Solitude resonates in metal music

Hamin Ahmed (L) unwraps the album, Cover-jacket of the album(R)

Desolation of the soul, frustration and social turmoil are expressed in an aggressive, hard-hitting and raw style in the album, which consists of 10 high groovy tracks. Of the 10 songs there are some fast ones and some mid-tempo ones. What is even more unique is the fact that not one real guitar solo has found its place in the album. The forceful and direct style of the songs is wrapped into a technical web of drumming and furious riffs. There are some lead parts here and there, but not one solo of 'normal' length of style, which could have fitted nicely in with the untamed pace and aggressive parts.

However, drums played by Shaju is interesting. Throughout the album vocalist Lincoln has followed the 'raw' style of metal. Guitarist Ershad played a few catchy leads; Cezanne is the bass guitarist. Leen, Smrityswarok, Dhushor shomoy, Pathor bagan, Shaheed sharoni, Chhayar ninad, Ghuney khaowa roud, Tomakey, Gantobyohin and Aniket prantor are the title of the tracks in the album.

The first track, Leen begins with rhythm guitar and vocal, thus expressing solitude of the soul. The lyrics as well as composition of the slow metal song are pleasant.

Dhushor shomoy is a standard track. It opens slowly but quickly gains momentum. The main rhythm and chorus are just basic, even though the fast paced part of the song works pretty well.

Very thrashing and raw in its attitude, the instrumental number titled Chhayar ninad successfully represents a lonesome individual going through the metro life. The high explosive track with a lot of depth in the rhythm guitars, work together fittingly.

Ghuney khaowa roud is one of the most interesting tracks in context of both lyrics and composition. It opens slowly but quickly goes into a riff and then once again makes a u-turn. The drums are packed with great details and variation, and its one of the best things about this song. The slower chorus part works pretty well combined with a cool underlying lead melody. Ershad played an effective lead in the track.

Tomakey is comparatively soft in attitude but interesting. Both Lincoln's vocal and Ershad's guitar are catchy in the song.

Aniket prantor, a track lasting over 16 minutes, is the last song of the album. Overall it is a great song with lots of depth and melody, though the main chorus line is too basic. Synthetic orchestration has made the song stand out more. However, at the end it takes faster pace in vocals and instrumental.

The rest of the tracks are mediocre. However, the 'raw' style followed in the tracks is not done to perfection. As a result the tracks appear a little bit noisy.

Aniket Prantor can be entertaining to metal lovers.