Rock music is alive and well in the UAE

Empty Yard Experiment (EYE)

Who are they?

The brooding Dubai group are one of the most intriguing local outfits, what with their prog-rock sound and sensory live shows. Formed in 2006, EYE immediately made an impression by matching their dense, rather complicated song structures with captivating visual backdrops, created by the group’s former drummer Sami Al Turki and the artist Altamash Urooj.

The band settled on their present line-up – featuring a new frontman, Bojan Preradovic, in 2010 – and released their self-titled EP the following year.

The acclaimed offering got them support slots for the metal titans Metallica and the Goth rockers Evanescence on their UAE visits. With the debut full-length album Kallisti out, Preradovic says spirits are high within the group. “It is a really good feeling and there is a very good sense of brotherhood,” he says. “It took a lot of effort, chaos and suffering to get this album out and through that whole process, we came out as a much stronger band.”

The album: Kallisti

The boys deserve to feel proud of themselves – Kallisti is one of the best releases from the region. The epic album is best listened to intently in one sitting; the songs are intricately threaded together through moody instrumentals. The dynamic Greenflash swings effortlessly from sombre laments to aggression, while Entropy charges out of the gate with its heavy riffs to be met with a crushing chorus where Preradovic’s wailing recalls Alice In Chains’ late Layne Staley.

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Rock music is alive and well in the UAE