hughie charles was the heavy metal band that wrote the song we'll meet again.
hughie charles was the heavy metal band that wrote the song we'll meet again.
what heavy metal band wrote the song we'll meet again?
hughie charles
at the end of 2010s many alternative rock bands were formed. however, they, too, played some heavy metal songs. bands such as nemesis an black and arbovirus have been the most notable ones. arbovirus, despite having very few elements of metal in their songs, gained much popularity for their alternative and nu-metal musical styles. they are seen as a metal band by general music fans of bangladesh. while, nemesis often featured heavy solos and riffs which helped emerging the alternative metal in bangladesh. bands like funeral anthem, minerva and ionic bond also helped making new extreme metal albums. but not all of them became successful. combining the spirits of melodic structures with speed metal, funeral anthem became one of the pioneering power metal band of bangladesh. in 2013, minerva released their debut album, ""biday shongbidhan"" "(farewell constitution)". the album contained deep growling voice with groovy riffs and solos. although not being the first groove metal band, but minerva earned huge popularity as a groove metal band. in 2015 they held a tribute concert for bangladeshi rock artists - "azam khan", "nogor baul", "lrb", mile, "warfaze", "aurthohin", "cryptic fate", "artcell", "black", "nemesis", "arbovirus", "powersurge" and "mechanix". ionic bond is another important band, which was formed in 2008, chittagong. they are one of the most popular bands formed outside dhaka. ionic bond played melodic death metal songs with folk metal elements. they were praised by swiss folk metal band," eluveitie". they released their full length debut album," amavashya lore" in 2015. they are simultaneously pioneers of melo-death metal and folk metal acts in bangladesh. although they are refereed as more melo-death metal than folk metal. bay of bengal, another band form chittagong was formed in 2016.. they released only one album in 2016. their influences include, megadeth, pantera, eluveitie etc. they collaborated folk and classical elements with heavy metal. according to their official facebook page, they identified themselves as a experimental metal band. their music feature flute solos, which often sound like, ""eluveitie"". bay of bengal gained success from publishing their music videos on youtube. one of their music videos was created to raise awareness about suicide. their lead singer bakhtiyar said on the matter,
bangladeshi heavy metal
the 80s was the most important decade for foundation of heavy metal in bangladesh. heavy metal and hard rock became very popular among young music fans. the young musicians picked up their instruments and started to cover hard rock and heavy metal songs. they also followed the styles of english and american metal bands styles - growing long hair, forming bands with english name, wearing tight jeans, t-shirt, boots etc. however due to cultural impact and strictness many boys weren't allowed to grow long hair until they became famous. back in the '80s, there wasn't any internet connection or much broadcasting facilities in bangladesh for foreign heavy metal bands. but there was also a local shop called, ""rainbow"", in dhaka, which used to distribute foreign metal bands' albums. the shop played an important role for inspiring bangladeshi musicians with foreign metal acts. the shop is still activate. primarily drawing influences from nwobhm bands such as iron maiden and motörhead with an early influence of 70s traditional heavy metal bands such as deep purple and black sabbath, many underground hard rock and heavy metal bands were formed in dhaka from early 80s to mid 80s. it was an immediate response of new wave of british heavy metal music from bangladeshi musicians. many psychedelic rock and blues rock artists of bangladesh also inspired them to go forward. while some young guitarists at that time were also impressed by the guitar playing of neoclassical metal artists such as ritchie blackmore, randy rhoads, yngwie malmsteen, jason becker and paul gilbert. the first ever bangladeshi heavy metal band to be formed was "waves" on 25th december, 1981, frankfurt, germany. the band was formed by three bangladeshi teenagers -" iftekhar, mahmud and mithu" living in the germany. their early influences include hard rock and metal bands like ac/dc, black sabbath, led zeppelin, motorhead, thin lizzy and van halen. they returned to bangladesh in 1983. in 1984, waves recorded 3 songs for btv for its upcoming eid show but btvs gm called the entire show an "“opo-shankscrity”" and decided not to air waves. following that incident, waves was banned from performing at the venues in bangladseh including btv. many line up changes happened while some of the members moved abroad. they covered ""heaven and hell"" of