All of the Heavy Metal Bands from Azerbaijan (Updated: 2021)
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Much of the credit in making this list goes to Encyclopedia Metallum: The Metal Archives and its exhaustive, crowdsourced documenting of heavy metal from around the world. For more information on the bands listed here, check out The Metal Archives’ Azerbaijan page.
This list is compiled from a variety of sources, including MySpace, YouTube, Spotify, The Metal Archives, Bandcamp, and other social networking sites (i.e. Facebook). Bands are organized alphabetically and supplemented with relevant links.
For metal bands from the other two countries of the South Caucasus, check out my other articles: Georgia and Armenia!
If bands are missing, links are broken, or information is incorrect — please let me know! I will update the article as more information comes. This list is a work in progress.
Enjoy!
3,14…
Gothic/doom metal from Baku. Formed by Maksim Kochetov and Emin Kerimov in 2002. Active until 2016.
Live footage, including interviews with band members:
3,14… also maintains accounts on VKontakte and Facebook (both in Russian).
Fatal Nation
Groove/alternative metal from Baku. Formed in 1999 before taking a hiatus, active again in 2020–2021.
New release:
Music video:
Fatal Nation also maintains a social media presence on VKontakte (in English) and Instagram. They have an associated Facebook account, but it hasn’t been updated since 2010.
Gatteria
Groove metal from Baku. Formed in 2016.
Full album:
Live footage:
Full discography on Bandcamp:
Gatteria also maintains accounts on VKontakte, SoundCloud, and Facebook.
Minimorum
Funeral doom from Sumgait. Formed in 2013 by Adil Hajili.
Full album on Bandcamp:
More:
Minimorum also maintains accounts on VKontakte (in Azeri), SoundCloud, and Facebook.
Pyraweed
Sludge/stoner metal from Baku. Formed in 2015.
Spotify:
Pyraweed maintains an account on Facebook.
Silence Lies Fear
Melodic death metal / metalcore from Baku. Formed in 2008.
Full discography on Bandcamp:
Music videos:
Silence Lies Fear also maintains their discography on Myspace:
They also maintain a Facebook account.
The Nails
Gothic/black metal from Baku. Formed in 2007.
The Nails maintains an account on Myspace, which is the only source I could find for streaming their music:
They also maintain a VKontakte account (in Russian), with some links to download their albums.
Violet Cold
Experimental “AI simulated” black metal project from Baku. Started by Emin Guliyev in 2013.
Full discography on Spotify:
As well as Bandcamp:
Video:
Violet Cold also maintains accounts on Twitter, VKontakte, and Facebook. As well as its own website with relevant links.
Vozmezdiye (Возмездие)
Black metal from Baku. Formed in 2007.
Full album:
Full discography on Bandcamp:
Zommm
Post-black metal / shoegaze from Baku. Formed in 2017.
Full album:
Full discography on Bandcamp:
Zommm also maintains accounts on Facebook, SoundCloud, and VKontakte.
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