Mahyar Mohyeddin a.k.a. Mahyar Dean (

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: مهیار محی الدین ) is a musician, guitarist, guitar instructor, author, and founding member of the Iranian/ American heavy metal act Angband, the first such band to be signed to a label.

Biography

Mahyar Mohyeddin was born in

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, where he ended playing acoustic and electric guitar. he took lessons in music composition under the mentorship of professor

Houshang Ostovar Amir Houshang Ostovar (Persian: هوشنگ استوار) (also transcribed as ''Hoochang Ostovar'', January 30, 1927 – January 7, 2016) was a Persian symphonic music composer and Instructor. Biography Houshang Ostovar was born in Tehran ...

Books

He wrote books about the bands

Death Death is the irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain an organism. For organisms with a brain, death can also be defined as the irreversible cessation of functioning of the whole brain, including brainstem, and brain ...

in 2000 and Testament in 2001. The book ''

'', about the band Death and its founder

Chuck Schuldiner Charles Schuldiner (born May 13, 1967 – December 13, 2001) was an American musician. He founded the death metal band Death in 1983, in which he was the lead vocalist, guitarist, primary songwriter and only consistent member until his death in ...

, was released in

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. The book includes bilingual lyrics and many articles about the band. The book was sent through the EmptyWords.org site to Schuldiner, who in his own words was "truly blown away and extremely honored by the obvious work and devotion he put into bringing the book to life".EmptyWords.org
(the official website for Death/Control Denied & Chuck Schuldiner), published April 2001. Retrieved February 25, 2014.

The group Angband

In 2004, he established the

power metal Power metal is a subgenre of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional heavy metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. Generally, power metal is characterized by a faster, lighter, and more uplifting sound, in contra ...

/progressive musical group Angband, which is the first signed metal band from

, signed to the

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label. They have released four albums with Mahyar Dean as the guitarist and producer.

Works

Books

* ''

'' - () * ''Testament'' - ()

Albums with Angband

* ''

Rising from Apadana ''Rising from Apadana'' is the first studio album by Angband, a power metal musical group from Tehran, released on August 29, 2008, through Pure Steel Records. Track listing Reception The album was well received. Many magazines and webzine ...

'' - (2008) * '' Visions of the Seeker'' - (2010) * ''

Saved from the Truth ''Saved from the truth'' is the third studio album by Persian power metal act Angband released on September 28, 2012 through Pure Steel Records. as was the case with their previous album the mixing and mastering was handled by well-known producer ...

'' - (2012) * '' IV'' - (2020)

Albums with others

Ramin Rahimi Ramin Rahimi is a percussionist and songwriter. His music mostly focused on drums and Iranian Percussions Daf and Tombak. he is also one of the members of power metal act Angband. Biography Born 1969 in Tehran, Rahimi worked with Tehran Sympho ...

Persian Percussion Electrified ''Persian Percussion Electrified'' is the third studio album by Ramin Rahimi, drummer for the power metal act Angband. The album was released on November 19, 2012, through ARC Music. It features Mahyar Dean and Farshad Shokuhfar from Angband as ...

(2012)

Equipment

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kelly guitar * Marshall amp

References

External links

Angband on Facebook

Angband on Youtube
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