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Shohail Ibne Mahbub (XTR)
I'm an avid Bangla music album collector in this hobby since 2012. Having grown up in the "Underground" era of Bangla band music, I took the initiative to archive and upload album artworks. Till now, I've been recognised and acknowledged by various artists, bands, streaming and label companies for my work on Bangla CD Covers. There's a high chance most artwork you see floating around the internet are scanned by me!

Sreshtho by Cryptic Fate

'Sreshtho' is the debut CD album of popular heavy metal/hard rock band Cryptic Fate released in 2002. The band, deemed as one of the pioneers of the underground music scene, is part of the ABC (Artcell, Black, Cryptic Fate) generation that so many of the youths of Bangladesh have fond affiliation with. Previously, Cryptic Fate had released a full English cassette album called "Ends are Forever" in 1998. The reception of that English album at that time wasn't warm, and Cryptic Fate started composing music in Bangla during the early stages of the underground scene. After gaining massive popularity in Isha Khan Durey's Charpotro, they decided they would recreate some of the English songs heard in the first album in Bangla as well as a bunch of new original material for a Liberation War themed album. Thus, 'Sreshtho' was born.

The English songs that were recreated in Bangla are, "Odious Zephyr" (Lobher Agun) and "Eternal" (Protibaad).

The lineup of 'Sreshtho' consisted of the following:

Farshed: Drums
Wahed: Guitars
Sarfaraz: Guitars
Shakib: Vocals/Bass

Cryptic Fate also welcomed Farhan as a guitarist and Turjo as a drummer for this album. Artcell's Shaju made a guest appearance on drums on the track Protibaad (Millennium Remix). Atish played keyboards on the same track. According to Shakib, the band called it "Millennium Remix" because it had keyboards.

A re-release of this album is available for purchase at iTunes store with a different track listing: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/bhoboghure/836627139?i=836627265

The album can be streamed legally using the GAAN App on both Android and iOS. G-Series also has the album uploaded as an Audio Jukebox here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TTE-xgy1YA

Track List:

01. Dhulikona
02. Bhoboghure
03. Protibaad
04. Lobher Agun
05. Sreshtho
06. Amar Shathe Ay
07. Shadhin Bangla Betar Kendro
08. Shesh Train
09. Shet Shubhrota
10. Dreamsayer
11. Protibaad (Millenium Remix)

iTunes Bonus tracks:

12. Joyodhhoni
13. Biday [From "Agontuk (2003)"]


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Artwork

Front
Front [iTunes Re-Release]
CD
Back
Inlay [Front]
Booklet

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