Kurban were a
Turkish
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heavy metal band formed in 1995. The band's members were
Kerem Tüzün,
Burak Gürpınar
Burak Gürpınar (born March 23, 1975) is a Turkish drummer primarily known for his work with the influential Turkish rock band Kurban.
Gürpınar was born on March 23, 1975, in Istanbul.
Soon after Kurban disbanded in June, 2005, Gürpına ...
, Deniz Yılmaz and
Özgür Kankaynar.
The band opened for
Metallica
Metallica is an American heavy metal band. The band was formed in 1981 in Los Angeles by vocalist/guitarist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich, and has been based in San Francisco for most of its career. The band's fast tempos, instrume ...
in 1999 at the
Ali Sami Yen Stadium
Ali Sami Yen Stadium ( tr, Ali Sami Yen Stadyumu) was the home of the football club Galatasaray S.K. in Istanbul, Turkey, from 1964 to 2010. It is named after the founder of the club, Ali Sami Yen. The stadium had a capacity of 23,477 (all-seater) ...
, and opened for
Megadeth
Megadeth is an American thrash metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1983 by vocalist/guitarist Dave Mustaine. Known for their technically complex guitar work and musicianship, Megadeth is one of the "big four" of American thrash metal along wit ...
in
RockIstanbul 2005.
The band broke up briefly in 2005, but reunited soon after - in late December 2006. In 2010, Kurban released an album titled ''Sahip''.
Career
Kurban was founded in 1995, then called Outside. Under this name, the band played covers of foreign rock songs. In 1997 they changed their name to Kurban. In the same year the band took part in the Roxy Music Awards competition and became third. In January 1999, the band released their first album
Kurban
Kurban is a term for animal sacrifice in:
*Islam, see qurbani
*Judaism, see korban
*the Balkans, see kourbania
It may also refer to:
Given name
* Kurban Günebakan (born 1978), Turkish boxer
* Kurban Kurbanov (born 1985), freestyle wrestler fro ...
. After opening for Metallica in 1999, guitarist
Umut Gökçen moved to the US to live with his fiancée, and the band started looking for a new guitar player. In 2000, they made a soundtrack for a movie named
Beans, which starred actor
Haluk Bilginer
Nihat Haluk Bilginer (; born 5 June 1954) is a Turkish actor. In addition to his acting career in Turkey, he has also worked in the United Kingdom and remains best known for his role as Mehmet Osman in the television soap opera ''EastEnders'' ...
. The band included
Özgür Kankaynar soon after. In 2004, Kurban released the album
Sert. In 2005, Kurban continued with a new album,
Ä°nsanlar. Kurban opened for Megadeth at
RockÄ°stanbul 2005.
The band broke up in June, 2005.
Deniz Yılmaz
Deniz Yılmaz (born 26 February 1988) is a professional footballer who last played as a striker for Turkish club Gençlerbirliği. Born in West Germany, Yılmaz is of ethnic Turkish origin. Having represented Turkey internationally at various ...
continued with the group Panik. Drummer
Burak Gürpınar
Burak Gürpınar (born March 23, 1975) is a Turkish drummer primarily known for his work with the influential Turkish rock band Kurban.
Gürpınar was born on March 23, 1975, in Istanbul.
Soon after Kurban disbanded in June, 2005, Gürpına ...
joined
Athena
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, bassist of the group
Kerem Tüzün collaborated with
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 gr ...
, and the guitarist
Özgür Kankaynar, continued his career playing with the band So Loud and several other groups in France. The band had an era of acoustic, but they could not get to the end of it due to the break-up.
Kurban members got together again on 31 December 2006. They started playing live in several cities, especially İstanbul and İzmir. Due to the military service of vocal Deniz Yılmaz, the band went on hiatus for 15 months.
Kurban released their fourth album on 23 March 2010, named
Sahip. This is the first album Kurban have released after their reunion. Kurban played alongside many important rock bands, Limp Bizkit and Motörhead among them. To contribute to the foundation for the
2011 Van earthquake
The 2011 Van earthquakes occurred in eastern Turkey near the city of Van. The first earthquake happened on 23 October at 13:41 local time. The shock had a magnitude of 7.1 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (''Severe''). It occurred at a ...
, the band played in Maçka Küçükçiftlik Park, alongside
Hayko Cepkin
Hayko Cepkin (born 11 March 1978) is a Turkish musician of Armenian descent.
