User:Afshinen/MelancholicA (Band)

MelancholicA started as a one-man project of Afshin Effati in summer of 2010. Swiftly after recording cover songs, the musical approach tended towards presenting dark and somber moods. The debut independent release was an experimental EP named «The Nature of Winter» on 2010. After that he started using drums in his new works, and his cousin, Farhad Zabolipour joined the project as drummer. After a while, he got acquainted with Corinna Martin through internet, and following a series of communications, she entered as female harsh vocalist on January 2011 … thus was born MelancholicA as a band. On March, Maria Zvyagina (Ex-Keyboardist of 'Wine From Tears’) joined the band. But only after 3 months, she was put aside from MelancholicA for some personal reasons. On October, Safa Serenity was added as female mezzo-soprano singer, but she was put aside after few months of working close together too on December. The band compromised with Russian label "CVLMINIS" to release their first full-length album in 2012. MelancholicA’s roots lie in the realm of collaborating with musicians around the world which have resulted in an Iranian-based online music band.

Band Members
Afshin Effati: Lyrics, Clean Vocals, Cello, Violin, Piano, Keyboards (Orchestration), Acoustic Guitar

Farhad Zabolipour: Drums And Drums programming