De-illumination

De-illumination
Origin Dhaka, Bangladesh
Genres Symphonic rock/Metal
Occupation(s) Music
Years active 2006–present
Website www.de-illumination.com
Members Shams Mansoor Ghani (Keys)
Sazzad Arefeen (Guitars)
Aqib Kamal (vocals)
Anabil Sen (Bass)
Zillur Rahman Mithu {Drums}
Past members

Samiul Islam (Drums)
Sabbir

Rozario Rony

De-illumination is a Symphonic rock/Metal band in Bangladesh formed in October 2006. De-illumination started off with their debut album Onibarjo, released in 2010.[1]

Beginning

De-illumination was formed with a vision to introduce a new genre, the Symphonic rock/Symphonic metal to Bangladeshi music. Sazzad Arefeen, one of the founding members of the band, had been working on and studying the genre since 1999. Later, Shams Mansoor Ghani, the then keyboardist of Warfaze joined his hands and the duo started to work on the genre. Around 2006, they felt that they had made enough experiments so Shams proposed to go public. They asked Samiul, the then drummer of Power Surge to join them. Anabil and Rony joined later and thus De-illumination was formed. During the experiments with the genre, Arefeen and Shams faced some technical difficulties since the genre was pretty new to the local music scene.[1]

Singles and the first album Onibarjo

Before releasing their debut album, De-illumination released five singles in various mixed albums along with other Bangladeshi bands. In February 2008, they released their tracks "Choto Shopno" and "Jantrik Joddha" in the mixed band album Dabanol. Their next appearance was in another mixed band album Rage-1 with the track "Ekhoni Shomoy" released in August the same year. A year later, De-illumination released its fourth single "Hamaguri" through the album Proloy.

In August 2010, De-illumination released their debut album Onibarjo which they claim to be the first Concept album in Bangladesh bearing the genre Symphonic Rock/Metal with a regional soul. De-illumination visited almost all the major cities of Bangladesh to promote the album. Their campaign to promote the album was titled "Onibarjo De-nation Public launch and visit tour" which got good response[1] across the country. ABC Radio joined them as their Radio Alliance.[1] At the seventh Citycell-Channel i Music Awards, De-illumination won the Judges' choice for best band[2]

Later in 2012 they have released another single based on Bengali New year named as Boishakh in the band mixed album Hatiar.

Social Activism

De-illumination have participated in different charity shows.Recently they have performed in a charity concert arranged by Bangladesh International Recovery Developments(BIRD) for street children.Half of the money was donated to Savar victims too.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 ""Onibarjo": De-Illumination’s inevitable journey". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  2. ↑ "Seventh Citycell-Channel i Music Awards". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). 27 November 2011. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  3. ↑ "De-illumination charity show Events". The Daily Star. Retrieved 23 April 2013.

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