A.R.A. Elyad aka Iymyr
When my melancholic soul meets the unique darkness of the Nameless King’s Realm of Iymrya...
(par Vivine Lilith)
When my melancholic soul meets the unique darkness of the Nameless King’s Realm of Iymrya...
(par Vivine Lilith)
I had the unique honour
of asking several questions by mail to the creator of Iymrya, a Persian one man band.
A.R.A. Elyad aka Iymyr accepted to answer me with
sincerity, as a real dark mysterious musician. He is actually working on his new "TBA" for 2014.
Vivine
Lilith : Dear A.R.A. Elyad aka Iymyr, it's a great pleasure
to ask you these following questions about Iymrya’s musical projects.
I discovered Iymrya by accident on Youtube for the first time in July
2013. I wholly adored this music with dark and mysterious climate, which can be
as epic as medieval.
Iymrya
was created in 2010, could you explain how this idea was born ?
A.R.A. Elyad aka Iymyr :
After my split with several underground Death/Doom & Black Metal Band as a
vocal & keyboard, it was in the year of 2010 which I decided to begin my
own musical project, because I felt that I could compose a different genre of music
, I wanted to create my own dominion. That was time Iymrya born.
Vivine : In
general, after being seduced by a musical band, I then get an eye on lyrics. I
must admit that I enjoyed the novels that appear on the booklets for example.
Drinking the nectar from your tales, I quickly thought to Mr JRR Tolkien, but
in a much more enigmatic way and with much more darkness. I also thought to an
old storyteller or a poet.
Have
you ever written a book about short tales before being a musician ?
Iymyr :
I wrote many short tales before I start my musical project. Honestly I start
writing when I was so younger. Unfortunately they never turned to a book ; but
I used them as booklets and sometimes tales behind the songs, more with dark
medieval & somber theme.
Vivine : I
was totally surprised and subjugated when Iymrya recently shared an original
and mysterious track, adding some soprano voice.
Could you explain why did you make this choice and offer to your fans a
different atmosphere ?
Iymyr :
Well, soprano voice matches with Iymrya
songs, but I think it is not a style that I use for Iymrya as vocals. I did
soprano only on Caverna Obscura that
was a Dargaard cover of course and
in albums I prefer my music to be instrumental or with the Voice I combine from
narrator and black harsh voice. Sometimes I do some changes on narrator’s
style, as mixing my voice with software as an old wizard voice on outro song The Akkylanion Stone of the "Wanderer At The End of Time" single.
