Arashk was formed in 2001[2] by vocalist/guitarist Pouyan Khajavi and drummer Shahram Khosraviani in Tehran, Iran.

Salim Ghazi Saeedi played secondary guitars on YELL, and recorded and mixed the album.

[12][13] Arashk albums also incorporate Arabian and Iranian music influences blended with rock format.

[14][15] Gnosis2000 webzine called Arashk's debut album, Abrahadabra, "the Ultima Thule of instrumental progressive metal".

Their fourth release, YELL is a hard rock album with Persian vocals with poems from Ferdowsi, Masud Sa'd Salman, Mehdi Akhavan-Sales, Saadi.