Sovak (Turkey) for Progressive Metal
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Topic: Sovak (Turkey) for Progressive Metal
Posted By: ocean_eloy
Subject: Sovak (Turkey) for Progressive Metal
Date Posted: February 23 2025 at 11:40
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Sovak is an Istanbul based productive and progressive trio
made of Emre Kula, Onur Başkurt and Kerem Tüzün. Emre and Onur have been playing music together for fairly 15
years, are founding members of bands such as Kes and Helak, and recently Kerem
joined them who we know from bands like Kurban and Nekropsi. They continue to search and perform music with a leaning
towards heavy music, but without any boundaries. Emre Kula: Guitar Onur Baskurt : Drums Kerem Tuzun: Bass https://sovakmusic.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - https://sovakmusic.bandcamp.com/ https://open.spotify.com/intl-tr/artist/1WtEdXduf1FgtOwElfsWAl?si=x87mSgWcS2i_cYjfiMp0jg" rel="nofollow - https://open.spotify.com/intl-tr/artist/1WtEdXduf1FgtOwElfsWAl?si=x87mSgWcS2i_cYjfiMp0jg https://www.instagram.com/sovakmusic/" rel="nofollow - https://www.instagram.com/sovakmusic/ https://www.youtube.com/@Sovak-bf1wo" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/@Sovak-bf1wo Discography: 1-
Terra (single) released January 28, 2024 2-
OF (single) released January 28, 2024 3-
Sovak (Studio Album) released February 2, 2024 4-
Nebula Ex (Single) released December 20, 2024 Midsom (Single) released April 11, 2025
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Posted By: yam yam
Date Posted: February 23 2025 at 13:25
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This certainly sounds like instrumental progressive metal to my ears, but prog metal isn't a sub genre I know an awful lot about, so that's no guarantee that the band would be accepted here. The Prog Metal team might want slightly more from you in the way of a biography before taking the suggestion forward for evaluation though.  I found that photo of Sovak as a trio on their Instagram. Edit: Awesome Prog link: https://awesomeprog.com/artists/25504" rel="nofollow - https://awesomeprog.com/artists/25504 . The band Helak might be worthy of further consideration too. According to their https://helak.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp , they interpret sludge and post metal elements with an experimental approach. I added Helak to https://awesomeprog.com/artists/25505" rel="nofollow - Awesome Prog anyway.
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Posted By: ocean_eloy
Date Posted: March 04 2025 at 13:07
| Sovak, consisting of Emre Kula on guitar, Onur Başkurt on drums and Kerem Tüzün on bass, released their self-titled debut album in February 2024 after two singles Terra and Of. The album took its place among the rare examples of instrumental prog metal in Turkey. Sovak has a musical approach that freely uses elements of eastern and western music within the tradition of progressive hard music. The band members, who you may recognize from bands such as Kes, Kurban and Helak, enrich their songs with improvisations in concerts. |
Posted By: yam yam
Date Posted: March 04 2025 at 14:59
| ^ Thanks for that. I've now forwarded the suggestion to the Prog Metal team so that an evaluation can be started. |
Posted By: ocean_eloy
Date Posted: March 05 2025 at 05:53
 Thanks. |
Posted By: ocean_eloy
Date Posted: April 12 2025 at 03:46
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