SIYAHKAL – “Days of Smoke and Ash” LP

A foot stomping, fist waving barrage of serious minded hardcore punk from Toronto. Their first full-length album, long overdue as the band have been perfecting their brand of aggressive hardcore stomp for several years now, and you can tell – this hits the target lethal-hard and dead-center. Key inspiration and influence comes from Persia and Palestine. Lyrics are howled and roared in Farsi. The band take their name from the 1971 Siyahkal incident, when a group of Iranian guerilla fighters attacked a police station and freed two of their comrades.  Expertly self-recorded with, with mastering provided by Arthur Rizk.