Back in 1999 , the acquaintance and relationship between Mohammad Parvizi and Soheil Zarrin Kelk was the beginning of Explode's birth. Soheil and Mohammad found that they shared a mutual musical taste and were influenced by the same sources. Both of them loved Heavy/Thrash Metal music and playing in a metal band was their only dream. The addition of Farhad Qarakhani and later Hesam Afshar as a bass player made them a trio without a drummer. Summer of 2003 Reza Tasooji joined the band and the long wait came to an end! He was a talented Drummer and always on his toes for the ride! The band spent the entire 2003 on writing new material for their long-awaited demo-tape. And after completing it with 6 songs, they began the recording. The result "Temptation", was their first album which was released on 2005. "Temptation" is characterized by its 80's style Thrash Metal with mostly Persian lyrics. The album received many positive reviews from known websites and weblogs. After recording and releasing "Temptation", the band returned to writing new songs and jamming sessions more seriously. After a year of jamming sessions and writings the band finally was ready to record the second album. Recording sessions started November 2007. During the Recording sessions Hesam Afshar left the band and after auditioning some new bass players the band started to work with Arjang Gharib as a new bass player (July 2008). The new album is more in progressive/thrash metal music vein and the lyrics are in English. The band tried to use the best equipment available in Iran to record a good quality record and the result of that effort in an album with 5 tracks (45 minutes).
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