2014 Progressive Metal from Iran – Whispers in Crimson – Suicide in B Minor!
This morning I was reviewing the new progressive rock albums that have been released in June. Among the releases was Suicide in B Minor by Whispers in Crimson which was released on June 24th. What made the album particularly interesting to me was, the band hails from Tehran in Iran. I knew that progressive metal had a strong following in the Middle East, but I also thought that it was difficult to produce metal music in Iran, which is actually pretty much the case according to the founder of Whispers in Crimson Amirali Nourbakhsh, who in the band’s biography at their bandcamp site says:
