Underground rockers of the town

The concert flow for this season in Dhaka is not over. There was yet another one on September 3, at the Shishu Academy Auditorium, titled as "Music adda...alter-metal" organized by a group called Gangchil. It had catches of low entry fee, 25% discount on entry to Fantasy Kingdom and 10% discount from Papadora restaurant with every entry pass.

The 8 band lineup started at 4:30/5:00 p.m. with one of the opening band Shock taking the stage. They performed few songs from Metallica and some classic rock numbers, namely Eye of the Tiger by The Survivor. The crowd seemed happy with their performance.

Next came one of the underground rock band Nemesis presenting some popular tracks. Their set comprised of U2 and Creed numbers such as One Last Breath. They were quite entertaining.

It was then Poizon Green, the death metal band. The concert was not equipped with good quality sound mixer and gears, which gave rise to some technical problems. This led the band cover only 3 songs, death version of Paranoid by Black Sabbath, Chaos Ad by Sepaltura and Becoming by Pantera. They have an increasing number of fans with each new performance.

Next on stage was the band Ashor. They covered songs by Creed and repeated My Sacrifice, which seemed okay. The cover from Audioslave's Like A Stone however lacked the compactness of band performance though the drummer was good.

Breach came up next with a short lineup of songs. The first two were their own tracks Shopno and Shada. As per the audience point of view, the songs could have been better if the sound was proper. The last number Killing In The Name Of by Rage Against The Machine was nonetheless applauded.

Next it was Metal Maze's second performance after the album release. It was a bit disappointing considering their first one which was quite good. They did a full set of their own songs amongst which, Ishot Kalo was well done. According to the crowd reaction, here again, it was the sound to be blamed for such inconsistency in playing.

The last presentation of the evening was by Black. They too did their own songs starting with Obinoshhor, followed by Obhiman, Prarthonad- the heavenly song and Mithha. Mithha has a duet sequence with Elita, an upcoming talented artist. The whole fan base sang the "happy birthday to you" along with Jon(vocals of black) to greet Elita as the day after was her birthday.

They wrapped up the event performing Blues and Roud. The crowd seemed very enthusiastic and entertained by this band.