TYRANT THRONE, WASTED LAND Featured In CNN's Heavy Metal In The Middle East Program; Video Available
March 2, 2008, 16 years ago
As a part of the Inside The Middle East program, CNN’s reporters interviewed the members of Jordanian band TYRANT THRONE and Saudi band WASTED LAND discussing issues ranging from their lyrics and the ideas behind them to the image of death metal music in the Arab world
You can watch the full interview on CNN's website.
CNN reporter Schams Elwazer said the following about the interview on CNN's blog: "about The trio that comprise Tyrant Throne – vocalist and bass guitarist Mohannad (aka Phexataan), guitarist Zaher and drummer Hanna – treated us to a jam session that none of our crew are likely to forget.
The music was fast-paced and violent and the lyrics full of gruesome imagery (symbolic metaphors of the anger and angst that this genre of music expresses). These metalheads in their early 20s made our whole crew feel a little… old, I guess.
Maybe Hala and I don’t particularly 'get' this kind of music… but according to a well-known online metal magazine Jorzine, Tyrant Throne seems to be the best-known Jordanian death metal band and has a small but respectable fan-base spanning a couple of continents.
After the jam session was over and our ears stopped ringing, a knock on the door reminded us that we were, after all, in the Middle East. In this region, even death-metalheads are very serious about hospitality towards guests… we were treated to a very un-metal-like but much-appreciated snack of freshly baked homemade cake with pink (yes, pink) frosting and orange juice."
(Thanks Jorzineonline.com)
