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Mezarkabul
Mezarkabul (also known as Pentagram in Turkey) is a Turkish metal band formed by Hakan Utangaç and Cenk Ünnü. Mezarkabul is known for integrating Anatolian elements into their music. History Mezarkabul was formed in Bursa in 1986 by guitarist Hakan Utangaç and drummer Cenk Ünnü. In 1987, bassist Tarkan Gözübüyük joined, and they started doing live shows. Their first show was performed at a wedding hall at Istanbul, Bağcılar. Tarkan Gozubuyuk could not make it to the concert and instead Ozgunay Unal joined the line up for the concert. By the time they made to their fifth song most of chairs and tables had been destroyed by the audiences. Turkey was meeting metal music and by their crazy emotions this chaoting action happened.Their first songs were released in 1990 on the self-titled ''Pentagram'' album. In 1992, a second guitarist Demir Demirkan joined the band, as well as a new lead singer, Bartu Toptas, helping Hakan to concentrate on his guitar duties. The ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarkan Gözübüyük
Tarkan Gözübüyük (born 15 July 1970) is the bass player of the Turkish heavy metal band Mezarkabul (known as Pentagram in Turkey). Biography Born in 1970 in Erzurum, he grew up in Bursa. His first encounter with the bass guitar was aged fourteen. Studied ''jazz'' at the Faculty of Music of Bilkent University, in Ankara. Before joining Mezarkabul, he performed as a Jazz bass guitarist and played in his high-school's main orchestra. He performed on stage with Mezarkabul during most of their concerts except their debut concert in 1987. After joining Mezarkabul, he worked on several other projects as a producer. As a producer, he contributed to the albums of famous Turkish rock artists like Şebnem Ferah, Özlem Tekin, Teoman, Demir Demirkan, Ogün Sanlısoy (the former vocalist of Mezarkabul) and bands like Knight Errant, Kül, Mor ve Ötesi and Athena (band). Other than rock music, he also contributed to the debut album of the sister of the famous Turkish rapper Ceza, Aybe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trail Blazer (Mezarkabul Album)
''Trail Blazer'', released in 1992, is the second album of the Turkish heavy metal band Mezarkabul. The album was released by the German independent record label Nuclear Blast. Track listing Notes *Two live performances, "Vita es Morte" and "Powerstage" (from the album Pentagram A pentagram (sometimes known as a pentalpha, pentangle, or star pentagon) is a regular five-pointed star polygon, formed from the diagonal line segments of a convex (or simple, or non-self-intersecting) regular pentagon. Drawing a circle arou ...), are added in the CD version of the album. *Also, a video clip was shot for the first track, "Secret Missile". *"Fly Forever" is tributed to bands old guitarist Ümit Yılbar, who was killed by Kurdish separatist PKK terrorists on the mountain of Cıraf while serving the Turkish Army. {{DEFAULTSORT:Trail Blazer (Mezarkabul Album) 1992 albums Mezarkabul albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cenk Ünnü
Cenk Ünnü (born 1967 in Istanbul) is the drummer of the heavy metal band Mezarkabul (also known as ''Pentagram''). He and Hakan Utangaç formed Pentagram together in 1986. He graduated from Istanbul University’s Faculty of Literature, Anthropology. He lives in Istanbul and runs an underground music store called ''Pena''. He is married and has a son, Arda, and a daughter, Öykü. Discography with Pentagram * ''Pentagram A pentagram (sometimes known as a pentalpha, pentangle, or star pentagon) is a regular five-pointed star polygon, formed from the diagonal line segments of a convex (or simple, or non-self-intersecting) regular pentagon. Drawing a circle arou ...'' 1990 * '' Trail Blazer'' 1992 * ''Anatolia'' 1997 * '' Popçular Dışarı'' 1998 * '' Unspoken'' 2001 * '' Bir'' 2002 External links Official Mezarkabul website 1967 births Living people Turkish drummers Heavy metal drummers {{Turkey-musician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demir Demirkan
Demir Demirkan () (born 12 August 1972) is a Turkish musician, Eurovision Song Contest winning composer, formerly guitarist for thrash metal band Mezarkabul. Demir Demirkan started playing music when he was 13 and played guitar with various groups in college. Demir Demirkan also wrote television jingles and composed soundtracks for television and films. Early life and influences Demirkan started playing music when he was 13 and played guitar with various groups in college. In 1990, Demir joined a heavy/rock group, Mezarkabul, based in Istanbul and wrote and played guitar in the group's second album, Trail Blazer. In 1992, he moved to Los Angeles where he studied with Scott Henderson, Frank Gambale and Paul Hanson who founded the MI-Musician's Institute. In 1996, he moved back to Istanbul and worked as a producer, guitarist and composer for various artists such as Sebnem Ferah and Sertab Erener. Demir rejoined Mezarkabul again in 1997 and recorded the Anatolia album. Care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MMXII (Mezarkabul Album)
''MMXII'' is the sixth studio album of Turkish heavy metal band Mezarkabul (also known as Pentagram). ''Wasteland'', the first single from the album, was released before the album as a free digital content on band's official website. MMXII is the first album of Mezarkabul with their new vocalist, Gökalp Ergen. Track listing Personnel ; Pentagram * Gökalp Ergen - Vocals * Hakan Utangaç - Guitar * Metin Türkcan - Guitar * Tarkan Gözübüyük - Bass guitars * Cenk Ünnü Cenk Ünnü (born 1967 in Istanbul) is the drummer of the heavy metal band Mezarkabul (also known as ''Pentagram''). He and Hakan Utangaç formed Pentagram together in 1986. He graduated from Istanbul University’s Faculty of Literature, Anthropo ... - Drums References {{Authority control Mezarkabul albums 2012 albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bir (Mezarkabul Album)
