Hi There

I seen JD's topid for Arabic bands, and I came up with the Idea to introduce some persian metal acts! so here It goes and if I missed any bands, feel free to post them...also I can provide download links to their stuff so if anyone is interested, just PM me:

Mordab Death Metal - Formed In 2001 - Independent - Pioneers of Persian death metal, two first albums are avaible for download on their official website and the third is going to be sold probably online - Recommended For Fans of Nile
Official Website: www.mordab.org

Postmortem Death/Doom Metal - Formed In 2004 - Independent - Recommended For Fans Of Absentation
Official Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/postmortemirnband

Ekove Efrits Depressive Black Metal - Formed In 2001 - Salt & Ashes Prod.- one of the rising acts of Persian Black Metal...very decent musically and lyrically...released Hypermnesia 2010 which is featured on MS as well...their best effort so far was Unholy Graves[Demo] 2005 - Recommended For Fans Of Emperor
Official Webstie: http://www.ekoveefrits.com/

Aras Black Metal - Formed In 2001 - Ragnarok Records - One man project by Lord Aras who is one of the first Black Metal acts of Iran...released several albums online but released Hemaseye Andooh EP 2008 via Ragnarok records as a physical release... recommended for fans of Burzum
Official Myspace:http://www.myspace.com/arasband

Ahoora Progressive Metal - Formed In 2001 - ZirZamin Records - A very active band, Their members are trying to get out of Iran asap so their future is still in doubt but they released another full-length called Awkward Diary March 2nd which is one of their greatest efforts ever - Recommended For Fans Of Tool
Official Website : http://www.ahoora-band.com/

Silent Path Depressive Black Metal - Formed In 2008 - Evil Distribution - Side Project Of Count De Efrit, The One Man behind Ekove Efrits....released Mourner Portraits in 2009 which received good attention so the project continues - Recommended For Fans Of Nargaroth

Abathur Black Metal - Formed In 2001 - Disbanded In 2003 - Darkdamn Music Productions - started as a black metal with persian mythology lyrical theme project with one single and one split album...then in the last single, the style changed to thrash metal....Recommended For Fans Of Sodom
Official Website:www.abathur.cjb.net

Angband Power Metal - Formed In 2004 - Pure Steel Records - this band didn't catch me really but it's good for power metal fans in iran to have a power metal band anyways!!! - recommended for fans of DragonForce
Official Website:http://www.angbandmetal.com/

Emerna Ambient Black Metal - Formed In 2006 - Thorn Laceration Records - one of the most anticipated acts of persian black metal, emerna released 9 Albums [5 full-length, 2 Split, and 2 singles] online and his latest album Silent Like Lie [Very Catchy Album] has been released via Tape on Thorn Laceration Records - Recommended For Fans Of Summoning
Official Website:http://deeepest.com/

Farshid Arabi Heavy Metal - Formed In 2003 - Avay Barbod Records - the first Persian metal band to release their album inside Iran legally! their lyrical theme is religious and their music quality is decent
Official Website: http://www.farshidarabi.com/index2.htm

Farzad Golpayegani Progressive Metal - Formed In 2001 - Independent - the first Instrumental and the first Persian band to use traditional instruments such as Daf and Tonbak on their music...they released four albums [one,two,three,four] all online and for download on their official website - Recommended For Fans Of Manowar
Official Website: http://www.farzadonline.com/

Freezing Moon Pure Black Metal - Formed In 2007 - Pure Black Heart Productions - one of the new born metal bands in Persian Black Metal scene, the band offers black metal like you never seen before from a Persian band! they released two demos [2007,2010] and is not really known or active among metalheads inside Iran - Recommended For Fans Of Mayhem
Official Website:http://thetruefreezingmoon.cjb.net/

Halla Pure Black Metal - Formed In 2007 - N.T.R. Records - mostly known for it's split acts with foreign acts, halla is anti-religon, especially anti-islam. - Recommended For Fans Of Horna

Kahtmayan Thrash Metal - Formed In 2003 - Ava Khorshid Records - the first Persian Band to perform a full concert with vocals inside Iran! they changed their style from Progressive to more Thrash Metal Lately
Official Website:http://www.kahtmayan.com/

Nazhand Ambient Black Metal - Formed In 2004 - Salute Records - my personal favorite among Persian bands! the band got lots of releases online and the music is unimaginably great! - Recommended For Fans Of Nocturnal Depression
Official Website: http://nazhand.blogfa.com/

Sorg Innkallelese Black Metal - Formed In 2004 - Disbanded In 2008 - Hexenreich Records - one of the greatest black metal acts of iran, unfortunately they disbanded but 10 releases is what's left from 4 years of art! - Recommended For Fans Of Burzum

Sår - Depressive Suicidal Black Metal - Formed In 2008 - Omega Productions - Recommended For Fans Of Sortsind
Official Website:http://www.sar-band.com/

Zakhm - Depressive Black Metal - Formed In 2009 - Thorn Laceration Records - I haven't checked them out yet but I heard they have good stuff
Official Website: http://www.zakhm-band.com/

Qutin - Technical Death Metal - Formed In 2009 - Independent - the band of one of my friends, they recorded on demo song yet but it's really good so you might need to check them out - Recommended For Fans Of Death
Official Website:www.qutin-band.com

Arsames - Death Metal - Formed In 2006 - Independent - one of the decent metal bands in world class if you ask me...-Recommended For Fans Of Obscura
Official Website:www.arsames.net/

Nazazel - Black Metal - Formed In 2006 - Independent - Same as Acts like Aras And Emerna - Recommended For Fans Of Summoning
Official Website:http://www.nazazel.org

1000 Funerals - Black/Funeral Doom Metal - Formed In 2005 - Disbanded In 2007 - Independent - The Side Project Of Emerna which lead the world to recognize and discover persian metal scene -Recommended For Fans Of It Will Come
Official Myspace:www.myspace.com/1000funerals

5grs - Progressive Metal - Formed In 2008 - Independent - The first Persian Metal Band with Female Vocals
Official Website: www.5grsband.com

Mantis - Metalcore - Formed In 2009 - Independent - This band only released on song called Grudge, which is technically good but vocally annoying - Recommended For Fans Of The Dillinger Escape Plan

Avinar - Depressive Black Metal - Formed In 1999 - Disbanded In 2003 - The first project of Emerna which is the first metal band inside Iran to be born - Recommended For Fans Of Leviathan
Official Myspace: www.myspace.com/avinarband

SDS - Death Metal - Formed In 2002 - Independent - I only heard from the once in global metal - Recommended For Fans Of Slayer

that's all I could remember from Persian bands, If anyone knows another band or information, plz post it here