The original lineup consists of singer Iresh Zaker, guitarists K. Sarfaraz Latifullah and Waheduzzaman Khan, bassist Shakib Chowdhury, drummer Farshed Mahmud.

They quickly recruited school friends Shakib, Farshed and Iresh as bassist, drummer, and singer, respectively, and the original line-up was complete.

Farshed insists he will return in a year to record a full-length album, and the band agreed to stay together.

Ends Are Forever was released by Soundtek Productions and enjoyed moderate success despite being an all-English metal album in a pop-saturated all-Bangla market.

Meanwhile, Shakib and Sarfaraz enrolled at Independent University of Bangladesh (IUB), Dhaka, where they later meet guitarist Farhan Samad.

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 band is offered a concert at the end of July, but Sarfaraz suddenly leaves for the US for higher studies.

The highlight of the year is an open-air concert at RAOWA Club where Fate performs only two songs (due to time constraints).

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.

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.

Left with no choice, Farhan and Shakib play drums on “Shokal Choita” and “Eito Cholchey”, respectively.

A full four years after it was recorded, Sreshtho finally sees light of day, thanks to the band's new label G-Series.

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”.

Fate released Sreshto in the same year however the members weren’t satisfied with their sound since it was recorded way back in 1997.

Chowdhury Fazle Shakib said on his Facebook page "We are also working on a 20 years of Cryptic Fate album.