� 2006 Salim Ghazi Saeedi

CREDITS:
All songs Composed/Performed: Salim Ghazi Saeedi

1 told to the bird (who implores) [3:34]
2 horizon (who seeks) [5:18]
3 excuse (who endures) [4:47]
4 autumnal nightmare (who flees) [6:12]
5 route (who dazzles) [3:58]
6 Dance of gods (who intoxicates) [3:42]
7 joker (who wanders) [5:23]
8 splendour of death (who resurrects) [5:37]
9 abrahadabra (who creates) [3:13]

SONG DESCRIPTION:

"Abrahadabra is a reflection of my exaggerated personal feelings. It is the first endeavor to my idea of �pictorial rock� - i.e. the composition of sounds that recite sequence of mental pictures. Actually all of those instrumental tracks have a real-life story behind them. There are very vague allusions to these stories in CD booklet. e.g. �Route� is a story of a death ceremony and reflects the mourning over dead in way that is done in eastern culture. Or �Told to the Bird� is story of me confessing to a bunch of flying birds in a ritualistic way� In one word I was very lovesick, idealist and outraged while composing them."
- Progarchives.com interview with Arashk

REVIEWS:

"an instrumental version of the progressive phase of Rush, when you think, Alex Lifeson would play more solos"
"Als groben Vergleich k�nnte man eine instrumentale Version der progressivsten Phase von Rush bem�hen, wenn man sich vorstellt, Alex Lifeson w�rde mehr Solos spielen."
-Abrahadabra review, Babyblaue, Jochen Rindfrey, Apr 2012 (Read more)

"After careful listening I really wasn't able to find any particular artists that have influenced them more than others, or indeed pinpoint any specific influences at all."
Abrahadabra Album Review, Progressor.net, Olav M Bjornson (Read more)

"the Ultima Thule of instrumental progressive metal"
Abrahadabra Album Review, Gnosis2000, Richard Poulin, Jun 2011 (Read more)

"...Hendrix and Santana have also obviously instructed the phenomenal axe genius that Salim Ghazi Saeedi truly is. Highly recommended for a hefty dose of extremely heavy yet highly melodic metal of a VERY special kind"
Abrahadabra Album Review, Gnosis2000, Richard Poulin, May 2008 (Read more)

"... an impressive debut of instrumental, compositionally strong, electric guitar driven progressive rock music."
Abrahadabra Album Review, Radio show "Psyche Van Folk ", Gerald Van Waes, 2006 (Read more)