Shayan of Trivax

Shayan — Iranian-born, UK-based extreme metal force behind Trivax — pulls into the Krazy Train and this conversation goes places most podcasts would never have the guts to go. Jasmin St. Claire sits down with a man who discovered Metallica through illegal satellite television in a country where playing heavy metal could get you arrested, packed up a B.C. Rich guitar, left Iran, and built one of the most culturally loaded extreme metal projects in the underground today. Trivax isn't just a band — it's a manifesto. Old-school extreme metal fused with Middle Eastern musical elements, lyrics rooted in Iranian heritage, Zoroastrian philosophy, and a direct, unapologetic assault on the Iranian theocracy. Songs like "Operation Ramadan" dig into the horror of the Iran-Iraq War. The album The Great Satan says exactly what it means. And their fourth record — recorded for Osmose Productions — is already on the way. Shayan's Promethean message of personal agency and accountability hits differently when the man delivering it lived the consequences of what happens when a society strips both from its people.

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