Ayas was a heavy metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 band established in 1987. Led by the Yerevan State Komitas Conservatory

Yerevan State Musical Conservatory

Yerevan State Musical Conservatory or Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory, is a conservatory located in Yerevan, Armenia. It was founded in 1921 as a music studio, and re-founded two years later as a higher musical education institution.-History:...

 graduate Artur Mitinian, the band was the first in the history of Armenian heavy-music to play its works using also the scores. The result of their first-year efforts was so impressive that they were mentioned among ten best rock bands from the USSR in the popular GDR magazines Melodie und Rhythmus and Neues Leben in 1988 together with Asparez, another popular band of Armenian rock

Armenian rock

Armenian rock describes a wide variety of forms of rock music made in Armenia or by artists of Armenian descent.Among the most recognized groups of Soviet era were Arthur Meschian's Arakyalner, "1+2", "Kaleidoscope", and "Bliki". Following the loosening of state control in the early 1980s, a number...

. In 1991 they would play a show with Megadeth

Megadeth

Megadeth is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California which was formed in 1983 by guitarist/vocalist Dave Mustaine, bassist Dave Ellefson and guitarist Greg Handevidt, following Mustaine's expulsion from Metallica. The band has since released 13 studio albums, three live albums, two...

, but as the vocalist Artur Areskin became piously Christian they did not make it.
Oriental rock is their input into heavy-metal, which was developed towards successful commercial standards by the System of a Down

System of a Down

System of a Down, also known by the acronym SOAD and often shortened to System, is a rock band from Southern California. The band was formed in 1994. It consists of Serj Tankian , Daron Malakian , Shavo Odadjian and John Dolmayan...

.

In 2007 interview Mitinyan stated that he would most likely reunite Ayas and play a concert.

On April 18, 2008 Ayas officially reunited at the Metal Attack festival. Being a professional composer, Artur Mitinyan, created a score for the band and a symphonic orchestra planning to appear with the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra

Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra

The Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra is the national orchestra of Armenia. It was founded in 1925 as a symphony orchestra of the Yerevan State Conservatory. Now it performs in Khachaturian Hall, Yerevan....

 in summer 2010.

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• Rock in Armenia and Armenians in Rock
• Armenian rock
  Armenian rock
  Armenian rock describes a wide variety of forms of rock music made in Armenia or by artists of Armenian descent.Among the most recognized groups of Soviet era were Arthur Meschian's Arakyalner, "1+2", "Kaleidoscope", and "Bliki". Following the loosening of state control in the early 1980s, a number...