Bay of Bengal (band)

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Bay of Bengal
Origin Chittagong, Bangladesh
Genres
Years active2010–present
Labels
  • Mushroom Entertainment Label
  • Tint
  • Aajob Records
Members
  • Bakhtiar Hossain
  • Kazi Wahid Altaher
  • Ahtesham Abid
  • Abid Pasha
  • Jamilur Rahman Jamee

Bay of Bengal is a Bangladeshi experimental rock/metal band formed in Chittagong in 2010. [1] [2] Their debut album Nirob Durvikkho was released in 2016. They are well known for their usage of distinct flutes and keyboard solos in their songs. [3]

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History

The band formed on 26 December in 2010. Their first album Nirob Durvikkho has 10 songs, which released on 20 February 2016. Till 2015, they worked on 17 songs. Among those they selected 10 songs for their first album. [1] They made their first music video of the song "Je Sohore Ami Nei" from the album. [4]

Discography

Members

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