''Saved from the truth'' is the third studio album by Persian

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Track listing

Reception

The album received generally positive reviews from music critics. ''Lords of Metal'' magazine believes that: "the prog-influences have gained much more room on this album...on 'Saved From The Truth’ the gentlemen show progress on all fronts. musically this is the band's strongest release to date."

Personnel

Mahyar Dean Mahyar Mohyeddin a.k.a. Mahyar Dean ( Persian: 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 ...

- guitars *Ashkan Yazdani - vocals *

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 ...

- drums and percussions *Farshad Shokuhfar - bass *Produced by

*Sound engineered by Soheil Saeedi *Recorded at Rahgoar Studio, Tehran *Mixed and mastered by

at Indiscreet Audio *Cover art by Maziar Dean *Photos by M. Porooshani

References

External links

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