Metal Maze
This record carries gaps or approximations its sources could not settle. Undocumented values are left null rather than guessed.
Position in the network
Open the graph →- Artcellinferredboth cite Metallica, Pantera
- Karnivalinferredboth cite Megadeth
- Mechanixinferredboth cite Megadeth, Metallica
- Poizon Greeninferredboth cite Pantera
- Powersurgeinferredboth cite Megadeth, Metallica
- Rockstratainferredboth cite Megadeth, Metallica
- Warfazeinferredboth cite Metallica
Discography
- Charpotro (mixed album; feat. 'Proshno') · 2001 · mixedProshno
- Ojana Oddhay · 2003 · studio
- Corporate Robot · 2009 · studio
Documented influences
Explore influences →- Metallica / Megadeth / Panterahigh
Before releasing original material, Metal Maze was active in the underground metal circuit performing covers of Metallica, Megadeth and Pantera, directly establishing the band's core thrash/heavy metal reference points.
Source: Band Music of Bangladesh: Metal Maze profile
Local adaptation
Formed in October 1995 under a succession of earlier names (the earliest documented being Zend Avesta) before settling on Metal Maze, the band spent years building credibility through a cover-band circuit before its 2001 single 'Proshno' (on the mixed album Charpotro) became a breakout hit, illustrating the extended cover-to-original pipeline common among Bangladeshi metal acts of the 1990s.
Sound evolution
Founding period (1995): formed under earlier names before adopting Metal Maze; built reputation covering Metallica, Megadeth and Pantera in the underground circuit. Breakthrough period (2001): 'Proshno,' released on the mixed compilation Charpotro, became a major hit. Album period (2003–2009): debut studio album Ojana Oddhay (2003) followed by Corporate Robot (18 September 2009), consolidating the band's hard rock/heavy metal catalogue.
Based on documented description and discographic sequence. No audio-feature analysis was possible in this project, so nothing here rests on measured signal.
Concert culture
Specific concert/festival data not yet documented in available sources — flagged for further research; the band's origins in the underground cover-band circuit situate it within the same pre-original-material scene that shaped Powersurge, Mechanix and other later metal acts.
Listener community
Named alongside Rockstrata, Warfaze, Aurthohin, Artcell, Black, Cryptic Fate, Arbovirus, Nemesis, Vibe, Stentorian and Kronic as among the first bands to popularize heavy metal and hard rock in Bangladesh, giving it standing within the genre's founding cohort.
Inferred from co-billing and from what artists and journalists said — this project has no audience-side data.
Documented events
No events documented for this act yet.
Sources
Record last updated 2026-08-06 · source record