electronic games have been released with Iron Maiden soundtracks, and the band's music is featured in a number of other video games. As pioneers of the new wave of British heavy metal movement, Iron Maiden achieved initial success during the early 1980s. After several lineup changes, the band went on to release a series of UK and US Platinum and Gold albums, including 1980's eponymous debut album, 1981's '' Killers'', 1982's '' The Number of the Beast' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unite Asia
Unite Asia is a website dedicated to covering news about punk, hardcore, and metal music from Asia. The website features reviews, interviews, and information about latest releases from bands based in Asia or for non-Asian bands performing in Asia. Unite Asia is based in Hong Kong and was founded in 2015 by Riz Farooqi of King Ly Chee. History Unite Asia was founded in 2015 by Riz Farooqi of Hong Kong based band King Ly Chee in order to showcase the many rock and metal bands across Asia. Frustrated with the lack of media coverage for Asian bands, Farooqi decided to launch his own website in order to create a platform to grow the punk, hardcore, and metal communities. The name of the website comes from the 2007 King Ly Chee song of the same name. The song was later re-recorded with seven vocalists from all over Asia and premiered on Unite Asia in 2015, the same year as the website's debut. In 2017, Unite Asia organized the Unite Asia Showcase which was a concert featuring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wind Of Change (Black Hour Song)
Wind(s) of Change may refer to: Books *''Winds of Change'', 1973 book by Yashwantrao Chavan *''Winds of Change'', the 2021 manga novel in the ''Warriors'' series by Erin Hunter *''Wind of Change'', romantic novel by Nora Roberts *''Wind of Change: The Scorpions Story'', by Martin Popoff *''The Winds of Change and Other Stories'', a collection of short stories by Isaac Asimov *''The Winds of Change'' by Martha Grimes in the Richard Jury series *''Winds of Change'', novel by Anna Jacobs * ''Winds of Change'' (Lackey novel), a 1994 novel by Mercedes Lackey *'' Winds of Change: The Future of Democracy in Iran'', a 2002 book by Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran *''Winds of Change: Britain in the Early Sixties'', by Peter Hennessy *''Winds of Change: The Roman Catholic Church and Society in Wales, 1916–1962'', by Trystan Owain Hughes Film and television * ''The Wind of Change'' (film), a 1961 British film * ''Winds of Change'' (1979 film) or ''Metamorphoses'', an anime film *''W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Music Day
In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the world as unique while others talk of a "plurality of worlds". Some treat the world as one simple object while others analyze the world as a complex made up of many parts. In ''scientific cosmology'' the world or universe is commonly defined as " e totality of all space and time; all that is, has been, and will be". '' Theories of modality'', on the other hand, talk of possible worlds as complete and consistent ways how things could have been. ''Phenomenology'', starting from the horizon of co-given objects present in the periphery of every experience, defines the world as the biggest horizon or the "horizon of all horizons". In ''philosophy of mind'', the world is commonly contrasted with the mind as that which is represented by the mind. ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metalhead Spotted
A metalhead is a member of the heavy metal subculture. Metalhead may also refer to: Music * ''Metalhead'' (album), 1999 album by Saxon * "Metalhead", a song by Blotto * "Metalhead", a song from the 2008 Miss Kittin album ''BatBox'' * Metalheadz, an English drum and bass record label Fiction Films * ''Metalhead'' (film), a 2013 Icelandic film Characters * Metalhead (''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles''), two characters from the ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' franchise * Metalhead (comics), a Marvel Comics character * Metal-Head, a character from the ''G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'' series Other * "Metalhead" (''Black Mirror''), an episode of anthology series ''Black Mirror'' * Metalheads (TV series), British animated series * ''Metal Head is a first-person shooter mech simulation video game developed and published by Sega, and released in 1995 for the Sega Genesis, Genesis/Mega Drive's Sega 32X, 32X add-on, allowing for fully Texture mapping, texture-mapped 3D computer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tayyab Rehman
Tayyab is an Arabic male given name and surname meaning "good-natured". Related names include Tayyib, Tayeb or Tayyip. Notable people with the name Tayyab include: * Tayyab Abbas (born 1994), Pakistani cricketer * Tayyab Mahmood Sheikh (born 2003), Young Pakistani Business Entrepreneur * Tayyab Agha (born 1976), Afghan politician * Tayyab Aslam (born 1996), Pakistani squash player * Tayyab Riaz (born 1992), Pakistani cricketer See also *El Taib *Taybeh (other) Taybeh ( ar, طيّبة, links=no ''Ṭayyibaḧ'', he, טייבה, links=no) also spelled Taibeh or Tayiba may also refer to: Israel * Taibe, Galilee, a village in the Jezreel Valley, Israel * Tayibe, a city in central Israel Jordan * At-Tayb ... * Lashkar-e-Taiba, Islamist militant group in Kashmir {{given name Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islamabad, Pakistan
Islamabad (; ur, , ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's ninth-most populous city, with a population of over 1.2 million people, and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital Territory. Built as a planned city in the 1960s, it replaced Rawalpindi as Pakistan's national capital. The city is notable for its high standards of living, safety, cleanliness, and abundant greenery. Greek architect Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis developed Islamabad's master plan, in which he divided it into eight zones; administrative, diplomatic enclave, residential areas, educational and industrial sectors, commercial areas, as well as rural and green areas administered by the Islamabad Metropolitan Corporation with support from the Capital Development Authority. Islamabad is known for the presence of several parks and forests, including the Margalla Hills National Park and the Shakarparian. It is home to several landmarks, includin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
