Bangla CD Covers

"Ends are Forever" is the debut album of popular heavy metal band of Bangladesh, Cryptic Fate . This important album was released in 1995 from Soundtek in Cassette format only. Important, because this was the first English heavy metal album of Bangladesh . The album was influenced heavily by the likes of : Iron Maiden , Megadeth , Dream Theater , Metallica (Pre-Black album) and Seattle music scene of the USA. The band mentions in the album sleeves that it was in fact, Alice in Chains, for sparking the original inspiration. Ends are Forever was completed in exactly 9 full shifts, composed in exactly 1 month (The tracks "Moment in Madness" and "Apprehension " was composed during the studio sessions) at the Soundgarden Studios, recorded by the legendary sound engineer of Bangladesh, the late Imran Ahmed Chowdhury (Mobin) and Charu Bhai. The mixing/mastering was done by Mr. Mobin as well, while the Sleeve Illustration was done by Alamgir (Jamil) and the...

Cryptic Fate 's 3rd studio album was titled 'Danob' . It was released in 2006 as a much anticipated follow-up to their 2002 release ' Sreshtho' (which was actually recorded back in 1997, hence the mentioning of the "nine-year" gap in the first paragraph of the sleeves) . This album was written and recorded over a span of 2 years from 2004-2006 and released from G-Series in . Danob is considered a pinnacle in the band's history as it cemented the signature sound and matured lyrical and musical styles of Cryptic Fate. It also contained a 20-page full-color booklet with original artwork by Mrinal Kanti Das (Biplob)  for lyrics of each of the songs as well as the cover art. Danob was produced by Farhan Samad and Chowdhury F. Shakib ; Mixed by Masudul Hassan , assisted by Nixon & Shuvo at Art of Noise. Buno (of Bangla fame) did the mastering of the album at Dhun. Recording was done in three different studios: Soundgarden (Drums recorded by Dure...

'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...

'Live Now', released in 2007 in collaboration with 'Shabab Murshid Foundation' , is a mega-hit band mixed album. It featured the lineup of bands like Artcell, Nemesis, Aurthohin Black, Cryptic Fate, The Watson Brothers, Arbovirus and some new bands. The main story behind 'Live Now' is however the untimely death of Shabab Murshid . Despite being healthy, he passed away suddenly on May 10th, 2005. Till today, the family members don't know the reason of his death. In an initiative to prevent such events, the Foundation decided to reach out to people by releasing an album to raise funds, and promote CPR and other healthcare techniques among the youth in collaboration with BIRDEM. The musicians who have contributed to this album have expressed that they felt honoured to be part of this noble initiative. Music-wise, this is one of the best band mixed albums of all time. [click on the images to view larger sizes] Track List 01. Artcell - Ei Bidaye 02. Nemesi...

'Agontuk 3' is the 3rd compilation by Sumon from his 'Agontuk' series of band mixed albums. Released in 2005, it featured the usual heavy-hitting bands as well as newcomers. Bassbaba was also featured in a track by Stentorian named 'Bishonno Adhar'. This album also got high praise like the rest of the series in the underground music scene. This album was dedicated to Imran Ahmed Chowdhury Mobin , sound engineer of 'Black' who suffered an untimely death while traveling with the band along the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway. [click on the images to view larger sizes] Track List 01. Aurthohin - Itihash 02. Artcell - Bangladesh... Smriti O Amra 03. Black - Shades of White & Black 04. Cryptic Fate - Onadorer Shontan 05. Zefyr - Desh 06. Icons - Obinoy 07. Dripping Gore - Bimurh Monushotter Udbhashon 08. 666 - Mrittu (Jonmer Purbey) 09. Shade - Dhuwar Majhey 10. Fulbanu's Revenge - Mukhosh Khule 11. Aashor - Mohasrishtir Gaan 12. Echoes - M...