Cimmerian Path was formed in November 1996. It is a well known band among local listeners.
In the Beirut Rock Festival, the band supported both "House of Usher" and "Dreadful Shadows", two Goth bands from Germany. We have already recorded three Demo's, two at Ram Studios, and the third at Elias Rahbany Studios in Beirut.
The band members are influenced by classical music and orchestral music of large scale production. We are also interested in music composed for soundtracks to films of the dark kind. The art of composing is much more important and satisfying to us than being able to play an instrument like a virtuoso. We believe in that the orchestration of many instruments playing a simple line of music could be much more effective and beautiful than a few instruments playing complicated and hard technical parts.
Three main members of the band were part of a locally well known band called Dogma, who played Doom Metal. A change in the music composed and played was felt necessary for deeper and stronger expression, and hence the birth of Cimmerian Path.
Elias has taken up classical piano for several years, as well as electlic bass and electric guitars. Carlos has also taken up several years of classical piano and percussion. Sako has taken up a couple of years of classical piano and is a well experienced synthesiser player. Hamid is a well experienced guitarist, and Nassim a suitable front-man for such a band, as well as an experienced vocalist and imaginative creator.
The band currently has the following line-up:
Vocals Nassim Tabri Guitars Hamid Khoriaty (Hameed) Bass Elias Abboud Synthesisers Sako Missirian (Sarkis) Percussion Carlos Abboud (Sharbel)
