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I don't know much here, I'll have to do some listening. 
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Not in the database but may be of interest is Ibrahim Maalouf from Lebanon who plays Jazz Fusion, Arabic Jazz, Chamber Jazz, Jazz-Rock. I have his Illusions album which is very good.
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Damn, not many from the 70s :(
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Having only been familiar with one band from the Middle East (Osiris, from Bahrain), I became curious about how many other bands from this region are listed on PA, so I went through and found a bunch of them and compiled them into the following list (may have missed some).  Included the name, country, sub-genre, year formed, average rating, number of albums, and a note on how many ratings each band has.

Please Note:

  • I did not include Turkey or Israel, both of which have plenty of bands (I may post separate lists for each country).
  • Included a couple of Mediterranean countries that don't have a lot of bands (Malta, Tunisia, and Morocco)
  • Included all the countries that end in -stan, but not some Black Sea area countries like Georgia and Armenia--also may post separate lists for those areas.
  • If I didn't see clear info on the year the band was formed, I just used the year of their first album.
I was pleasantly surprised to find so many from places you might not think of!  It's clear, though, that the majority of bands from these regions are younger (2000's, mainly) and tend to be heavy/metal oriented.

Please comment on any I may have missed, or on anything you may like/dislike about bands you may have heard.

Band Name Country Category Year formed Avg. Rating Note
6LA8 Pakistan Progressive Electronica 2010 3.73 23 albums, 6 unrated
Across The Waves Iran Post Rock/Math Rock 2010 4 1 album, 3 ratings
Agah Bahari Iran Progressive Metal 2003 3.08 2 albums, 1 unrated
Ahoora Iran Crossover Prog 2002 3.04 3 albums
Al Basim Iraq Eclectic Prog 1970 3.95 1 70's album rated, 2007 album unrated
Amadeus Awad's Eon Lebanon Progressive Metal 2014 4 1 album, 4 ratings
Anuryzm United Arab Emirates Progressive Metal 2003 3.76 2 albums, single digit ratings
Arashk Iran Progressive Metal 2006 3.48 4 albums, single-digit ratings on each
Athelstone Malta Eclectic Prog 2010 2.98 Only one album, 20 ratings
Bader Nana Kuwait Neo-Prog 2009 3.66 5 albums and a lot of singles
Colourblind Malta Progressive Metal 1998 3.87 1 album, 4 ratings
Different Strings Malta Neo-Prog 2000 3.27 4 albums, single-digit ratings on each
Entity Pardigm Pakistan Crossover Prog 2002 2.91 1 album, 4 ratings
Expiration of a Young Man Egypt Post Rock/Math Rock 2017 0 1 album in 2019, no ratings
Faraz Anwar Pakistan Progressive Metal 1995 4 3 albums, but only one rating
Farzad Golpayegani Iran Progressive Metal 2002 3.32 8 albums, few ratings
Flight 09 Uzbekistan Prog Related 1986 2.82 7 albums, few ratings
From.UZ Uzbekistan Eclectic Prog 2007 3.85 5 albums, plenty of ratings
Gunesh Ensemble Turkmenistan Jazz-Rock/Fusion 1970 4.12 3 albums
Kawn Morocco Progressive Metal 2019 2.18 1 album, 3 ratings
Lost Insen Tunisia Progressive Metal 2005 0 1 unrated album
Mizraab Pakistan Progressive Metal 2000 4.25 2 albums, 8 ratings
Myrath Tunisia Progressive Metal 2001 3.72 5 albums
Nu.Clear.Dawn Syria Progressive Metal 1997 3.53 1 album, 5 ratings
Osiris Bahrain Neo-Prog 1980 3.71 5 albums, fair amt of ratings
Ostura Lebanon Progressive Metal 2009 3.81 2 albums, 47 ratings
Overload Pakistan Neo-Prog 2004 3.01 2 albums, 7 ratings
Rabih Abou-Khalil Lebanon Prog Folk 1982 4.03 21 albums with single digit ratings, 2 unrated
Riverwood Egypt Progressive Metal 2018 4.3 2 albums, 10 ratings
Salim Ghazi Saeedi Iran Crossover Prog 2010 3.22 4 albums, single-digit ratings on each
Simplexity Egypt Crossover Prog 2007 3.13 1 album, 4 ratings
The Ursula Minor Tunisia Psychedelic/Space Rock 2007 3.95 1 album, 3 ratings
Vielikan Tunisia Tech/Extreme Prog Metal 2007 4 2 albums, only one rated
Vladimir Badirov Uzbekistan Eclectic Prog 2004 3 One album with 5 ratings
Wasaya Syria Progressive Metal 2014 5 1 album, 3 ratings
X Religion Uzbekistan Symphonic Prog 2002 3.6 2 albums, 32 ratings



Edited by zwordser - May 19 2022 at 08:54
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