Published 19:49 IST, October 7th 2020
Bizarre! Azerbaijan releases heavy metal song video amid violent clashes with Armenia
Amid the rising tensions in Nagorno-Karabakh region, Azerbaijan army released a ‘bizarre’ death metal music video in a bid to tout its military prowess.
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Amid rising tensions in Nagor-Karabakh region, Azerbaijan army recently released a ‘bizarre’ death metal music video in a bid to tout might of its weapon and military prowess. video, which has w taken internet by storm, is title ‘Atəs’, meaning ‘Fire'. clip features musicians armed with guitars standing in front of armoured tanks while being dressed in military combats.
song was performed in an open field, with enemies in sight, next to a fleet of missiles launchers and tanks. According to Newshub, it is performed by local musician Ceyhun Zeynalov and Narmin Karimbayova, backed by Nur Group. While sharing clip on YouTube, Azeri State Border Service wrote, “ video archive of Ministry of Defense of Republic of Azerbaijan and State Border Service was used in preparation of clip”.
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As clip is doing rounds on internet, several users, while sharing clip, called it ‘bizarre’. Some internet users criticised Azerbaijan government for song, while jokingly wrote, “Azerbaijan gets this masterpiece and we get s saying it’s okay for soldiers to cry... wonder our recruitment is down. Get Capita to give us some based music video asap”. “Really odd but it works and w I think more militaries should release music videos. Total propaganda of course,” ded third.
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Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict
new fight between Azerbaijan and Armenia, which erupted on September 27, is considered to be heaviest in deces. Hundreds of people have been killed in past week, including over 40 civilians. fight between two countries has raised international concern about stability in South Caucasus, where pipelines carry Azeri oil and gas to world markets.
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With fears of clashes expanding into an all-out, multi-front war, re is a possibility that fighting could also stuck in regional powers Turkey and Russia. While Ankara is Azerbaijan’s strongest supporter, Moscow, on or hand, has a military base in Armenia. Earlier, Armenia even accused Turkey of supplying fighters to conflict, drawing m out of rrn-Syria.
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19:50 IST, October 7th 2020