May 19, 2015

Tbilisi Jam! Fest 2015

DivahaR (Armenia) © Onnik James Krikorian 2015

Two weeks ago saw Tbilisi Jam! Fest 2015 held close to Lisi Lake. Featuring metal bands from the U.S., Europe, and Israel, the event also saw another instalment of the Wacken Open Air (W.O.A) Metal Battle Caucasus in which groups from Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia competed to represent the region in the German music festival. Alas, the first of the three day festival was wet and cold.

Tbilisi Jam! Fest 2015 © Onnik James Krikorian 2015

It cleared up the following day which was just as well as my main interest was re-interviewing Azerbaijani Melodic Death Metal Band Silence Lies Fear for BBC Azerbaijan.

Silence Lies Fear © Onnik James Krikorian 2015

The video and interview I shot for BBC Azerbaijan is below.

Azərbaycanı təmsil edən Silence Lies Fear qrupu Gürcüstanda keçirilən rok festivalında işritak edib. Onlarla jurnalist Onnik Krikorian söhbət edib.

There were a few other bands from the South Caucasus which stood out for me during the event. Ducktape, a young Georgian pop punk band were particularly energetic.

Ducktape (Georgia) © Onnik James Krikorian 2015

Another was also from Georgia — the magnificent Third Side Justice.

Third Side Justice (Georgia) © Onnik James Krikorian 2015

And then there was DivahaR, an all-girl metal group from Armenia who are totally badass live…

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