
The Story So Far... The Soulside Execution of RAVENWOODS began in 1998. At a time when metal scene was dominated by either jolly melodies of European copycat bands or fake teen angst of American nu-metal (so called) rockstars. Fortunately guitar players Cihan ENGIN and Ozan YILDIRIM had something different in their minds. They formed the band to welcome the black hearts and the black hearts embraced them in return with enthusiasm leading RAVENWOODS to book gigs in their hometown quite rapidly.
By the first constant line-up established, the band started composing for the debut release,"In Silent Agony" MCD which was recorded at Zoo Sound Studio in 2001 and released by the same label. The music was melodic raw black metal with ice cold keyboard melodies. Right after the release of the MCD, RAVENWOODS performed at local gigs & festivals and built up a very intense reputation among the Turkish audience.They also got very good reviews from German ROCK HARD Magazine after thei More »