Viza

Group originally from Los Angeles and formed in 2000, the members are nevertheless from Europe and the East. This geographical eclecticism is strongly felt in their musical influences, namely a mixture of Mediterranean rhythms with Arabic, Armenian, Greek and riffs rock sounds. Over the first 2 EPs and the 2 albums that followed, it is clear that we feel an evolution towards what they achieved during the last one. The rhythms accelerate, the guitars saturate and the voices multiply and break more to turn to a Metal in line with the latest System Of A Down . The group was named Visa until 2010 and then, suddenly changed its name in 2010 to rename itself in Viza. K'noup - Song, Guitar Hiram Rosario - Battery Jivan Gasparyan Jr. - Duduk (Armenian flute) Orbel Babayan - Guitar, Vocals Shant Bismejian - Guitar Andrew Kzirian - Oud (luth) Alex Khatcherian - Bass Chris Daniel - Percussions (Djembé) Suguru Onaka - Keyboard