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| DreamMan |
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Cryptic Fate is one of the top underground bands in Bangladesh, pioneering heavy metal. Cryptic Fate sees itself as a Heavy Metal band pure and simple. They are not bound to any particular form of metal as in thrash or progressive but like to play the whole spectrum of the genre. Originally influenced by classic 80s metal, the band’s sound has continued to mature and evolve into a unique style melding all sub-genres of metal. As they are growing older they are getting more mature music wise and that will inevitably affect their music as time goes on. Recent times have seen Cryptic Fate experiment with softer and darker aspects of rock music, but with the release of its third album, “Danob”, Cryptic Fate returns to what it does best – brutal, no-holds barred heavy metal. Formded in `1993, the band released their first album "Ends are forever" in 1995 which was completely in English. The second album "Shreshto" was released in 2002 was a huge success featuring the single "Protibaad". After then, the band released a few singles in various underground compilation albums. In 2006, after two years of writing and working, the band released their third album "Danob".
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Current line-up
Guitars – Farhan Samad Hasan
Guitars – Sarfaraz Latifullah
Vocals/Bass – Chowdhury Fazle Shakib
Drums - Farshed Mahmud
Early Years
The story begins in February 1993, when Wahed and Sarfaraz conceive the idea of forming a metal band. They quickly recruit school friends Shakib, Farshed and Iresh as bassist, drummer, and singer, respectively, and the original line-up is complete. Shakib names the band Cryptic Fate. As the story goes, Shakib was praying when the name came to him.
Original lineup:
Vocals – Iresh Zaker
Guitars – Waheduzzaman Khan
Guitars – Khwaja Sarfaraz Latifullah
Bass – Chowdhury Fazle Shakib
Drums – Farshed Mahmud
Fate performs for the first time as a band at their high school, Scholastica. Audience response is great, but soon thereafter, Iresh leaves the band. Shakib takes over singing duties. In response to popular demand, the band is invited to perform a second show at Scholastica. However, due to poor scheduling, Fate is able to perform only one song before being forced off stage by school management. Embittered by the experience, the band is on the verge of breaking up.
1994
Frustrated by the lack of concert opportunities, the band turns to composing. Shakib comes up with the riff for Fate’s first song “Captors of Fate”. Farshed writes the lyrics and names the song. A demo is recorded in Farshed’s living room, which receives lukewarm reviews from listeners. Farshed subsequently leaves for the States and the band again considers calling it quits. Farshed insists he will return in a year to record a full-length album, and the band agree to stay together.
1995
As promised, Farshed returns to Dhaka for summer vacation and the band begin writing their first album. Within a month, the band has eight songs ready. Fate enters Soundgarden Studios in July, and starts recording at breakneck speed. It takes only nine shifts to record and mix nine songs (thanks in large part to producer and musical genius, Imran Ahmed Choudhury Mobin). The result is Ends Are Forever.
Ends Are Forever lineup:
Drums – Farshed
Guitars – Wahed
Guitars – Sarfaraz
Vocals/Bass – Shakib
Ends Are Forever is released by Soundtek Productions and enjoys moderate success despite being an all-English metal album in a pop-saturated all-Bangla market.
Farshed returns to the US, soon to be joined by Wahed. Meanwhile, Shakib and Sarfaraz enroll at Independent University of Bangladesh (IUB), Dhaka, where they will later meet Farhan Hassan.
1996
Cryptic Fate begins writing their second album. In December, and after a long hiatus from the stage, Cryptic Fate performs at the ICMA Auditorium. The performance brings the house down. In the audience are future guitarist of Artcell, Ershad, and future drummer of The Watson Brothers, Arafat.
1997
First solo concert, PG Auditorium. Cryptic Fate opens with their title track “Ends Are Forever” and goes on to perform the entire album, in addition to a slew of covers. The audience goes wild and the concert is a rousing success.
Summer, second album. Once again, Fate returns to Soundgarden Studios. Mobin returns as sound engineer supreme. The album recorded is titled Sreshtho – Cryptic Fate’s first Bangla album.
Sreshtho lineup:
Drums – Farshed
Guitars – Wahed
Guitars – Sarfaraz
Vocals/Bass – Shakib
The rest of the year the band searches, unsuccessfully, for a production company to release the album. Fate are told metal is out of season. Meanwhile, copies of Sreshtho are leaked to fans, and quickly garner lavish praise from underground listeners.
