Joubin Mahmoudi (Joobin Mahmoodi) — Music Biography
Joubin Mahmoudi (Joobin Mahmoodi) is a professional drummer, percussionist, composer, and music producer with more than three decades of experience across Heavy Metal, Extreme Metal, Progressive Metal, Gothic Metal, Hard Rock, Progressive Rock, Alternative Rock, Fusion, Pop, Jazz, Latin, EDM, and Persian traditional and folk music.
Joubin began his musical journey at age 12, initially exploring traditional Persian percussion instruments such as the Tonbak and Daf before making the drum kit his principal instrument. By age 13, he was seriously pursuing drumming through intensive practice, rehearsals, live performances, and professional collaborations. These early experiences helped develop the technical versatility, endurance, and rhythmic identity that would characterize his career.
He later became the official drummer of Safeer-e Arsh, a pioneering Progressive Rock band that combined elements of Persian music with Rock and eventually developed toward Alternative Progressive Metal. Joubin Mahmoudi (Joobin Mahmoodi) contributed to the band's evolving rhythmic and musical identity, and Safeer-e Arsh released its debut album in 2007 through Avaye Barbad Record Company.
Throughout his career, Mahmoudi performed and recorded with numerous bands and musical projects, including Ahura, Arta, Daeva Immortals, Tanin, and Gap Band. His professional work exposed him to an exceptionally broad repertoire encompassing Rock, Metal, Latin, Jazz, Pop, Fusion, and Traditional Persian Folk music. He also worked extensively in professional recording environments, contributing drums and percussion to albums, singles, concerts, and studio sessions.
Between 2002 and 2010 alone, Mahmoudi participated in more than 1,760 musical performances and recording engagements. He later completed 14 months of intensive formal drum training under an experienced U.S. Army drummer and percussionist, further developing his technique, timing, precision, musical interpretation, live performance, and studio recording abilities. He subsequently received certification and recognition for his performance and recording capabilities.
In February 2018, Joubin Mahmoudi (Joobin Mahmoodi) received recognition within the professional drumming community when he became an official Drumlite Featured Artist. That same year, he founded AtarWratH®, expanding his creative direction into Heavy Metal, Aggressive Metal, Extreme Metal, Progressive Metal, Gothic Metal, Country Metal, and Hard Rock. The project became an important outlet for his distinctive approach to drumming, composition, arrangement, and production.
Joubin later expanded his musical vision through DevaWratH®and Hallucinations BLUE®, further exploring heavy, progressive, atmospheric, and cinematic approaches to music. He also established the MiJou Project, which focuses on his signature combination of Modern Fusion, EDM, and Rock, demonstrating another dimension of his musical range beyond his Metal-oriented projects.
His continuing catalog through AtarWratH®, DevaWratH®, Hallucinations BLUE®, and MiJou reflects his work as a drummer, percussionist, composer, producer, arranger, and creative director. His releases and compositions include projects such as “The Mask I Wear”, “Coğrafya”, and “LOCRIAN THE INFERNO”.
Across more than three decades as a musician, Joubin Mahmoudi (Joobin Mahmoodi) has accumulated more than 4,950 live performances and professional musical engagements, including concerts, gigs, recording sessions, and collaborative performances. From traditional percussion to modern drum-kit performance, and from Persian traditional music and Fusion to Progressive Rock and multiple forms of Metal, Mahmoudi's career is defined by rhythmic versatility, extensive performance experience, technical development, musical experimentation, composition, production, and a continuing dedication to the art of drumming.