Beginnings
Hayko Cepkin has shared the stage with the likes of Kurban, Öztürk, Birol Namoğlu, Ogün Sanlısoy, Aylin Aslım, Koray Candemir and Demir Demirkan. S ...
, Aslı, Pamela, Duman, Gripin, Malt, Melis Danişmend, Moğollar, Redd, Haluk Levent and group Model. In 2012 they released a single called "Usulca". Later in 2014 and 2015 they released singles "Nafile and "İyi Ol" respectively.
Kurban disbanded again in November 2017 due to Deniz Yılmaz's personal issues. Although the disband, the band released their last single Gülümse in August 2022, first announced in 2018.
Group Members
Old Members
*
Deniz Yılmaz
Deniz Yılmaz (born 26 February 1988) is a professional footballer who last played as a striker for Turkish club Gençlerbirliği. Born in West Germany, Yılmaz is of ethnic Turkish origin. Having represented Turkey internationally at various ...
- vocal, guitar (1995 - 2005, 2007 - 2017)
*
Özgür Kankaynar - guitar, back vocal (1999 - 2005, 2007 - 2017)
*
Kerem Tüzün - bassist, back vocal (1995 - 2005, 2007 - 2017)
*
Burak Gürpınar
Burak Gürpınar (born March 23, 1975) is a Turkish drummer primarily known for his work with the influential Turkish rock band Kurban.
Gürpınar was born on March 23, 1975, in Istanbul.
Soon after Kurban disbanded in June, 2005, Gürpına ...
- drums (1995 - 2005, 2007 - 2017)
*
Umut Gökçen - guitar (1995 - 1999)
Discography
Albums
Kurban (Raks Müzik) (
1999
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)
#Intro
#Gelme ''(Don't Come)''
#Ben DeÄŸilim ''(It's not Me)''
#Yalan ''(Lie)''
#Ä°stersin ''(You Only Want)''
#Yalaka ''(Lackey)''
#Sorma ''(Don't Ask)''
#Kurban ''(The Victim)''
#Yemen Türküsü ''(
Yemen Ballad)''
#Dur Gitme ''(Wait Don't Go)''
#Son Söz ''(The Last Word)''
#Wonderful Tonight
#Outro
Sert ''(Hard)'' (Ece Müzik) (
2004
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Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...
)
#Intro
#Sarı Çizmeli Mehmet Ağa ''(Mehmet Agha with the Yellow Boots'' or ''John Doe)''
#Namus Belası ''(Trouble of Purity)''
#AÄŸlama DeÄŸmez Hayat ''(Don't Cry This World isn't Worth It)''
#Hayvan ''(Animal)''
#Yalan ''(Lie)''
#Yosma ''(Coquette)''
#Haberin Yok ''(You Don't Know)''
#
Lambaya Püf De ''(Puff the Lamp)''
#Zorba ''(Bully)''
Ä°nsanlar ''(People)'' (Pasaj) (
2005
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)
#A Bir ''(A1)''
#Suç Bende ''(It's My Fault)''
#Yine ''(Again)''
#Uyut Beni ''(Put Me to Sleep)''
#Cennet ''(Heaven)''
#Zor Güzel ''(Stiff Beauty)''
#A
#Yok ''(Away)''
#Ä°nsanlar ''(People)''
#Sus ''(Hush)''
#Sakın Söyleme ''(Don't You Dare to Tell)''
#Ben ''(I)''
#AÄŸla ''(Cry)''
#Göç ''(Migration)''
Sahip ''(Master)'' (Favela Records) (
2010
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)
#Hakim ''(Judge)''
#Ä°frit ''(
Ifrit
Ifrit, also spelled as efreet, afrit, and afreet (Arabic alphabet, Arabic: ': , plural ': ), is a powerful type of demon in Islamic mythology. The afarit are often associated with the underworld and identified with the spirits of the dead, and ...
)''
#Güneş ''(Sun)''
#Soykıran ''(Genocider)''
#Sahip ''(Master)''
#Yobaz ''(
Bigot)''
#Son Emir ''(The Final Command)''
#Das Motiv ''(The Motif)''
#Mesih ''(Messiah)''
#Misafir ''(Guest)''
#Ateş Var Mı? ''(Do You Have a Lighter? )''
Singles
* 2014: ''Usulca''
* 2014: ''Nafile''
* 2015: ''Ä°yi Ol''
* 2022: ''Gülümse''
* 2022: ''Damla''
References
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Turkish rock music groups
Musical groups established in 1995