1998
Lacking a second guitar player, Shakib and Sarfaraz invite Farhan to audition for the band. With a guest drummer on board, Cryptic Fate performs at Agargaon Community Center. Impressed by Farhan’s skills, Shakib asks Farhan to join the band (July 12) and Farhan duly obliges. The band is offered a concert at the end of July, but Sarfaraz suddenly leaves for the US for higher studies. Emon (from Jolly Rogers) auditions as lead guitarist but falls short of expectations. Farhan steps in as lead guitarist for the show. His performance is stellar and the band delivers yet another tight set.
The band performs two more shows during the year with help from Gibran (Dethrow) and Rinku as support guitarists.
1999-2000
Cryptic Fate continues to perform at concerts. Sarfaraz returns to Dhaka. Arafat (The Watson Brothers) joins the band as guest drummer. The highlight of the year is an open-air concert at RAOWA Club where Fate performs only two songs (due to time constraint). One of the songs is “Nisshongo”, a single from Sreshtho, and members of Black, Artcell, Dethrow and others, join the band on stage for a memorable performance.
2001
Cryptic Fate receives sponsorship from Pepsi. Sarfaraz temporarily leaves the band due to personal reasons. The band performs a concert at the Army Stadium where they introduce new drummer, Turjo.
Close to year-end, Fate is invited by Duray to contribute a song to the mixed album Charpatra. Shakib and Farhan collaborate for the first time, and the result is “Cholo Bangladesh” – a cricket anthem that goes on to become Fate’s first mainstream hit.
Charpatra lineup:
Bass/Vocals – Shakib
Guitars – Farhan
Drums – Turjo
2002
Buoyed by the success of Charpatra, Duray decides to produce another mixed album Anushilon, and invites Fate to contribute two songs. The band once again finds itself without a drummer (Turjo is busy with studies). Left with no choice, Farhan and Shakib play drums on “Shokal Choita” and “Eito Cholchey”, respectively. On a more positive note, Sarfaraz returns to the band, composing “Eito Cholchey”. A full four years after it was recorded, Sreshtho finally sees light of day, thanks to the band’s new label G-Series. The album is an instant hit.
2003
Farshed returns to Bangladesh. First show of the re-united Cryptic Fate is at the Russian Culture Center in March. More shows follow, notably the “ABC” concert at Army Stadium, where Fate unites with Black and Artcell to perform Dream Theater’s “Scenes from a Memory”, and Metallica’s “Master of Puppets”. The band releases two more singles “Biday” and "Prem" for the Aguntuk mixed album series.
2004-2006
Cryptic Fate spend the better part of two years writing and recording the magnum opus Danob. The perfectionists they are, the band take their time delivering their much-anticipated follow-up to Sreshtho. The result is nothing short of brilliant. With Danob, Cryptic Fate continues the journey that began 13 years ago. Despite busy professional lives, the members of Fate remain committed to their music, their band, and their fans.
Danob lineup:
Drums – Farshed
Guitars – Farhan
Guitars – Sarfaraz
Vocals/Bass – Shakib
Discography
Albums
1995 - Ends are Forever
2002 - Sreshtho (শ্রেষ্ঠ) (Originally recorded in 1997)
2006 - DANOB (দানব)
Compilation tracks
- Charpotro (ছাড়পত্র)
Song - Cholo Bangladesh ; Track length - 5:59
- Anushilon (অনুশীলন)
Song - Shokal Choyta ; Track length - 7:20
Song - Eito cholchey ; Track length - 5:00
- Projonmo (প্রজন্ম)
Song - Odhikar ; Track length - 4:53
- Din Bodol (দিনবদল)
Song - Ashirbād - feat Black and Artcell; Track length - 5:40
- Lokayot (লোকায়ত)
Song - Gontobbo ; Track length - 4:03
- Aguntok (আগন্তুক)
Song - Biday ; Track length - 5:55
- Aguntok 2 (আগন্তুক ২)
Song - Prem ; Track length - 5:37
- Aguntok 3 (আগন্তুক ৩)
Song - Onadorer Shontan ; Track length - 5:25
Award: The Best UnderGround Band of 2005
To the band's utter shock, Cryptic Fate won the "Best Underground Band" award at Citycell Channel-i Music Awards.
