Malé · Maldives — Guitar virtuoso / Composer

Six strings out of the Indian Ocean

Twenty years of making the guitar carry the melody instead of backing it. Five solo albums, a catalogue of film and television scores, and a studio in Malé where most of it gets made.

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Solo releases
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Screen scores
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Years on stage
03
Bands formed
Shahyd Legacy with his guitar
Latest album
Stasis ’22
Tuning
Drop B · 7-string
Studio Open
Labels, bands & platforms
iFilmsChronyxLegacy StudiosGravitySacred LegacyOrkeyz.incEhkaaf
Film & television

Scores written for the screen

Original music for Maldivian feature films and series — themes, cues and full instrumental scores composed and recorded at Legacy Studios.

Services

Three ways to work together

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Original scoring

Themes, cues and full instrumental scores for feature films and series — written to picture, delivered stem-separated and ready to mix.

Session guitar

Lead and rhythm tracking for other people's records. Send a rough mix and a brief; get takes back with DI files included.

Production & mixing

Full-record production out of Legacy Studios in Malé, from pre-production through mastering.

Career ledger

The record, in order

WorkYearNoteRoleOut
The Sacred Legacy 2006 Debut solo album Written · Played · Produced
Nostalgia 2012 Melodic turn Written · Played · Produced
The Legacy Begins 2013 Sacred Legacy · STF Records Lead guitar
Through the Ashes 2015 Return to metal Written · Played · Produced
Gravity 2016 Band co-founded Lead guitar
Gateways 2017 Album of the year, Asia Written · Played · Produced
Stasis 2022 Fifth solo album Written · Played · Produced
Press

What the critics said

Gateways was named one of the year's best albums out of Asia by Global Metal Apocalypse. Stasis carried the run into Germany.

Germany

Power Metal

Recommended Stasis to fans of guitar heroes like Yngwie Malmsteen and Gus G — “I highly recommend giving it a listen.”

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United Kingdom

Games, Brrraaains & a Head-Banging Life

Described Gateways as a guitar-first instrumental record that moves between up-tempo drive and slower, melody-led writing without losing momentum.

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Germany

Rock Hard

Singled out the Maldives as a genuinely rare origin point for metal, and the playing as instrumental metal with a neoclassical finish.

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Legacy Studios · Malé

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