| Ahat | |
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Ahat during the tour in 2007 |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Bulgaria |
| Genres | Heavy Rock |
| Years active | 1986 - present |
| Labels | Balkanton Unison Harbour Island Records |
| Website | http://www.axat.net/ |
| Members | |
| Zvezdomir Keremedchiev Antoan Hadad Denis Rizov Antoni Georgiev Yuri Kocev |
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| Past members | |
| Bojidar Glavev Ivailo Petrov |
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Ahat (Bulgarian: Ахат) is rock band from Bulgaria.
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The group was created in 1986 in Sofia by talented students from the National Academy of Music and the University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy. The group first live performance was on December 22, 1986.[1] In 1986 Ahat released their first album "The March". All songs from the album are absolute hits. The most famous are: "The Black Sheep", "Land Of Blindmen", "The Tree", "Fiery Souls", "The March".
In 1988 the band received their first music award and had a very successful tour with Shturtzite.
In 1994 the band released their second album "Underneath the ruins". Notable songs from this album are "Monologue" and the English version of "The Tree". After a period of inactivity, the band had a very notable return being the opening band for the first Deep Purple concert in Bulgaria in 1998. The next year, the band released their first live album "7 years after…".
On May 19, 2004 the band released their third album, "Made in USA". According to the publishers the album is the biggest investment made by Bulgarian musical producer.[2]
"Golden Rock Tour 2004" is the band's second live album recorded during their impressive national tour in 2004.