Ardawahisht Kollective

Ardawahisht Kollective A collective from within the Iranian underground music scene Ardawahisht is the Amesha Spenta of truth and righteousness in Zoroastrianism.

What is told here, is the truth within you, me, all of us; which no one can see, or hear, but deep inside, one can feel that it’s breathing, watching every minute we walk this earth in darkness. The collective was founded in 3756 ZRE, as a home to the musical endeavours of the Iranian musician Harpag Karnik, and all the related projects. Its main goal is to show the unexplored paths of transcenden

ce and find the root of all emotions. In advance, what the collective tries to achieve, is to gather the less-known Iranian projects rooted within black metal, ambient, and experimental territories. As of 2023, the core members of the collective are Harpag Karnik himself, Earthen Shade, Ardwisur and Taurvi.

Wanderers,Behold "Ghosts of the Persian Gulf", Broken Pillars' debut album.The Persian Gulf is a name that is more than ...
01/08/2025

Wanderers,

Behold "Ghosts of the Persian Gulf", Broken Pillars' debut album.

The Persian Gulf is a name that is more than 2000 years old and it does not merely refer to a vast body of water, but also intends to remind the ignorant of a history that they are fighting so hard to erase but it shall not just vanish from the memory of man for it is guarded by the spirits of the brave and the fallen who stood against the belligerent tyrants and their flesh devouring beasts.

Broken Pillars are here to tell the tales of those warriors who defended the sovereignty of souls to their last breaths and the Persian Gulf passionately embraced their ghosts after their falling and immortalised them amongst its azure waves, lest we forget.

5 track album

Wanderers,The past few weeks have been truly difficult for us members of Ardawahisht. Never did we think that after all ...
30/06/2025

Wanderers,

The past few weeks have been truly difficult for us members of Ardawahisht. Never did we think that after all the perils and torments, a war would happen that we, the civilians, had no say in its happening.

During almost two weeks of hell, one of us, Nihil Satan, recorded an album while he was in the Iranian capital, experiencing the bombings and the tidings of war first-hand. Warpunk Propaganda is not merely a musical output; it is a testimony of horror, chaos, oppression, bloodshed and extremist propaganda.

It is not to be enjoyed, nor is it published simply to shock.
It is a depiction of war, as raw as it can be.

It is Warpunk at its most primitive.

6 track album

Wanderers,Behold the rebirth of Forestionist, the optimistic pessimist and the inner shadow of Etheraldine.After almost ...
12/05/2025

Wanderers,
Behold the rebirth of Forestionist, the optimistic pessimist and the inner shadow of Etheraldine.

After almost half a decade since his last endeavour, Forestionist has returned from his wondrous voyages through the parallel universes to tell us a story.

The tale is of a distant world where spring never fades, the trees are evergreen, and the fields of emmer are the eternal golden meads that the breeze of the ever-young sky caresses.
He listened to the songs of that world's shield maiden, the lady of unbeknownst emerald; to the tall sentinels of the purest wood; and to the crow, the key to other realms and the anchor to his broken world..

4 track album

Wanderers,Our founder, Harpag, recently did an interview with the German underground music magazine Mørkeskye regarding ...
29/04/2025

Wanderers,

Our founder, Harpag, recently did an interview with the German underground music magazine Mørkeskye regarding the epic black metal project Broken Pillars and, to some extent, Ardawahisht itself. You can read the digital version through the link, and if you are interested, you can contact the zine's page for a physical copy.

Massive gratitude to Thor for his time and interest in our music.

http://musikreviews.de/interviews/27-04-2025/BROKEN-PILLARS/

🇮🇷 BROKEN PILLARS (Ardawahisht Kollective) - Interview 🤘

Bewusst habe ich das Gespräch mit Harpag Karnik vom Epic-Persian-Metal-Projekt BROKEN PILLARS an den Anfang der 21. Ausgabe gesetzt, denn es kommt äußerst selten vor, dass mein Interviewpartner gezwungen ist, seine Musik und alles, was damit zu tun hat, im Geheimen zu arrangieren.

Unabhängig von den sozialen und politischen Untertönen finde ich nicht nur die EP "Of Pillars And Primordial Myth" (trotz Drum Computer) hörenswert, sondern mir gefällt auch, dass, wenn Harpag Karnik über seine Heimat spricht, er den Iran als sein "Mutterland" bezeichnet - was für ein schönes Wort (ich überlege, ob ich das in meinen Sprachgebrauch übernehme).

Das Interview könnt Ihr ab sofort auch online auf Musikreviews.de lesen, wo Ihr auch meine Rezension der EP findet (Links in den Kommentaren).

Behold "De Maledictione Vitae et Cycli Vitiosi Aeterni Cruciatus" by Désespéré, the dark manifestation of Urnscent!It is...
21/03/2025

Behold "De Maledictione Vitae et Cycli Vitiosi Aeterni Cruciatus" by Désespéré, the dark manifestation of Urnscent!
It is a testament to the vanity of life that we so cherish and its torturous monotony that bears with itself only apathy and the ultimate state of isolation.
Désespéré has always been our haven for expressing the tumults within and all the misery and austerity that befalls us each and every day, and this album is the purest exhibition of those dark corners of our souls.
This is not music you will hear; rather, it is the frequency of our torment.

-IMPORTANT NOTE-
The album is set as "Name Your Price", for we do not wish to monetize our raw emotional expressions. However, ANY INCOME from this release will be GIVEN to people struggling with mental health issues. We hope that with this humblest gesture, as little as it may be, we can ease the suffering of those going through the most infernal times of their lives.

-WARNING-
Proceed with caution. This release is not a result of our musical abilities; rather, it is the fruit of our unfiltered expression through sounds. If you cannot bear the monotony of our torment, please ignore this album altogether.

