Aurthohin

Sits in a 5-act community whose dominant strand is Heavy Metal, alongside AvoidRafa, Karnival, Poizon Green, Rockstrata.

• AvoidRafa
  AvoidRafa cites Aurthohin
• Karnival
  1 shared bill
• Mechanix
  1 shared bill

• Saidus Salehin Khaled Sumon (Bassbaba Sumon) — Vocals, Bass, Founder, Bandleader (1998–present)
• Tonmoy Rahman — Lead Guitar (founding) (1998–unspecified) · former
• Ponir — Rhythm Guitar (founding) (1998–unspecified) · former
• Rumi Rahman — Drums, Percussion (founding) (1998–unspecified) · former

• Trimatrik · 2000 · studio

• Funk, jazz fusion, and progressive metal traditions (general)medium

  Sumon's personal interest in slap bass steered Aurthohin's sound toward funk-rock, and influences spanning funk, jazz fusion and progressive metal are evident across the band's catalogue — a comparatively rare combination within Bangladeshi rock, distinguishing Aurthohin from straighter hard-rock or metal peers.

  Source: Wikipedia Aurthohin

Aurthohin grew directly out of frontman Sumon's earlier solo project Sumon O Aurthohin, recorded while he was still a member of Warfaze — making the band a direct genealogical branch of Bangladesh's heavy metal pioneers that pivoted toward a funk/jazz-fusion-inflected alternative rock sound; the band is also credited with actively supporting underground rock/metal acts, positioning it as an infrastructural as well as musical influence on the scene.

Founding period (1998): formed by Sumon (fresh from Warfaze), Tonmoy Rahman, Ponir and Rumi Rahman. Breakthrough period (2000): debut album Trimatrik, one of the earliest hard rock records in Bangladesh, established the band nationally. Later period: eight to nine studio albums released over time, with the sound progressively incorporating progressive metal, groove metal and funk-rock elements as Sumon's slap-bass-driven sensibility matured; Sumon remains the sole continuous founding member.

Based on documented description and discographic sequence. No audio-feature analysis was possible in this project, so nothing here rests on measured signal.

Notable for its role supporting and mentoring underground rock/metal bands in Bangladesh, suggesting a concert-culture role beyond its own headline shows — functioning as a connective node within the live metal/rock scene ecosystem.

Considered one of the pioneering bands of Bangladeshi alternative rock; its funk/jazz-fusion hybridity attracts listeners overlapping both the metal scene (via Sumon's Warfaze lineage) and more experimental alternative/progressive audiences.

Inferred from co-billing and from what artists and journalists said — this project has no audience-side data.

• RockNation III
  2013-12-06 · Dhaka · metal rock festival

• Aurthohin — Wikipedia · encyclopedia
• Saidus Salehin Khaled Sumon — Wikipedia · encyclopedia