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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...

Shironamhin by Shironamhin

"Shironamhin" is the self-titled, fifth studio album by the psychedelic rock band, Shironamhin . It was released on 19 July, 2013 from Siren, a sister concern of the Incursion record label. This time around, from Siren, Shironamhin made a unique "Collectors' Edition" of this album with a 30 page booklet that contained an HD Audio CD and back stories, chords, lyrics to each and every song. The album was alter re-released from Laser Vision as a normal paperback release. Digital distribution was handled by Qinetic Music. The Collector's Edition could also be bought from Rokomari.com. The band, being 17 years in the music industry, felt they were mature enough to publish a new album using their own name. Of the 25 songs written, 10 were picked to be finalized for this fifth release. Shironamhin incorporated confession, demand, rage, hope & anticipation in their self-titled album to invite "a new light through old windows". From a standpoint, this...