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Welcome to the Bangla CD Covers blog!

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Shohail Ibne Mahbub (XTR)
I'm an avid Bangla music album collector in this hobby since 2012. Having grown up in the "Underground" era of Bangla band music, I took the initiative to archive and upload album artworks. Till now, I've been recognised and acknowledged by various artists, bands, streaming and label companies for my work on Bangla CD Covers. There's a high chance most artwork you see floating around the internet are scanned by me!

Scarecrow by Scarecrow

"Scarecrow" is the self-titled special edition EP album by metal band Scarecrow . It was released in 2013 as a paperback from G-Series. Following their success in the underground music scene and their debut album, "Oparthib" from 2006, the band got to work on their sophomore album. In the meantime, they released two singles: "Shesh Shimana" in the band mixed album "Republic" (Coordinated by Tinu Rashid of Karnival ) in 2011 and "Neon Aalo"  in the biggest band mixed album to date, "Hatiar" (Coordinated by Isha Khan Durey ) in 2012. Finally after a long studio album hiatus, in 2013, they officially released this self-titled extended play album featuring 2 brand new tracks from their long awaited and upcoming second album. The songs were written by vocalist Tanvir , while the recording, mixing and mastering was handled by A. K. Ratul . Photography was done by Brother Real Akonjee while the cover art was done by Dipu Zam

Biday Shongbidhan by Minerva

"Biday Shongbidhan" is the debut album by Groove Thrash/Heavy Metal band, Minerva . It was released on July 13th, 2013 from Incursion Music in Paperback and Digital format (which contains a full 12-page booklet). Featuring 8 tracks, two of which are in English, the album was a follow up to their win at the 2011 Incursion Battle of the Bands , a band hunt competition held by the record label company on 24th of June at Saffron in Gulshan, Dhaka. In the finals, they performed their signature 14-minute tribute "medley", with songs from Azam Khan , Nagar Baul (James) , LRB (Ayub Bacchu) , Miles , Warfaze , Aurthohin , Cryptic Fate , Artcell , Black , Nemesis , Arbovirus , Powersurge and Mechanix proceeded by their own single " Mrittur Shesh Chhoy" . They won by 2.5 votes against Openfly , along with BDT 10,000 Prize Money, Certificates and a record deal for a song under Incursion label. Minerva's guitarist, Rafsan was awarded best guitarist while drumm

RaaGa by RaaGa

"RaaGa" is the debut self-titled album of the pop band, RaaGa . It was released on Valentines Day, February 14th of 2005 from G-Series in both Cassette and Jewel Case CD formats. Later on, it also received a paperback release. RaaGa comprises of 6 Bangladeshi musicians - Joy , Ashiq , Chisti , Elita , Emran , Nafeez and this was their first and only album. Composer, songwriter Ashiq and Elita began working on this particular project in 2003 with their first single, "Kothay" , recorded in May of that year in collaboration with ace sound engineer Habib and co-producer Balam . At that time, Emran (on keys), played a significant role in the formation of the band which eventually found its drummer Nafeez in later in August. During the initial planning of the album, the lineup got in touch with Joy (on bass) and Chisti (on Guitars) and they instantly clicked with the project. Thus, "RaaGa" came into being. The band mentions in the album sleeves that without

Oporajeyo by Mechanix

"Oporajeyo" is the debut album by heavy metal band Mechanix . It was released on 30th of July, 2011 from Deadline Music (DLM) in paperback format. Comprising of ten songs, it was the result of Mechanix's of being in the underground music scene for 6 years. It was also a key band that made it into the semi-finals of the second season of the nation-wide band hunt program by GrameenPhone 's youth oriented offering Djuice 's aptly named " D'Rockstar2 " in 2007. Through this, Mechanix received enormous, appreciated and valued responses from all both Bangladeshi and International music fans. The band also managed to create a bridge between the heavy metal listeners by introducing them to the genre of metal music in a more melodic and rhythmic way. The message behind the album was patriotism, revolt and the fight for building a better world. The album was mixed and mastered by none other than Raef Al Hasan Rafa (of Aurthohin fame at that time), who coin

Oprostut Juddho by Powersurge

"Oprostut Juddho" is the debut album by Djuice D'Rockstars season 2 winner thrash metal band, Powersurge . It released a year after their win from G-Series in September of 2008 in paperback format. The album was quintessential in cementing Powersurge as a force to be reckoned with as well as a band that hailed from the underground, very much like the other established bands from the early 2000s underground scene. The entire album revolves around patriotism and revolt amidst pain and suffering. Raef Al Hasan Rafa (of Aurthohin &  Kral fame at that time), produced this album and he mentions in the album sleeves that he had been determined to produce the heaviest sounding album that Bangladesh has ever heard. Truly, the album speaks for itself and remains as a milestone for thrash metal in the Bangladeshi band music scenario. The artwork for the album as well as the logo was done by Dhanad Islam . Photography was done by Shaibal . Rafa provided the chorus for the tr