page_title: Bangladeshi heavy metal
section_title: Development of Subgenres: 2000-2010
hierarchical_section_title: Bangladeshi heavy metal / History / 2000s and 2010s (Mainstream) / Development of Subgenres: 2000-2010
caption_attribution_description: English: Artcell
context_page_description: Bangladeshi heavy metal or Bangla heavy metal was originated from the evolution of British and American heavy metal bands of 1980s. Bands like Iron Maiden, Metallica and Megadeth have had the greatest influences on Bangladeshi heavy metal musicians. Other 70s bands to influence are bands like Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and Motörhead. First bands to deploy heavy metal in Bangladesh are bands like Warfaze and Rockstrata. The most prominent era for heavy metal movement was between early 90s to early 2000s. Warfaze, Rockstrata, Aces and In Dhaka are often considered as the "big four founders of heavy metal". Other 2000s metal bands are bands like Artcell, Aurthohin, Cryptic Fate, Powersurge, Mechanix, Metal Maze, Vibe and Stentorian. Alternative bands like Nemesis, Arbovirus and Black also played some alternative metal songs over the years. Warfaze, Artcell and Aurthohin together is the most popular rock/metal trio of Bangladesh.
context_section_description: In 2000s heavy metal started to become mainstream in Bangladeshi music scene. Thrash metal bands like Metallica and Megadeth had directly influenced young musicians of Bangladesh. As a result, the thrashier tone had become more common in Bangladeshi metal bands. The groove metal sound also became common among musicians. Primarily inspiring by English and American thrash and groove metal bands with ground breaking success of Bangladeshi metal bands in the 90s, many underground bands were formed in early 2000s. By the beginning of 2000s, Aurthohin released their debut album, Trimatrik in 2000. After that they constantly released their albums the next years, 2001, 2002 and 2003. They have been one of the most important bands for laying out different genres of heavy metal in Bangladesh. Aurthohin's leader, Sumon used to arrange different types of musical instruments to experiment with genres. He featured growling along with screaming in his songs. Singers such as Imtiaz and Rafa were invited to work for his albums. They backed up Sumon for growling and screaming when Sumon was unable to sing in metal voice. Some of their most notable growls in songs are such as Guti-From Hell, Shaat Din (Seven Days) and Protirup (Replica). Meanwhile, their first lead guitarist, Piklu, developed his guitar skills. He mastered on various fast-scales with different types of picking techniques. He then started to play various genres such as heavy metal, thrash metal, speed metal, groove metal etc. Piklu was one of the most important metal guitarists in history of Bangladeshi metal. Piklu is often considered as the first guitarist to play fast-paced heavy metal riffs. Piklu's fast-paced guitar riffs and solos helped bringing the extreme metal tone in Aurthohin's songs. Several extreme metal guitarists were inspired by Piklu's guitar playing. Aurthohin's song,"Shaat Din" from "Notun Diner Michile" spanned for 28 minutes and 31 seconds. Being the longest track ever recorded by a Bangladeshi rock artist. "Shaat Din" features various music arrangements, eleven guitar solos (all played by Piklu), several bass solos (all done by Sumon) and brutal growling as well as melodic vocals, pianos rhythms and violin solos, being a good example of progressive metal. Sumon's slap bassing also helped to create the funky sound for the band, emerging genres like funk rock and funk metal. Aurthohin due to Sumon's illness stopped their activities after 2003. But when Sumon started to recover from his illness, they continued their works from 2008. Vikings, another award-winning band of the 90s released their debut album, "Jiboner Kolahol" in 2000. They featured heavy riffs in their songs. Their songs also featured massive whammy bar and pedal uses. Although they soon became inactive for over a decade but  returned to scene with their movie soundtrack. Meanwhile, Artcell, another promising band formed in 1999, released their debut album 2002. Being the Bangladesh's most popular progressive metal band. Their main inspiration was Metallica. They used to cover various songs of Metallica at the earliest years. Warfaze also inspired them as a Bangladeshi metal band. They released their second album, "Oniket Prantor" in 2006. They have had the biggest hits for their catchy riffs and vocals. Two of their most famous songs, "Poth Chola" and "Oniket Prantor" both featured catchy acoustic plucking which helped making their music go mainstream even among general non-metalhead music fans. On the other hand, Lincoln, their lead singer's melodic vocal skills attracted many fans to their songs. Artcell has been one of the most technically proficient bands of Bangladesh. Their drummer, Shaju's fast and technical drum solos set a new example in Bangladesh. Shaju is often considered as the greatest and most technical drummer of Bangladesh. Some of his notable drumming are - "Oniker Prantor", "Dukhkhyo Bilash", "Poth Chola" etc. On the other hand, Ershad's technical guitar solos made their songs even more complex. Artcell's songs, combined with soft melody and complexity, helped making pr
caption: Artcell, a progressive metal band formed in 1999. They released their debut album, "Onno Shomoy" in 2002 and "Oniket Prantor" in 2006. Both of their albums were big hits for their melodic vocals and acoustic riffs along with musical complexity.
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