Album review
Latest Rock album Dinbodol hits the audio market
Faizul A Tanim
With the release of Dinbodol--the mixed album, producer Duray's work became a representation for the underground musicians. The music drew the line that differentiated between the Metal crowd and modern Alternative traditions as the compilation makes a swift promotion of almost all the popular genres. It assorted emotions and styles from Metal, Alternative, Rock, Pop and anything underground as it allowed us to grip the inside craving in all of us. Today, we are assailed with fresh vibes of Electronic music, Nu-Metal, stereotypical commercial compositions and many more, when the musical climate of the country is so geographically different. The best is undeniably trying to ladder its way up.Possibly Dinbodol is the most commercial as well as entertaining album in continuation with other mixed compilations. This is the delicious looking 14" Steak Pizza of Rock, Pop and other genres. I cannot lie and say I enjoyed the majority of the CD; it has everything for immediate impact--crisp production, tight, few very compact songs--Artcell, Black, CrypticFate (ABC)'s single, Aashor, Arbovirus, Breach, Fulbanu's Revenge, Metal Maze and Stentorian. What Dinbodol lacks, is universal creativity, a majority of great bands, long-term appeal and artistic value (for some of the bands). The ABC track Ashirbaad is an alluring metal number with modern alternative elements blended in a masterpiece--with heavy catchy guitar riffs, enchanting lyrics and energized drumming, it breaks off with a jump-start intro. The song has it all, great harmonizing vocals, very tuneful vocals and keyboards in the climax and superb bass lines and mastered playing from the members of 3 top bands of Bangladesh right now. It is the most delightful track. One cool factor regarding the ABC song was the use of their own song and album names as part of the lyrics. By being the first rock bands to get together and make a single, they created a milestone for the newcomers. Aashor's song Shunno, an appealing rock number with a brand-new-concept intro is a brave experiment. The guitar effects, deep vocals and lively drumming made it one of the best tracks. Fulbanu's Revenge came up with the most authentic song in the whole album. It has a bit of that electronic music vibe with the use of excellent guitar and keyboard effects. Although it suffered an average mixing during the chorus, it later turned out to be one of the most ostentatious track. Next, the Arbovirus song Obhishap and Breach's Boshonto both had very catchy chorus. Breach had fresh styles of guitar usage, vocal layers and flamboyant drumming resulting in a brilliant post-grunge track. Although Obhishap experienced a minor hiccup with accented vocals, but nonetheless, is a great Nu-metal-ish number. MetalMaze and Stentorian gave compact metal amusement with Osthir Shomoy and Bhoy consecutively. With great guitar processor effects and drumming, MetalMaze made a great comeback after their album fiasco. Stentorian song practised a brilliant vocals and guitar works. The songs were much appreciated. Even though the Nemesis song--Dushhopno became a recurrence of the previously released Obocheton, the guitar solo caught great attention. Icons, Moshpit and Scarecrow seemed promising with songs Nishpap Oporadh, Asroy and Durey Kothao. Asroy, the song had remarkable drumming and a better composition could do justice to the song. On personal achievements, vocal lines in Reborn's Shobkichu and Bivishika's Mohakal were fruity and tasteful along with drumming of Poizon Green song Ekhanei Mrittu astounding. There were songs of bands called Venyl N' Sugar and Music Zoo composing their own set of songs with absolute imperfection. Their songs experienced dreadful compositions and sour notes. Obosheshey, the VNS song is a total ridicule--ripping Limp Bizkit's it'll be ok. The ever-tormenting song has total out of tune vocals. The chord progressions of the songs were totally mixed in a bad rhythm--more of a dreadful improvisation. The Fred Durst-wannabe vocals of Venyl N' Sugar made their song utterly disposable and fruitless making a negative impact on the album. Helldiver's composition Jokhon was less-than-ordinary. The 19-track CD has some front and rear cover designs. The front picture of a rebellious kid is an indication of promising bands that are expected to storm the music scene. The bottom line--Dinbodol album will definitely add flavour to our music industry and it is well worth a listen.
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The cover jacket of the album |