Published: November 2014

So it happened that while reviewing a second promotional package from Canadian label “Hypnotic Dirge Records”, I found two absolute non-Metal releases. In this case, probably the weakest album from this label’s camp. I may seem cynical, but in the case of Ekove Efrits, the main factor is the project’s country of origin - Iran. Even in this much globalised world, a heavy music project from the Near East is st...

Published: July 12, 2014

From Iran comes to us this very interesting band. Define it becomes quite complicated because they move so many different records that I have not clear. Only have a common line, the nostalgia. From this root whispered voices combined with clean vocals with ragged vocals with electronic sequences (enough), female vocals occasionally a violin, and all this with great taste and quite successful. Rea...

Published: July 10, 2014

The progress of the recording moniker Ekove Efrits continues with "determined disregard" and now no one is amazed to see that much in the evanescent expansion undertaken by Count De Efrit firmly in his music. The project continues his exploration of the darkest and most hidden intricacies of the soul, and the negativity of the "vacuous sense" of life, that path has distanced itself from the prima...

From: Deaf Sparrow Webzine
Published: July 5, 2014
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Hypnotic Dirge Records from Canada likes to sign artists from all over the globe including Russia, France, Italy, Ukraine, and Germany.  Ekove Efrits is an Iranian band helmed by the Count De Efrit, the ominous mastermind who has experimented with depressive black metal, Gothic metal, and trip hop, creating an eclectic selection of work. With his latest effort, Nowhere, Ekove Efrits focuses more on the Gothic, and has combined effo...

Published: June 1, 2014

Fourth album from this Iranian one-man-band I have reviewed a couple of times before, but unfortunately an album that starts to dissociate Ekove Efrits from the Black Metal scene and attempts to introduce it in the Alternative Ambient Electro (at times even Trip-Hop) world where I'm sure it will have no chance at all, zero! The melodies are beautiful again, Count de Efrit knows his way around the synths, keys and piano, but his clean vocal...

Published: March 24 2014

Count De Efrit is an artist with a clear vision: the Iranian musician in the past had already sent clear signals about its willingness to diversify the project proposal Ekove Efrits with "Conceptual Horizon" and maintain a more rough and tied to the history of depression in the Silent Path of the debut "Mourner Portraits" . Then waiting for the release of the new album, the first of the two sid...

Published: March 16, 2014

Ekove Efrits is comprised singularly of the Iranian Count De Efrit, who formed the project in 2001. After four demos and a split, De Efrit found himself picked up by Belarus label Possession Productions who released his debut full-length effort Suicidal Rebirth in 2008. His following album, Hypermnesia, would find an independent release in 2010 before he landed a deal with Hypnotic Dirge Records to release 2011's endeavor, Conc...

Published: February 21, 2014

Imagine for a moment a woman of infinite class that walks you to the top of his oversized heels, impeccable maintenance. It arrives at your height and loose a loud burp. The woman remains beautiful, but it still loses a bit of glamor. Another similar situation: you are in the restaurant and you ordered a " medallion partridge in sauce juice frozen truffle ", it throws. The server brings you,...

Published: February 27, 2014

The Ekove Efrits are a project atmospheric / post-rock led by multi-instrumentalist N. Saman coming from Tehran, Iran, returning to the market in December 2013 with their fourth album, "Nowhere."

A disc that continues the evolution and maturation of the songwriting of this composer through fifty minutes dark music, enveloping, mysterious and atmospheric, steeped in the tradition of bla...

Published: February 2014

The Iranian Count de Efrit himself says that he sees its origins in Black / Gothic Metal, which is increasingly open to influences from post-rock, doom, experimental and ambient music over the years. These are already clearly heard on the debut album 'Suicidal Rebirth', will be on the following works 'Hypermnesia' and 'The Conceptual Horizon' reinforced, and 'Nowhere' is a logical conti...

Published: February 21, 2014

Nowhere is the 4th full length album of the Iranian one man atmospheric band Ekove Efritz, a project of solo musician Saman N.  While I am not conversant with any of his works, I am quickly getting acquainted with his grand talent of musical creations.  I now stand curious as I am reluctant into diverging my ears into his earlier works with the his music after listening to this cinematic piece of artful music.  Ekove E...

