Ashtar
Ashtar blends Celtic melodies, progressive folk rock and doom metal with beautiful female vocals, violins, whistles and bagpipes. Lyrics are based on esoteric
This is a heavier song with solid distortion guitars, but pervated with beautiful passages of intertwined flutes and 12 strings acoustic guitars
"Oblivious Scars" is a Goth Metal track by Ashtar on SoundClick. The song establishes its own world and invites the listener to settle in. For fans of goth metal, this one is worth the listen. It has peaked at #17 in Metal and #2 in Goth Metal on the SoundClick charts. Explore the full Ashtar catalog on SoundClick and discover more Goth Metal music from independent creators. This song is available as free download.
Acoustic folk song with whistles and fiddles
"Druid Dream" by Ashtar is a Folk Rock production available on SoundClick. The track showcases Ashtar's instinct for crafting memorable music. There is a quiet confidence to this track — the mark of an artist who understands the folk rock sound. It has charted at #16 on the SoundClick Folk Rock chart. Stream "Druid Dream" and explore more from Ashtar on SoundClick. You can download this track free of charge.
Folk song with traditional elements such as whistles and violins, acompanied by rain, thunder, battle samples and a recited scottish poem
"Children Of The Mist" by Ashtar is a Folk Rock production available on SoundClick. Every element serves the song, creating a cohesive listening experience from start to finish. A folk rock track built for repeat listens — it reveals more with each play. It has charted at #15 on the SoundClick Folk Rock chart. Stream "Children Of The Mist" and explore more from Ashtar on SoundClick. This song is available as free download.
Ashtar blends Celtic melodies, progressive folk rock and doom metal with beautiful female vocals.
Lyrics are based on esoteric theories, reincarnations, Irish moods and Scottish glories.
The band was founded in early 1997, born from song, a progressive rock instrumental, which would later become "Nemesis". Months later. Ashtar started as a doom metal style with female vocals, later, evolving to Celtic/Folk mixtures. The passion for Scottish and Irish stories and sentiment in Celtic music was added to both music and lyrics.
After many line-up problems, Ashtar became a progressive, Celtic, folk, metal band. Lyrics are based on esoteric theories, reincarnations, Irish moods and Scottish glories.
In the end of 1999, began the long road of recording the debut album "Urantia". It took more than 2 years, but, despite financial, health and musical problems, such as the eternal quest for guests who played the fiddles and bagpipes, the work was completed by the end of 2002.
Through that period, the band stepped more and more into the progressive and folk roots, adding even more of those elements to the album. Finally, the link with Leornardo Nahoums label, Rock Symphony, brought the release of the album, with an extra credit to Musea Records, that, in a partnership with Rock Symphony, helped spreading the news worldwide.
Now Ashtar is rehearsing set lists with very special touches, to amuse the prog, metal and Celtic and folk fans in future concerts.
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