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Akher Zapheer ( meaning Last Exhale) is a grunge Arabic rock band from Amman, Jordan, formed in late 2007. The band was founded by vocalist and guitarist Basem Sayej who has been the only constant member throughout multiple changes. The current line-up since 2020 consists of Basem Sayej alongside Rami Alqasem (bass guitar), Amr Abukhalaf (lead guitar) and Masis Mardirossian (drummer)
In 2011, Akher Zapheer released their hit song and most successful song to the day "Akherto Lahen Hazeen" as a Music video. It was the first single from their album Converse Culture. Starting from October 2012, Akher Zapheer started releasing their album which consisted of 11 songs as a song per day. On January 2, 2013, Akher Zapheer released "Arba’ Seneen" the final song of their album as a video clip.
"Converse Culture" was well received by the audience and helped the band to expand its fanbase and become one of the best bands in the alternative rock scene.
At late 2013, Akher Zapheer released an acoustic music version of their new single "Bein el waraq" which featured only Basem Sayej and Yazan Risheq on acoustic guitars.
The new formation of the band performed four live shows together between Jordan and Egypt before going on a once again for 2 years.
On October 5, 2018, Akher Zapheer performed at Music Park festival for an epic comeback performance. The setlist featured songs from their debut album Converse Culture and their next 2 albums Emm Elmousiqa and Tho’ban. In March 2019, It was announced that Akher Zapheer are participating in Redbull Soundclash in Egypt playing against band Autostrad on April 4 of the same year.
Akher Zapheer showed a huge talent at Redbull Soundclash and their performance was admired by the thousdands who attended the show as they played a couple of their most rocking songs on the Warm-up round. And covered Egyptian veteran Mohamed Mounir's " Ashky Lmeen " turning it into a rock tune on "The Cover" round. Akher Zapheer's performance witnessed their talent in playing different genres other than rock music such as: Jazz, Reggae and Electronic music.
In May 2019, photos of Akher Zapheer in the rehearsal room showed Masis Mardirossian on drums replacing Motaz Almasri who left the band. Masis played his very first live performance with Akher Zapheer on PPTT Red Online Concert. The band's performance featured 3 of their big hits in addition to a new song named "Kaslan".
In June 2019, Akher Zapheer performed in the celebration of Europe Day in Jordan.
In July 2019, Akher Zapheer headlined music festival "Redbull Local Vocals".
In August 2019, Akher Zapheer Played an epic sold out show in Alexandria. The band's performance was 2 hours long and the setlist contained 22 songs.
In October 2019, Akher Zapheer played their very first gig in Lebanon.
Emm Elmousiqa is the band's second studio album that came after 8 years from the release of their debut album Converse Culture. The 2nd album was released as singles and contained 10 songs.
On January 9, Akher Zapheer headlined the Middle East Music Event in Egypt.
On March 5, Akher Zapheer played an epic sold-out show at Elsawy Culture Wheel in Egypt.
Shakshi El da'em's video clip was shot in Beirut and was directed by Basem's sister, Sandra Sayej.
On June 14, Akher Zapheer released Urtuwazi as the second single of Tho3ban. The footage of Urtuwazi's video clip was fully generated by Artificial Intelligence, the first of its kind in the Middle East.
On June 17, Akher Zapheer released their third studio album Tho3ban, containing 7 tracks. http://almadenahnews.com/article/21602-%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%B1-%D8%B2%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%82%D8%A9-%D8%B4%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%B0%D9%84%D9%84%D8%AA-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%83-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9 Al Madenah News: "اخر زفير" .. فرقة شبابية اردنية ذللت موسيقى الروك بالعربية] Al Akhbar (Lebanon): «آخر زفير» لحن حزين تسرّب من هلام عمّان Al Ghad:آخر زفير» و"جدل" والعجرمي ينثرون الغزل على مسارح "صيف عمان"» Al Rai: الفرقة الاردنية (آخر زفير) تشارك في صيف مسرح الجنينة المصري CairoDar: الخميس الفريق الأردني آخر زفير يقدم حفله الأول في القاهرة Akhbarak.net: الفريق الأردنى "آخر زفير" يقدم أولى حفلاته اليوم في مصر "الصورة ع الميل"
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Akher Zapheer songs are all written by Basem Sayej. The band's lyrics are mainly melancholic and enraged.
Akher Zapheer lyrics tackle social issues, political issues, love and depression. Basem Sayej mentioned that all the lyrics are inspired by true events that influenced him to write about. Sayej discussed his writing process mentioning that he always has to be sad in order to write new songs and he has never been able to write new songs while he was happy.
16. ^akher zapheer at music park 2 (2018)
17. ^akher zapheer live at redbull soundclash 2019
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