black sabbath in 1985. a video footage can be found on youtube about their lead singer asking their audiences if it was right banning waves from performing on btv and if they (the audience) would want to cut iftekhar's (their bassist) long hair. waves disbanded in 1985. and after almost 10 years they released their only album, "purono smriti". they have been inactive for ever since after 1996. in 1984, warfaze was formed. they were young heavy metal fans from st.joeseph. at the time heavy metal wasn't yet mainstream music in bangladesh. mainstream music included genres such as pop, folk and blues. so, warfaze started as a cover band. they used to cover english hard rock and heavy metal songs of bands such as deep purple, iron maiden and dokken. after multiple line-up changes and 7 years later of their formation they released their self-titled debut album, ""warfaze"", in 1991 under sargam records. the album is considered one of the most influential heavy metal albums of bangaldesh. songs like ""boshe achi"" and ""ekti chele"" were big hits. warfaze continued working on their following albums - ""obak valobasha"", ""jibon dhara"" and ""oshamajik"" in the '90s. although at the time, there were few bands who played heavy riffs and solos, but there were no bands who had a singer like warfaze's first singer, sunjoy. most of the metal/hard rock bands' vocalists where singing in melodic vocals with heavy riffs. but sunjoy's powerful high-pitched screaming voice helped developing the idea of heavy metal singing. he was inspired by and often followed the singing style of ian gillan. his screams in "ekti chele" is a perfect example of it which lasts for about 20 seconds. sunjoy has been the most influential heavy metal vocalist of bangladesh. on the other hand, warfaze's lead guitarist, kamal's fast arpeggios with alternate and sweep picking, tapping, dive bombs and melodic structures uses created heavy metal riffs and solos in their songs. kamal is one of the pioneering shredders of bangladesh. his shredding solos took warfaze's music to neoclassical metal edge. warfaze along with their music also helped to improve rebellious lyrics in bangladeshi rock music. most of their songs were about anti-establishment, complicated lives and socialism. both of their albums, ""jibon dhara"" (living style) and ""oshamajik"" (anti-social) indicate it. while jibon dhara was more about political theme, oshamajik was more about social struggles. their lyrics helped pushing the boundary of romantic lyrics. warfaze has been the most important rock and metal band of bangladesh for their influence and consistency, running for over three decades and still going. rockstrata, another metal band was formed in 1985. they too were students of st.joseph college. they were initially inspired by black sabbath. they used to cover various songs of black sabbath. later they gained interest in iron maiden. they released their self-titled debut album in 1992. their music, especially guitar riffs were heavier compared to other rock bands of their time. but after releasing their debut album, they became inactive for over 20 years. although they returned to the scene with their second album, ""notun shaader khoje"" "(in search of new taste)" in 2014. both rockstrata and warfaze have been cited as the first heavy metal bands of bangladesh by music critics. however both being contemporaries to each other, warfaze and rockstrata had significant differences in their musical styles. rockstrata sounded more brutal and heavy which could be compared to doom metal music of black sabbath. while warfaze approached more as a technical and fast paced band pretty similar to speed metal sound of deep purple. in dhaka, another band formed in the late 80s to early 90s, was also influential towards hard rock and heavy metal. they released their debut album in, ""nishshobdo kolahol"" in 1992. but they too became inactive after mid 90s. meanwhile, another hard rock trio named ""kirtinasha"" "(destroyed)" who formed in 1988, released their debut album, """kirtinasha"" in 1993 under asia voice records. kirtinasha was one of the fewest bands who didn't release their albums under sargam label. they were one of the pioneering hard rock bands of bangladesh who recorded some of their earliest stuffs in 1988 but didn't release anything until their debut album. kirtinasha's songs were about natural calamities, anti-love, conflicts, narcissism, terrorism and deaths. kirtinasha never went mainstream like warfaze or rockstrata. but their song, ""dhoroni"" "(earth)" was successful among hard rock fans of that time. kirtinasha had no activity after mid 90s. their members pursued their personal lives and left the music industry after mid 90s. aces was another popular rock band formed in late '80s. they were very technically proficient but didn't release any album. thus they faded from the music scene after '90s.
bangladeshi heavy metal