Kurban (band)


Kurban were a Turkish heavy metal band formed in 1995. The band's members were Kerem Tüzün, Burak Gürpınar, Deniz Yılmaz and Özgür Kankaynar.
The band opened for Metallica in 1999 at the Ali Sami Yen Stadium, and opened for Megadeth in ROCKISTANBUL 2005.
The band broke up briefly in 2005, but reunited soon after - in late December 2006.
In 2010, Kurban released an album titled "Sahip".

Career

Kurban was founded in the year 1995, then called Outside. Under this name, the band played covers of foreign rock songs. In :tr:1997|1997 they changed their name to Kurban. In the same year the band took part in the Roxy Music Awards competition and became third. In January :tr:1999|1999, the band released their first album :tr:Kurban |Kurban. After opening for Metallica in 1999, guitarist :tr:Umut Gökçen|Umut Gökçen moved to the USA to live with his fiancee, and the band started looking for a new guitar player. In 2000, they made a soundtrack for a movie named Beans, which starred actor Haluk Bilginer. The band included :tr:Özgür Kankaynar|Özgür Kankaynar soon after. In :tr:2004|2004, Kurban released the album :tr:Sert |Sert. In :tr:2005|2005, Kurban continued with a new album, :tr:İnsanlar |İnsanlar. Kurban opened for Megadeth at :tr:Rockİstanbul|Rockİstanbul :tr:2005|2005.
The band broke up in June, 2005. :tr:Deniz Yılmaz|Deniz Yılmaz continued with the group Panik. Batterist :tr:Burak Gürpınar|Burak Gürpınar joined :tr:Athena|Athena, bassist of the group :tr:Kerem Tüzün|Kerem Tüzün collaborated with :tr:Demir Demirkan|Demir Demirkan, tand the guitarist :tr:Özgür Kankaynar|Özgür Kankaynar, continued his career playing with the band So Loud and several other groups in France. The band had an era of acoustic, but they could not get to the end of it due to the break-up.
Kurban members got together again in :tr:31 Aralık|31 December :tr:2006|2006. They started playing live in several cities, especially İstanbul and İzmir. Due to the military service of vocal Deniz Yılmaz, the band stopped their music acts for 15 months.
Kurban released their fourth album on 23 March 2010, named :tr:Sahip |Sahip. This is the first album Kurban have released after the rejoining. Kurban played alongside many important rock bands, Limp Bizkit and Motörhead among them. To contribute to the help foundation for the 2011 Van earthquake, the band played in Maçka Küçükçiftlik Park, alongside Hayko Cepkin, Aslı, Pamela, Duman, Gripin, Malt, Melis Danişmend, Moğollar, Redd, Haluk Levent and group Model. In 2012 they released a single called Usulca. Later in 2014 and 2015 they released singles "Nafile and "İyi Ol" respectively.

Group Members

Old Members

Albums

Kurban
  1. Intro
  2. Gelme '
  3. Ben Değilim '
  4. Yalan '
  5. İstersin '
  6. Yalaka '
  7. Sorma '
  8. Kurban '
  9. Yemen Türküsü '
  10. Dur Gitme '
  11. Son Söz '
  12. Wonderful Tonight
  13. Outro
Sert '
  1. Intro
  2. Sarı Çizmeli Mehmet Ağa '
  3. Namus Belası '
  4. Ağlama Değmez Hayat '
  5. Hayvan '
  6. Yalan '
  7. Yosma '
  8. Haberin Yok '
  9. Lambaya Püf De '
  10. Zorba '
İnsanlar '
  1. A Bir '
  2. Suç Bende '
  3. Yine '
  4. Uyut Beni '
  5. Cennet '
  6. Zor Güzel '
  7. A
  8. Yok '
  9. İnsanlar '
  10. Sus '
  11. Sakın Söyleme '
  12. Ben '
  13. Ağla '
  14. Göç '
Sahip '
  1. Hakim '
  2. İfrit '
  3. Güneş '
  4. Soykıran '
  5. Sahip '
  6. Yobaz '
  7. Son Emir '
  8. Das Motiv '
  9. Mesih '
  10. Misafir '
  11. Ateş Var Mı? '