Mahyar Dean
| Mahyar Dean | |
|---|---|
| Born | Tehran, Iran |
| Occupations | Musician, composer, guitar instructor, author |
| Instruments | Electric guitar, acoustic guitar |
| Years active | 2004-present |
| Labels | Pure Steel |
| Associated acts | Angband |
Mahyar Dean is a musician, guitarist, author, and founding member of heavy metal act Angband.
Biography
Born in Tehran, Dean became a huge music fan in high school and that encouraged him to start playing acoustic and electric guitar.
As an author, he is well known for writing books about the bands Death in 2000 and Testament in 2001.[1]
"Truly blown away and extremely honored by the obvious work and devotion he put into bringing the book to life", Chuck Schuldiner comments after receiving the Death book.[2]
Dean took music composition lessons under the mentorship of professor Houshang Ostovar. later in 2004 he established the power metal/progressive musical group Angband, which is the first signed metal band from Iran.[3][4]
They have released three albums with Mahyar Dean as the guitarist and producer. he is also a guitar teacher.
Works
Books
- Death - (ISBN 964-92534-0-8)
- Testament - (ISBN 964-92534-3-2)
Albums with Angband
- Rising from Apadana - (2008)
- Visions of the Seeker - (2010)
- Saved from the Truth - (2012)
Albums with others
Equipment
- Jackson kelly guitar
- Marshall amp [5]
References
- ↑ "Iranian Metal Band ANGBAND Signs With Germany's PURE STEEL RECORDS". Blabbermouth. Retrieved June 8, 2008.
- ↑ Official Chuck Schuldiner's Site April 2001
- ↑ Nima. "Angband - Visions of the Seeker Review". Lords of Metal Online Magazine.
- ↑ Dennis Piller. "Angband mit Infos zum neuen Album (German)". Metal1 Online Magazine. Retrieved 2010-09-16.
- ↑ M. Amiri (September 14, 2011). "Tehran rocks, but only under ground". Reuters. Retrieved Sep 14, 2011.