Review Fix Exclusive: Kinnefret’s Artak Ozan Talks Goals and Future

Review Fix chats with Kinnefret’s Artak Ozan to discuss the band’s origins and goals for the future. With a cool story and plenty of diversity, they’ve got a unique sound.

Review Fix: How did you guys get together?

Artak Ozan: I moved to the US in 2011 from Turkey and started KInnefret right away. At first, he started jamming with a drummer Ben Gibbs and after a year they started playing shows. I was the singer and guitar player, Ben Gibbs on drums and Jim Pegram on guitars.

After a while, Ben Gibbs left the band and I asked Aran Pakkhoo drummer from Necrosin to join the band. He was a great drummer and brought a whole new sound to the band. One day that we were jamming at Guitar Center studios, we noticed a great vocal sound from next door and went to check out who it was. It was Chelsea Rocha. We then asked her if she wants to join the band as the main singer and her answer was yes. We’ve been playing together until today- we’ve been through few bass players, but no one as our permanent bassist, but still searching for one.

Review Fix: What do you think makes this band special?

Ozan: Being female-fronted and sounding different, we all are from Iran and our singer is from the US and that brought a unique look to our band and live performances.

Review Fix: How would you describe your style?

Ozan: All the band members except the singer are from Iran, we have a unique middle eastern sound and we blend that with European death metal and American thrash metal.

Review Fix: What are your goals for this album?

Ozan: Our goal is to have this album out and make it heard as much as possible and get recognized by record labels, booking agencies and metal fans.

Review Fix: What’s the standout song? Is there a story behind it?

Ozan: It is very hard to say because we really like our album and each song in it, but I think Victim “Eyes” is the one that stands out the most.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Ozan: Recording a new music video, writing new material and playing more shows.

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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