Published: February 18, 2014

Ben found dear Count De Efrit , talented Iranian musician , who has always offered an intimate form of music , so if you allow me , I would abandon definitively the nickname of black metal. With this new ' Nowhere ' , your fourth full length album , pursue your work of searching for a unique sound and dreamlike , which goes along the lines of the previous ' Conceptual Horizon ' , b...

Published: March 2014

"Nowhere" is the new full-length of this strange one-man-band from Teheran, Iran. This album offers ten songs packed into 52 minutes that are hard to compare with any other bands. An interesting combination of quiet melodies with strong drums and bass guitar over which are entwined depressive male vocals and angelic female vocals which were sung by Megan Tassaker (Avrigus, Lycanthia). On the album you can hear a lot ...

Published: February 3, 2014

Ekove Efrits hails from Tehran, Iran, and is the primary band of Count De Efrit, who is also the sole member of Silent Path. The difference between the two is that Silent Path is more depressive and droning, where Ekove Efrits is far more experimental. I’m tempted to call the band’s style Post-Black Metal, but I don’t know if that would fit, either. This is some weird shit. You can tell the influence of bands like Burzum a...

Published: February 3, 2013

Today, the review will look back on one very pleasant surprise with which you at the very end of the article recommend that you immediately went to get it, because it's just worth it ... but I probably should not say this early, huh?

Let's start again and slowly but fairly simple question. How much do you know metal bands from Iran? I have no doubt that among you will find connoisseurs who tell m...

Published: February 1, 2014

So here we have the third full-length by the Iranian one-man band Ekove Efrits called Nowhere. Predecessor Conceptual Horizon took me completely by surprise with its utterly original mash-up of ambient, doom, black metal trip-hop and more and left me almost without words to describe it. So what to expect from Nowhere? Once again a lot of styles are employed, ambient, almost gothic female vocals, minimalist piano, flurries of ...

Published: January 30, 2014

Ekove Efrits is a one-man project that is unique in its own way. Not only that, Saman N. - Or also known as Count of Efrits - comes from Iran, where metal is not exactly welcome. He also creates his own really sounding music universe in the post-Black Metal. While you might think when listening repeatedly to Ulver, but only because they give also do not bother to adhere to genre conventio...

Published: January 24, 2014

I've always been a fan of the work of the Iranian Count The Efrit. The previous installments of this man were invariably a thick eight offered. In his latest work he seeks re-bounds and he combines with atmospheric black metal and doom metal loungy chillbient. This time gets goth singer Megan Tassaker assigned a major role, they often fill with her angelic vocals.

The contribution of Megan is positive...

Published: January 23, 2014

Saman N and his atmospheric experimental black metal project Ekove Efrits is back with his newest masterpiece, the fourth full-length album “Nowhere“. This Iranian one man band from Tehran was formed back in 2001 and its first works were rooted in depressive black metal. The band has experimented a lot since its creation, something obvious in their debut album “Suicidal Rebirth” from 2008. The electronic / classica...

Published: January 23, 2014

Ekove Efrits along with Silent Path are projects conceived by Iranian ‘Count De Efrit,’ or Saman N. I am not entirely sure if he operates from within Iran and if he does I am sure a certain amount of ambiguity is necessary especially as the strangely entitled Ekove Efrits essentially started out as a black metal project. Whilst some trappings of this style are at times incorporated on fourth full length Nowhere, musically thi...

Published: December 29, 2013

Ekove Efrits is the project of Saman N, which makes here under the pseudonym Count of Efrits music since 2001. What makes this one-man-project is that it is in Iran, specifically in Tehran, is home. In four self-published demos and a split could look back to with "Suicidal Rebirth" 2008, the first and "Hypermnesia" 2010, the second long player saw the light of day, in between it still was a compil...

Published: December 23, 2013 

Published: December 17, 2013

As always, HDR releases an album from a band that defies simple explanation. Ekove Efrits, a band I’ve been a fan of since they were first presented by HDR a few years ago, has dropped another atmospheric bomb on the world. It isn’t very different from what has been done by Ekove Efrits in the past, but it brings even more post black metal and doom elements into the mix, as well as some nice EBM and trip-hop. Amazing f...