Severe Dementia

Sits in a 7-act community whose dominant strand is Alternative/Indie, alongside Arekta Rock Band, Black, De-illumination, Indalo, Powersurge, Tahsan Rahman Khan.

• Arekta Rock Band
  shared member: Riasat Azmi
• Powersurge
  shared member: Saimum Hasan Nahian

• Riasat Azmi — Vocals (joined after 2016 hiatus) (2016–present)
• Saimum Hasan Nahian — Guitar, Co-founder (also of Powersurge) (2004–present)
• Samir Hafiz Khan — Band member (unspecified–present)
• Kawsar Ahmed Pervez — Band member (unspecified–present)
• Raef al Hasan Rafa — Band member (unspecified–present)
• Ahmed Shawki — Founding Vocalist (departed for Australia; inactive 2012–2016) (2004–2012) · former
• Arefin Ahmed Sazeed — Former member (unspecified) · former

• Epitaph of Plassey · 2007 · ep

• International brutal/technical death metal (general)medium

  Severe Dementia is classified as a Brutal Death Metal band with technical influences and was signed to the international label Demonstealer Records and later Transcending Obscurity Asia, indicating direct engagement with the global extreme-metal label/genre ecosystem rather than domestic mainstream rock influences.

  Source: Wikipedia Severe Dementia (band); Transcending Obscurity Asia signing announcement

Formed in January 2004 (initially performing as '666' until 2006) by Ahmed Shawki and Saimum Hasan Nahian (who also co-founded Powersurge), Severe Dementia introduced extreme/death metal to a Dhaka scene largely unfamiliar with the genre; the band's thematic focus on ancient and historical events with major national/civilizational impact — reflected in the EP title 'Epitaph of Plassey' (referencing the 1757 Battle of Plassey, a pivotal moment in South Asian colonial history) — grounds extreme metal's global aesthetic in regional historical narrative.

Founding period (2004–2006): formed as '666,' then renamed Severe Dementia, pioneering death metal within Dhaka's then-unfamiliar extreme metal scene. Breakthrough period (2007): debut EP Epitaph of Plassey, released via Demonstealer Records, is considered the first death metal record in Bangladesh and highly influential within the 'East Bengal Extreme Metal' scene; the band also undertook the first-ever overseas tour by a Bangladeshi underground band (India, April 2007). Hiatus and revival (2012–2016): inactive after vocalist Ahmed Shawki emigrated to Australia; Riasat Azmi took over vocals upon the band's 2016 return, followed by a later signing to Transcending Obscurity Asia.

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

Made history as the first Bangladeshi underground band to tour overseas (India, 2007), a landmark moment establishing that the country's extreme metal scene could reach international underground audiences well before mainstream Bangladeshi acts achieved comparable international stage presence.

A pioneering, foundational node of the 'East Bengal Extreme Metal' scene distinct from and more underground than the mainstream heavy/progressive metal ecosystem (Artcell, Warfaze, Cryptic Fate), with listener appeal concentrated among global extreme-metal subculture audiences via international label distribution.

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

No events documented for this act yet.

• Severe Dementia (band) — Wikipedia · encyclopedia
• Epitaph of Plassey — Wikipedia · encyclopedia
• Bangladesh death metal legends Severe Dementia sign to Transcending Obscurity Asia · news