LOWEN
Lowen’s second full length album Do Not Go To War With the Demons of Mazandaran was recorded with producer Lewis Johns and Kel Pinchin (Ithaca, Rolo Tomassi, Svalbard) and released on October 4th 2024 through Church Road Records.
Their intimate London release show The Black Heart in Camden with Witchsorrow and Congulus on Friday October 11th quickly sold out and was described as “a spectacular heavy metal show that aligns them with the greats of the genre” by Echoes and Dust.
The album received a perfect 5/5 from Kerrang, 9/10 from Metal Hammer, awarded #2 Prog Album Of The Year and #9 Album Of The Year in Metal Hammer. They also placed at #29 in Kerrang’s Album of The Year list, and made the end of year lists at Knotfest, Invisible Oranges, Bandcamp and many more outlets.
The release gained Lowen feature print coverage in Kerrang, Metal Hammer, Revolver and Aardshock as well as an Orange Amplifiers Spotlight feature. Scream Blast Repeat named guitarist Shem Lucas as the #4 Top Guitarist of 2024.
Lowen completed a 16 date tour of the EU and UK with Zakk Sabbath in March 2025, later playing a headline show in Athens, Greece. This summer they will be performing at The Great Escape, ArcTanGent, Download, Fekete Zaj and more alongside a tour with Unto Others.
Lowen is a London based Middle Eastern progressive band with doom and global music influences comprised of Nina Saeidi on vocals, daf, santoor and more, as well as Shem Lucas on guitars, alongside Cal Constantine on drums and a bassist when playing live.
The band focuses on the displaced identity of vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Nina Saeidi, who was born into exile from Iran in the UK. In Iran playing metal is illegal and women singing unaccompanied risk execution.
The ancient world, its art and languages, form a backdrop for an exploration of the pain and longing of the diasporically dispossessed in her mournful wails and use of traditional tahrir vocals unique to Iran.
In 2024 Lowen toured the UK and Ireland with Green Lung and played several festivals as well as shows alongside Earthtone9 and Gåte.
Their debut album "A Crypt in the Stars" was released in 2018 and in 2021 they released a live and improvised acoustic EP entitled "Unceasing Lamentations", which was sung in Sumerian and Akkadian.
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