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. As they are growing older they are getting more mature music wise and that will inevitably affect their music as time goes on. But on one count Fate will never change---they will always be quality heavy metal.
History:
It all started in February 1993, when Wahed and Sarfaraz conceived the idea of forming a Metal Band. Their friends Shakib, Farshed and Iresh joined with them and the band was formed. Shakib came up with the name “Cryptic Fate” while praying Tarabi Namaz at the mosque.
First Line up of the band:
Vocals – Iresh Zaker
Guitars – Waheduzzaman Khan
Guitars – Khwaja Sarfaraz Latifullah
Bass – Chowdhury Fazle Shakib
Drums – Farshed Mahmud
1993
Cryptic Fate soon performed in a concert in Scholastica and got very good response from the crowd. Later that year Iresh leaves the band. Shakib takes over as the lead vocal. Sagar, a jazz/blues musician joins the band as a guest member and together they play in a concert in Scholastica. Due to time constraint, Cryptic Fate only performs 1 song. The band is on the verge of break up after this.
1994
Shakib comes up with the tune for Cryptic Fate’s first song “Chapters of Fate”. Farshed writes the lyrics and names the song. The band gets a mixed response for their 1st composed song. Farshed Leaves for USA and the band is again on the verge of breaking down. Shakib wanted to break the band but Farshed insisted to keep on going.1995
Farshed comes back to Dhaka for summer vacation and the band decides to start working on their first album. The band works day and night and comes up with the first 8 tracks of “Ends are forever” including the chorus “Withered Alive” composed by Shakib. The band then started recording their songs in Soundgarden Studio. It takes the band 9 full shift to record and mix the album including the 9th track “Apprehension”.
Line up during the album:
Drums – Farshed
Guitars – Wahed
Guitars – Sarfaraz
Vocals/Bass – Shakib
The album was released by Soundtek Productions and Cryptic Fate gets moderate success and selling over 2000 copies.
Wahed goes to USA while Shakib and Sarfaraz join Independent University of Bangladesh (IUB), Dhaka. Here Shakib becomes good friend with Farhan.
1996
The band does some composing in the summer for one month only to realise that they don’t have the ability to play them yet. In December, Shakib is invited by Thrashold (a metal band) to perform in a concert in January at ICMA Auditorium.
1997
1st Concert: Cryptic Fate makes a list of 18 songs for the concert at ICMA Auditorium and practices them for 4 days. The band opens with their title track from “Ends Are Forever” and goes on to sing the whole album. The Audience goes wild and the concert was a huge success for Cryptic Fate.
Summer, 2nd Album: The band gets together in summer and re-records all the materials they had recorded in 1996. Once again they record their whole album in Soundgarden studio. They name the album “Sreshtho”.
Line up during the album:
Drums – Farshed
Guitars – Wahed
Guitars – Sarfaraz
Vocals/Bass – Shakib
The rest of the year the band searches for a production company to release album.
1998
Manzur, a friend from IUB, joins the band as a drummer. Cryptic Fate also decides to try out Farhan as a rhythm guitarist. They perform in a concert at Agargaon Community Center. Impressed by his skills, Shakib asks Farhan to join the band (on July 12th). Farhan gladly accepts the proposal. The band is offered a concert at the end of July. Due to absence of Sarfaraz, Cryptic fate decides to take Emon (from Jolly Rogers) as the guest lead guitarist and Farhan as the rhythm guitarist. Emon proves unable to handle the leads and Farhan is asked to take over. He does a great job and the band performs great in the concert.
The band does two more concerts in the year with help from Gibran (Dethrow) and Rinku as support guitarists.
1999
Sarfaraz and Farshed return in the summer and the band decides to organize their own concert. Together with Tantrik, Kopprophilia and Dethrow, they organize a concert in mid July. The band prepares 18 songs for the concert and blows the audience away. The concert was a huge success.
2000
Cryptic Fate performs in quite a few concerts with good success. Arafat joined the band as guest drummer. The high light of the year is the open air concert held on RAOWA Club where Fate performs 2 songs (due to time constraint). They perform “Nisshongo”, their own song and it is a huge hit.
2001
Cryptic Fate gets signed up by Pepsi. Sarfaraz was forced to leave the band because of commitment to the band. They perform (all English Songs) in a concert at Army Stadium with moderate success. The concert marked the introduction of Fate’s new drummer, Turjo.
Around the End of the year (during Ramadan), Fate is invited to Duray to contribute a song in the mixed album called “Charpatra”. Shakib composes the whole song except for the actual lead. For the 1st time Farhan takes part in the composition.
Line up during the album:
Bass/Vocals – Shakib
Guitars – Farhan
Drums – Turjo
2002
Duray decided to produce another album called “Anushilon”. This time around Cryptic Fate is asked to give 2 songs for the album. Because of rushed recording, the band does not get enough time to compose the songs and Farhan and Shakib plays the drums. Farhan plays “Shokal Choita” while Shakib plays “Eito Cholchey”. By this time Sarfaraz in back and helps them to finish the 2nd song.
Finally their Second Album “Sreshtho” is out in the market. The Album is a Huge Success all over Bangladesh.
Present Location of Members:
Farshed – Currently in USA, working at JP Morgan.
Wahed - Currently in USA, working at American Express.
Shakib – Currently in Dhaka, working in an NGO.
Sarfaraz – Currently in Dhaka, working at Synergies.
Farhan – Currently in Dhaka, Studying in IUB.
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