1 track album

Wanderers,Today is the last Bandcamp Friday of 2024. In honour of ending another rotation around the sun, we decided to ...
06/12/2024

Wanderers,

Today is the last Bandcamp Friday of 2024. In honour of ending another rotation around the sun, we decided to take part in this event and say our final goodbyes to the year that is on its last breathes.

Using the code " arda24finale ", you can get a 20% discount on all releases by Ardawahisht projects, including Erancnoir, Etheraldine, Urnscent, Enscelados and others.

You can find the Bandcamp links to all our projects through the link below.

Thank you very much for your neverending support of our artists and their music.

Ardawahisht Kollective
2024

A collective from within the Iranian underground music scene

Wanderers,The debut EP of Mehrshid 'Eidolon' is now available on all major streaming platforms. You can check it out via...
11/09/2024

Wanderers,

The debut EP of Mehrshid 'Eidolon' is now available on all major streaming platforms. You can check it out via the link below and leave yourself on the caressing waves of our medieval fantasy tales.

Listen to Eidolon by Mehrshid

Wanderers,We are honoured to introduce our latest member and her eponymous project, Mehrshid ( Mahshid Fayaz art ). She ...
30/08/2024

Wanderers,
We are honoured to introduce our latest member and her eponymous project, Mehrshid ( Mahshid Fayaz art ). She is a digital illustrator, fantasy enthusiast and above all, a dreamer. She has always been creating new mythical landscapes around her and through her digital artistry; only to give them a voice in her latest endeavours. This musical project is a collaboration between her and Harpag Karnik, and a journey through the unknown dreamlands.

"Eidolon" is Mehrshid's debut EP. In this two-track collection, the origins of Allaerea, the Twilight Queen of the Sun and Moon, are told through ancient hymns of the ones before.
This will serve as the backbone and the beginning of an original epic fantasy story, which will gradually be revealed during the project's next instalments.

Welcome to the mythic world of Mehrshid and the folkloric ambience of its sounds.

2 track album

Wayfarers!Behold, for Astwihad has risen from the worlds beneath!Hold the second Gatha in awe that it induces, for this ...
23/07/2024

Wayfarers!

Behold, for Astwihad has risen from the worlds beneath!

Hold the second Gatha in awe that it induces, for this is the book that whispers to your soul the ways of summoning the Daevan majesty who heralds the coming of Frashokereti, the apocalypse that is not of light as the ancients believed, but of the darkness imperishable, where the shadows eternally haunt our dreams.

Hear the words of the second Gatha and watch as the Bronze gates to the realm of death ominously open.

The debut album of Astwihad, the Daevan majesty whose presence in Enscelados and Urnscent has been felt by the ears of many, is now available on Bandcamp.

4 track album

Wanderers,ΛBS​Ω​LVTΣ, the latest output and the conceptual re-debut of TΛVRVI, is now available on streaming platforms. ...
14/07/2024

Wanderers,

ΛBS​Ω​LVTΣ, the latest output and the conceptual re-debut of TΛVRVI, is now available on streaming platforms.
We invite you to immerse in the cyberangelic world of the primordial daeva.

Listen to ΛBSΩLVTΣ by TΛVRVI

"Oyez! Oyez! Oyez!Behold the coming of the primæval force of nihil, the dæva of nought and null, TΛVRVI of Dauzaxva! Hea...
02/07/2024

"Oyez! Oyez! Oyez!

Behold the coming of the primæval force of nihil, the dæva of nought and null, TΛVRVI of Dauzaxva! Hear the rumbling of all existence as s/he ariseth from the deepest depths to conquer the garden of Paridæza and satiate the never-ending hunger that devoureth until none is all and all is none."

TΛVRVI's re-debut album ΛBS​Ω​LVTΣ initiates a new chapter in the book of Ardawahisht, taking experimentation to a whole new level by merging the familiar sound of black metal with uncanny approaches towards electronic music, from the velocity of drum and bass and breakcore to the harshness of industrial techno and even the likes of hardstyle.
ΛBS​Ω​LVTΣ is a concept album; one that depicts the birth of a foul entity at the lowest core of existence towards its transcendence to the all-consuming point of singularity.
Proceed at your own risk, for the journey is perilous and the danger obscure.

The illustration depicts TΛVRVI and was done by the amazing artist Mahshid Fayaz art .

4 track album

Wanderers,We have just entered another Bandcamp Friday. Thus, we have decided to run another discount campaign during th...
03/05/2024

Wanderers,
We have just entered another Bandcamp Friday. Thus, we have decided to run another discount campaign during the event.
Using the code " ardamay24 " you can get an additional 20% discount on everything you purchase on our projects' official Bandcamp pages.
Below are the links to the projects participating in this event.
Thank you for your attention and support.

Astwihad (Occult BM): https://astwihadproject.bandcamp.com/
Aneraxt (War Metal): https://aneraxt.bandcamp.com/
Ardwisur (Nautical Ambient BM): http://ardwisur.bandcamp.com/
Désespéré (Black/Funeral Doom): https://desespere.bandcamp.com/
Enscelados (Cosmic BM): https://enscelados.bandcamp.com/
Erancnoir (Ambient BM): https://erancnoir.bandcamp.com/
Etheraldine (Blackgaze): https://etheraldine.bandcamp.com/
Forelunar (Orchestral/Post-BM): https://forelunar.bandcamp.com/
Forestionist (Blackgaze/Post-rock): https://forestionist.bandcamp.com/
Menakeret (Ambient BM): https://menakeret.bandcamp.com/
Neonscepter (BM/Synthwave): https://neonscepter.bandcamp.com/
Urnscent (Funeral Doom): https://urnscent.bandcamp.com/

2 track album

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