Thrash’s newest release “Hellbound” is a meticulously articulated narrative on oppressive establishments of authority and social hypocrisy, which is done using a character named ‘Bagha’ acting as a ‘Dervish’ (a member of a religious order, who has taken vows of poverty and austerity). The song alludes to how individuals denying religious and social stratification for good deeds are subjected to harsh repercussions for defying social norms or prejudice.

After a break of 2 years, “The Art of Rock” concert is back this year with 2 days of rock performances by 14 noted bands. The fourth edition of this concert will be held at the Liberation War Museum, in Agargaon on the August 26 and 27.

On Friday, BLACKPINK dropped a new song “Pink Venom”, along with its music video on YouTube. They dropped the album ahead of their full-length album “Born Pink”, which is set for release in September.

Steve Grimmett, the frontman of British heavy metal band, Grim Reaper, has passed away at the age of 62.

K-pop sensation BTS has broken yet another record on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with their latest collaboration “Bad Decisions”, which features Benny Blanco and Snoop Dogg. The song made its presence felt at the No. 10 spot on the Hot 100 chart, and also reached the No. 1 spot on the Digital Song Sales chart.

Renowned rock band Aurthohin is all set to release their latest album "Phoenixer Diary -1".

Within just a week of the release of "Banglar Rock Metal", copies of the first print run of the book has already been sold out. After a positive response of such magnitude, another unveiling ceremony took place in the capital’s Farmgate area, with new copies from the second print run, on Friday.

On the occasion of rock icon Ayub Bachchu's birth anniversary tomorrow (August 16), his wife Ferdous Akhter Chandana has shared her memories of Ayub Bachchu, their married life and her initiative to preserve the memories of him in a show “Remembering Ayub Bachchu” on Kolahol Communication’s digital platform. The show will be hosted by Tanvir Tarek. The guitarist of LRB, Abdullah Al Masud, was also present on the show.

A legal notice was served today (August 14) against singer Mainul Ahsan Noble for making derogatory remarks against the writer of the Bangladeshi national anthem Rabindranath Tagore.

"Nodi Rocks", a first of its kind initiative to save the rivers of Bangladesh by Salt Creatives, has won the Bangladesh Brand Forum Award in the Social and Native categories.  The award giving ceremony was held in a Five Star hotel on Saturday.

"Bondhu Tomar Pother Sathi Ke Chine Nio", a musical programme organized by Jaltaranga, was held at the Isfandier Zahad Hassan Auditorium at Bishwo Shahitto Kendro, recently. Actor-elocutionist Jayanto Chattopadhyay, Muttalib Biswas, Eminent Guitarist Enamul Kabir, and Painter Abdul Mannan were present at the event, among many others.

Shishir Ahmed, of Aurthohin fame, dropped his solo track “Kotha Furiye Jaye”—which features the voices of Bakhtiar Hossain and Masha Islam—yesterday. The song is produced, composed and arranged by Shishir Ahmed, and presented by Yamaha Music Bangladesh.

British-Born Australian singer and actress Olivia Newton-John died on Monday at the age of 73, according to a post on her Instagram account.

Marking the 92nd birth anniversary (August 8) of Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib, Sujan Hajong and Abanti Sithi collaborated for a song to observe the day.

The “Bangladeshi rock band encyclopaedia” is authored by music journalists Milu Aman and Haque Faruk, depicting the chronological history of 180 music bands in the country.

The idea of ‘supergroups’ are not necessarily new – who can forget the energetic, ethereal performance by Azam Khan, Ayub Bachchu, Hasan and Partha Barua in Prothom Alo’s award function in 1999? Throughout the years, many famous musicians have teamed up to form short-lived projects, many of which have remained ingrained in listeners’ memories.

Korean pop superstars BTS will supposedly perform in Dhaka, reported The Daily Ittefaq. Leading the international craze for K-Pop, the band recently took a break from their activities recently

Shafiq Tuhin's special friendship day song “Bondhu”, featuring poem by Salma Sultana, will be unveiled at 8: 00 pm at Gaanchill Music’s YouTube channel.

If you’ve been excited by the recent news that Instagram Music is finally available in Bangladesh, then you’ll also want to know how you can use the feature. So, without further ado, here’s how you can start adding music to your own Instagram Stories.

It has been 24 years since Fuad Almuqtadir’s first album, “Maya”, released. Since then, the musician, composer and sound engineer has been synonymous with hit music. After 7 years, Fuad has announced that he is ready to return to making new music full-time, in an exclusive interview with The Daily Star.