''Bir'' is the fifth studio album of Turkish heavy metal band Mezarkabul (also known as Pentagram). It is the band's first album with all lyrics in Turkish. Track list Band members ; Pentagram * Murat İlkan - Vocals * Hakan Utangaç - Guitar * Metin Türkcan - Guitar * Tarkan Gözübüyük - Bass guitars * Cenk Ünnü Cenk Ünnü (born 1967 in Istanbul) is the drummer of the heavy metal band Mezarkabul (also known as ''Pentagram''). He and Hakan Utangaç formed Pentagram together in 1986. He graduated from Istanbul University’s Faculty of Literature, Anthropo ... - Drums References {{Authority control Mezarkabul albums 2002 albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metin Türkcan
Metin Türkcan is a Turkish musician and guitarist born in 1971. Besides his solo career, his most notable works are with the Turkish heavy-metal band Mezarkabul (also known as Pentagram) and with Şebnem Ferah Şebnem Ferah (born 12 April 1972) is a Turkish singer, songwriter, composer, and guitarist. She was the lead vocalist of the all-female hard rock band Volvox until 1994, after which she went on to pursue an illustrious solo career. Her music s .... References External links Biography on the website of Pentagram Turkish guitarists 1971 births Living people 21st-century guitarists {{Turkey-musician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hakan Utangaç
Hakan Utangaç (born 1965 in Istanbul) is the guitarist of heavy metal band Mezarkabul (known as ''Pentagram'' in Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...). He is a founding member of the band. References 1965 births Living people Musicians from Istanbul Turkish heavy metal guitarists Turkish heavy metal singers Turkish rock guitarists Date of birth missing (living people) {{Turkey-musician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anatolian Rock
Anatolian rock ( tr, Anadolu rock), or known as Turkish psychedelic rock, is a fusion of Turkish folk music and rock. It emerged during the mid-1960s, soon after rock groups became popular in Turkey. Most known members of this genre includes Turkish musicians such as Barış Manço, Cem Karaca, Erkin Koray, Selda Bağcan, Fikret Kızılok alongside bands such as Moğollar, Kurtalan Ekspres and 3 Hürel. History and development Background (1930s-1960s) Anatolian rock has a long history that dates back to the founding of the Turkish Republic decades ago. Modern Turkey's founding father, Atatürk, pushed extensive changes to build a national form of music from the early 1930s forward. Atatürk believed that the changes in music to be based on national and modern foundations and musicians should work on Turkish melodies and make them polyphonic according to the rules of Western harmonic music. As a result, Anatolian folk music began to spread and people began to listen Anato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Åžebnem Ferah
Şebnem Ferah (born 12 April 1972) is a Turkish singer, songwriter, composer, and guitarist. She was the lead vocalist of the all-female hard rock band Volvox until 1994, after which she went on to pursue an illustrious solo career. Her music style varies from pop rock to hard rock though her later albums have progressively incorporated more of the hard rock sound. Early life and Volvox Şebnem Ferah was born on 12 April 1972 in Yalova to ethnic Turkish immigrant parents from Skopje (present-day North Macedonia). She first took solfeggio and instrument lessons from her father who was also a teacher. She grew up listening to her father's Rumelian folk songs played with bağlama, mandolin and piano. She got her first guitar when she was in the first year in boarding at ''Namık Sözeri Highschool'' of Bursa. She got acoustic lessons. During her second year, she hired a studio with her friends and formed the group Pegasus. The group had their first stage appearance during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pentagram (Doom Metal Band)
Pentagram is an American heavy metal band from Alexandria, Virginia, most famous as one of the pioneers of heavy metal, and the subgenre of doom metal in particular. As such, they are considered one of the "big four of doom metal", alongside Candlemass, Saint Vitus and Trouble. The band was prolific in the underground scene of the 1970s, producing many demos and rehearsal tapes, but did not release a full-length album until reforming in the early 1980s with an almost completely new line-up. Throughout the band's history the only constant member has been vocalist Bobby Liebling. The revolving line-up of Pentagram has featured many well-respected musicians in the local doom metal scene, with members spending time in other acts such as the Obsessed, Place of Skulls, Internal Void, Spirit Caravan, among many others. The band's current line-up consists of Liebling (vocals), Matt Goldsborough (guitar), Greg Turley (bass) and "Minnesota" Pete Campbell (drums). The 1970s In 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noise Records
Noise Records is a German heavy metal record label founded in 1983 by German music industry personality Karl-Ulrich Walterbach as an expansion of his company Modern Music Records. It was sold to the Sanctuary Records Group in 2001 and ceased any activity in 2007 due to the bankruptcy of Sanctuary. The Noise catalogue was consequently acquired by Universal Music Group later on. In April 2016, BMG Rights Management, which had acquired Sanctuary Records in 2013, announced that it would revive the Noise Records label. History In 1981, Karl-Ulrich Walterbach founded the independent record company Modern Music Records GmbH in Berlin, Germany. In the first years of activity, the label division called Aggressive Rock Produktionen (AGR) published only punk German-speaking groups ( Slime, Daily Terror, Toxoplasma, compilation series like "Soundtracks zum Untergang") and American punk bands ( Black Flag with Henry Rollins, Hüsker Dü, Misfits, Angry Samoans, etc.). In 1983, Walterbach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