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| Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 12:15 pm |
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Cryptic Fate Band Memberz Bio:
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Chowdhury F. Shakib (Vocals/Bass)
DOB: June 7th
Early influences - Superman, Tarzan, Thundercats, A-Team, Knight Rider, Star Trek
Favorite bands -Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Ozzy Osbourne, Slayer, Metallica, Dream Theater, Alice in Chains, Helloween
First instrument - Yamaha 4-string RBX or RX or whatever the series is called. It was pink.
Current Gear - Ibanez 4-string bass guitar…don’t know the make/model, Line 6 POD Bass processor, Peavy bass amp
Favorite Cryptic Fate song by album - Ends are Forever, Sreshtho, Agnibina
Favorite Cryptic Fate moment - Winning the Best Underground Band 2005 award
Least favorite Cryptic Fate moment - Messing up in the middle of Revelations (Iron Maiden) and re-starting the song in a live show in the PG auditorium!
Funniest Cryptic Fate moment - Winning the Best Underground Band 2005 award
Favorite Cryptic Fate song to play live - Sreshtho
"If I weren't the guitarist for CF, I would be" - Opening batsman for the Bangladesh Cricket Team.
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Farshed Mahmud (Drums)
DOB: June 28
Early influences - Nicko McBrain, Lars Ulrich, Dave Lombardo
Favorite bands - Iron Maiden, The Beatles, Radiohead
First instrument - Unbranded electric guitar that my mama used to play in the 1960s; first drum kit was, you guessed it, a Bappi that I banged the hell out of.
Current Gear - Sonor Force 2001 17-piece kit, Sabian cymbals (and no Iron-Cobras)
Favorite Cryptic Fate song by album - Withered Alive, Sreshtho, Danob, Onadorer Shontan
Favorite Cryptic Fate moment - Opening first solo show with Ends Are Forever
Least favorite Cryptic Fate moment - Getting kicked off stage by school principal at Scholastica charity show after performing only one song
Funniest Cryptic Fate moment - Perfecting the "meshuggah" segment of Agnibina....took us 4 full days to get it right!
Favorite Cryptic Fate song to play live - Although I haven't yet, I would imagine Agnibina and Danob would be tops. Of the songs, we'v already performed, Sreshtho is most fun for me.
"If I weren't the drummer for CF, I would be" - background dancer (not good
enough to be anything else).
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K. Sarfaraz Latifullah (Guitars)
DOB: Jan 21
Early influences - Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield, Adrian Smith
Favorite bands -(All time) Metallica, Maiden, Helloween
First instrument - Guitar (Givson acoustic!!)
Current Gear - epiphone lespaul(classic flametop) / ibanez S series, Line 6 Pod Pro, Marshall stack, Marshall Head
Favorite Cryptic Fate song by album - Ends are Forever, Shrestho, Shaden Bangla, Agnibina, Anuprerona, Danob. And all the rest!!
Favorite Cryptic Fate moment - playing at the PG auditorium.
Least favorite Cryptic Fate moment - when i was not playing with fate for a while.
Funniest Cryptic Fate moment - When i started playing again. (couldnt stop laughing)
Favorite Cryptic Fate song to play live - Prem, Onadorer Shontan, Bhobogure and at present would be Agnibina, Danob.
"If I weren't the guitarist for CF, I would be" - playing with Metallica!!lol!!
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Farhan Samad (Guitars)
DOB: August 15
Early influences - James Hetfield, Adrian Smith, Jimmy Page
Favorite bands - Iron Maiden, Metallica, Megadeth, The Beatles, Tool, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Primus, The Police, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, The Flaming Lips.
First instrument - Unbranded acoustic guitar from Golden Music
Current Gear - Epiphone Les Paul Gothic, Takamine Dreadnaught Semi-Acoustic, Line 6 Pod 2.0, Digitech Whammy Pedal, Boss OC-3 Octave Pedal, Peavy TNT Bass Combo Amp
Favorite Cryptic Fate song by album - Ends Are Forever, Sreshtho, Danob, Onadorer Shontan
Favorite Cryptic Fate moment - First one would be playing Nishshongo at our first open air show at the RAOWA Club. The show was abruptly cut short and we only got to play two songs. During the second song, which was Nishshongo, all the other bands jumped up on stage and sang the song with us. The second one would be the jam session from which Onadorer Shontan was born. |
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| shimanto-gls |
| Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 11:15 am |
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DM vai apne dhke pura sob dia rakcen
CRYPTIC FATE ke ami BD band rating e n1 rakbo
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| Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 11:17 am |
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| plz DM vai aita deken
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| Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 11:34 am |
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shimanto-gls wrote:plz DM vai aita deken
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