MORTAD Release Video For 'The Voice'
April 20, 2012, 12 years ago
London, England based metallers MORTAD, featuring Iranian female singer Somi Arian, have released their latest music video. The single, 'The Voice' is a song from the Myth Of Purity album, honouring the memory of Neda Agha Soltan, a young Iranian woman who was killed during the pro-democracy up risings in Iran in on 20th of June 2009.
Mortad will be releasing a follow-up video explaining the song, the making of the video, Neda's life and the Iranian freedom movements, on June 20th.
Mortad's frontwoman Somi Arian said, "Lyrically, 'The Voice' is the most important song in The Myth of Purity album, also the only song that contains some Persian lyrics. I felt that I had something to say, I want to be The Voice of the voiceless and to honour the memory of thousands of men and women who lost their lives in a battle to revive the basic human rights for others".
Watch the new video below:
Mortad are currently on a tour of the UK. The band will also open for HATEBREED at Germany's Vainstream Festival's opening day, on June 8th.
Dates include:
May
11 - Abertillery, UK - The Arena12 - Bristol, UK - The Croft
13 - Reading, UK - Face Bar
19 - Bradford, UK - Rios
20 - Birmingham, UK - Asylum 2
June
8 - Vainstream, Germany - (with Hatebreed)16 - Glasgow, Scotland - Venue TBC
17 - Aberdeen, Scotland - Venue TBC
23 - Liverpool, UK - Venue TBC
24 - Manchester, UK - Venue TBC
30 - London, UK - Borderline
July
7 - Norwich, UK - WaterfrontMortad recently released their new album, The Myth Of Purity, via Metal Hammer Magazine.
On the album giveaway, Somi Arian commented: "As a band, we are incredibly grateful to Metal Hammer for introducing Mortad's debut album to their readers and the British metal fans. As an Irainan female vocalist, I'm absolutely stoked to be the first one of my kind to find my home in the UK metal scene."
A lyric video for the album track, 'All That's Born Must Be Destroyed', can be seen below:
