সাধারন ব্লগার Sometimes it’s a wonder, as to how the long gone generations of this country ever survived with a meager number of musical bands or no band concerts, which we see a lot of today. Once again, eager youngsters got together to catch yet another band concert on the 11th of this month at the Shishu Academy. Sponsored by Pepsi and organized by ASHES, a number of new bands were also seen performing on the spot. The older generations were also denied the pleasure of enjoying the heavy metal, a very recent form of music in Bangladesh. However, the six performing bands boasted off their knowledge of heavy metal and truly made the fans rock and roll! The very first band to entertain the young crowd was Bedouin. Despite the Arabic name, Bedouin performed a couple of popular western tracks and dutifully warmed the crowd up and got everyone into the mood for more. Fresh and eager members of Kronic came up next portraying their ‘heavy’ music talents as well. Popping up next was Stentorian with a bunch of extremely energetic young people. The hall reverberated with the vocal’s strength and confidence. File Photo: Fans Next stored in line were the trio ABC or Artcell, Black and Cryptic Fate. While the instruments were being tuned, fans howled with the entrance of Tony of Black, and went on to scream louder when Ershad of Artcell tried his fingers on Tahsan’s keyboards. Jon joined Ershad and amused the crowd with their musical feats by trying out Bryan Adam’s Everything I do, I do it for you. However, realizing that his fingers are apt better for the guitar strings, Ershad let go off the key boards, leaving the fans asking for more. Young Nafi diverted the crowd from the monotonous process of instrument tuning, by featuring his feats on the drums, which did keep the crowd awestruck for a while. After a grueling forty five minutes of waiting, the musicians finally got ready to perform. The crowd sang the album tracks with Black. The hall didn’t seem to get tired once Artcell made their entrance and rocked them all with their album tracks as well. Finally, Cryptic Fate had the audience vibrating within and all the young hearts were, no doubt, beating at one pace. These bands were undoubtedly the main attractions of the evening, for which the fans lingered on patiently. Metal concerts have become the craze this season, and it’s a pleasure watching youngsters enjoying them. These concerts, sponsored by the big-time brand names are probably the very few sources of entertainment in the country today. However, there is still an urge to all music lovers and performers to create an enjoyable and a safe environment for all to enjoy and cherish the musical moments for generations to come.