Kurban (band)
Kurban | |
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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".
Career
Kurban founded in the year 1995, under the name of Outside. Under this name, band played foreign rock songs. In 1997, they changed the band's name to Kurban. Same year, the band contested at Roxy Music Awards and become third. In January 1999, the band released their first album Kurban. After opening Metallica in 1999, guitarist Umut Gökçen went to America to live with his fiance, so the band started to look for a new guitarist. They found Özgür Kankaynar. In 2004, Kurban released the album Sert. In 2005, Kurban continued with a new album, İnsanlar. Kurban opened Megadeth in Rockİstanbul 2005. The band broke up in June, 2005. Deniz Yılmaz continued with the group Panik. Batterist Burak Gürpınar joined Athena, bassist of the group Kerem Tüzün collaborated with Demir Demirkan, tand the guitaristarist Özgür Kankaynar, 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 31 December 2006. 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 Sahip. 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 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.
Group Members
Current members
- Deniz Yılmaz - vocal, guitar (1995 - 2005, 2007 - )
- Özgür Kankaynar - guitar, back vocal (1999 - 2005, 2007 - )
- Kerem Tüzün - bassist, back vocal (1995 - 2005, 2007 - )
- Burak Gürpınar - battery (1995 - 2005, 2007 - )
Old Members
- Umut Gökçen - gitar (1995 - 1999)
Discography
Albums
Yıl | Albüm Bilgileri | Liste Pozisyonları | |||||||||||||
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1999 | Kurban
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2004 | Sert
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2005 | İnsanlar
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2010 | Sahip
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"—" notu listeye giremeyen albümler içindir.(Kurban albümlerini içeren herhangi bir müzik listesi bulunamamıştır) |
Kurban (Raks Müzik) (1999)
- Intro
- Gelme (Don't Come)
- Ben Değilim (It's not Me)
- Yalan (Lie)
- İstersin (You Only Want)
- Yalaka (Lackey)
- Sorma (Don't Ask)
- Kurban (The Victim)
- Yemen Türküsü (Yemen Ballad)
- Dur Gitme (Wait Don't Go)
- Son Söz (The Last Word)
- Wonderful Tonight
- Outro
Sert (Hard) (Ece Müzik) (2004)
- Intro
- Sarı Çizmeli Mehmet Ağa (Mehmet Agha with the Yellow Boots or John Doe)
- Namus Belası (Trouble of Purity)
- Ağlama Değmez Hayat (Don't Cry This World isn't Worth It)
- Hayvan (Animal)
- Yalan (Lie)
- Yosma (Coquette)
- Haberin Yok (You Don't Know)
- Lambaya Püf De (Puff the Lamp)
- Zorba (Bully)
İnsanlar (People) (Pasaj) (2005)
- A Bir (A1)
- Suç Bende (It's My Fault)
- Yine (Again)
- Uyut Beni (Put Me to Sleep)
- Cennet (Heaven)
- Zor Güzel (Stiff Beauty)
- A
- Yok (Away)
- İnsanlar (People)
- Sus (Hush)
- Sakın Söyleme (Don't You Dare to Tell)
- Ben (I)
- Ağla (Cry)
- Göç (Migration)
Sahip (Master) (Favela Records) (2010)
- Hakim (Judge)
- İfrit (Ifrit)
- Güneş (Sun)
- Soykıran (Genocider)
- Sahip (Master)
- Yobaz (Bigot)
- Son Emir (The Final Command)
- Das Motiv (The Motif)
- Mesih (Messiah)
- Misafir (Guest)
- Ateş Var Mı? (Do You Have a Lighter? )
References
- 1 2 "SOiL > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
- ↑ Zywietz, Tobias. "Chart Log UK: DJ S – The System of Life". Zobbel. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
External links
- (Turkish) Official Site
- (Turkish) Official Fan Site