Kurban (band)
| Kurban | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Turkey |
| Genres | Heavy metal, thrash metal |
| Years active | 1995–2005 2006–present |
| Labels | Raks Müzik, Ece Müzik, Pasaj, Favela Records |
| Website | kurban.com |
| Members |
Deniz Yılmaz Kerem Tüzün Burak Gürpınar Özgür Kankaynar |
| Past members | Umut Gökçen |
Kurban is a Turkish heavy metal band formed in 1995. The members are Kerem Tüzün, Burak Gürpınar, Deniz Yılmaz and Özgür Kankaynar.
The band opened for Metallica in 1999 at the Ali Sami Yen Stadium, and opened for Megadeth in ROCKISTANBUL 2005.
The band reunited in late December 2006.
In 2010, Kurban released an album titled "Sahip".
Kurban founded in the year 1995, under the name of Outside. Under this name, band played foreign rock songs. In , they changed the band's name to Kurban. Same year, the band contested at Roxy Music Awards and become third. In January , the band released their first album . After opening Metallica in 1999, guitarist went to America to live with his fiance, so the band started to look for a new guitarist. In 2000, they made a soundtrack for a movie named Beans (film), which consisted Haluk Bilginer as an actor. They found In , Kurban released the album . In , Kurban continued with a new album, . Kurban opened Megadeth in . The band broke up in June, 2005. continued with the group Panik. Batterist joined , bassist of the group collaborated with , tand the guitaristarist , continued his career playing with the band So Loud and several other groups in France. The band had an era of acoustic, but they could not get to the end of it due to the break-up.
Kurban members got together again in . They started playing live in several cities, especially İstanbul and İzmir. Due to the military service of vocal Deniz Yılmaz, the band stopped their music acts for 15 months.
Kurban released their fourth album on 23 March 2010, named . This is the first album Kurban have released after the rejoining. Kurban played alongside many important rock bands, Limp Bizkit and Motörhead among them. To contribute to the help foundation for the 2011 Van earthquake, the band played in Maçka Küçükçiftlik Park, alongside Hayko Cepkin, Aslı, Pamela, Duman, Gripin, Malt, Melis Danişmend, Moğollar, Redd, Haluk Levent and group Model. In 2012 they released an single called Usulca. Later in 2014 and 2015 they released singles "Nafile and "İyi Ol" respectively.
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