He
was born on November 6th 1982 in Tehran, Iran. He began
his career as a guitar player, bass player, rock and
metal song writer and vocalist in 1999... .
He started training
guitar with his friend Aidin Jahedi and was influenced
by Norik Misakian. He started the bandAZHIROCKin
2001 with Ali Z as bass player,Aidin J as classic guitar
player and Henrik M as drums player.
He got B.S in
agricultural engineering in 2005. Babak has been
inspired byMETALLICAandPink
Floydin
his works and went on his music career following some
famous bands such asIRON
MAIDEN,GUNS'N
ROSES,KORN,
and so on.
Hobbies:
Movies, Driving, Drinking coffee and Travelling.
SOHEIL
OLFAT
He
was born on May 25th 1981 in Tehran, Iran. He began his
career as an electric guitar player,metal song writer
and lyricist in 1999. He has been trained guitar playing
byNORIK
MISAKIANandFARZAD
FAKHREDDINI. Soheil joined the band in fall
2006.They started making their demo album together.
He got married in winter
2008.
Favorite bands:
Metallica,Slipknot,Six Feet Under,Cannibal Corpse,Arch
Enemy,Behemoth,Symphony X,System Of a Down,Pink
Floyd,Therion,Night Wish,Disturbed,Anathema,Tool,Cradle
of Filth,Lamb Of God and Rammstein. Hobbies:
Horror movies.
KASRA
MOMENI
He
was born in Tehran in 1986. He started playing guitar
when he was 17 with Sepehr Najafi as his first teacher;
it lasted one year.Then he tried someStetina's
methods of Lead Guitar and Speed Mechanic.
After three years he took
some Music Theory classes withHomayoun
Majdzadeh, one of the most famous Iranian
electric guitar masters.
In 2008 he met Pouyan
Madadi of 5GRS and decided to play with them. The band
played in "Metal Front" festival in
Armenia.Summer 2009 was the time Kasra metAZHIROCKand
joined the band as a lead guitar player in the middle of
their new project: "Lucifer: Annihilated.".
He also studies in Tehran
Conservatory.
Genre:Death Metal
Hometown:Tehran, Iran
AZHIROCK:(loud
screaming... because of pain!). A combinationof
two ancient persian words : AZHIR means shout and scream, ACK
means pain."Then
we finally changed it to AZHIROCK...!"
2001-The
core of the band "AZHIROCK" formed in the basement of Babak
Farrokhi's house.
They would cover some Pink Floyd and Eagles songs.
2003-After
a rehearsal in Shahr-e ray University, They Composed some tracks
together and would play inNorikMisakian'sHouse.
Since 2004 they've been composing some of the songs you hear in
the demo album"Sacred
Inferno"
,like : "The Silence" and "Like The Satan"
2006-Soheil
Olfatjoined
the band as new lead and rhythm guitar player. They began
producing and Recording the demo album in spring 2007.
2008-AZHIROCK
decided to produce it's first video for the single track:"That
Someone Is Me".It's
broadcasted in some universal music channels and kicked
maxxximum ass...!
2009(Spring)-Babak
Farrokhei and Soheil Olfat were composing, arranging and
recording their debut album:"LUCIFER:
ANNIHILATED." It's
totally a different phenomenon; Savage, Aggressive and ...
KILLER !
2009(Fall)-Kasra
Momenijoined
the band as lead guitar player and played solos in songs"Unnecessarily
Alive"and"Parade
Of Animality".
2010-After
an audition for bass player, Azhirock choseHossein
Salehi. He played in songs"Parade
Of Animality" and"Shadow
Of Faith".
He
was born in Jan 30th, 1985 in Tehran. He has begun his
career as a guitar and bass player since 2002. At first
he played Classic guitar, then started to play Bass and
practiced some methods byKasra
Saboktakin; a well known Iranian rock bass
player. Hossein performed on a few stages with
Demolition band (his first band).
Summer 2009, he joined
Azhirock through an unofficial audition.
He is influenced by bands
likeJudas
Priest,Metallica,PanteraandDeath.
