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March 10th,2010

In november 1995, two brothers Ali Raza & M.Ali who have already been playing guitar for a few of years; decided to form a thrash metal band known as "Metal Purge". Andrew joined in as band's drummer. Bass was played by various artists. The band mostly did cover songs of Anthrax, Pantera, Overkill, Metal Church and Megadeth. After Andrew left for Canada, in December 1996 the band was disbanded.

The Black Warrant was formed by Ali Raza (vocalist & guitarist) in February 1997 as a Heavy Metal band with influences of Industrial Metal. His brother M. Ali also joined as rhythm guitarist. Working with a few session players they released a cover song 'Jogia' of Junoon which became a hit and it was just a glimpse of a rising force.

In 1999, Black Warrant released their first album, Recover which was composed of cover songs. The Wait (Metallica), Into The Pit (Fight) and Painkiller (Judas Priest) further fortified their reputation as one of very few Heavy Metal bands of Pakistan. Black Warrant also became the first band to play Rammstein, Spiel mit mir proved a great success as a cover song along with a few others.

In 2001, Kashif Khan joined the band as lead vocalist. M. Ali played bass and Ali Raza on guitars. Eddy played as a secessionist on drums. Black Warrant performed all over Pakistan.

During 2002 and 2003, Black Warrant was mainly inactive as M.Ali and Ali Raza was a part of another side project 'Alianz'. They performed throughout Pakistan including Islamabad, Lahore, Faisalabad, Multan and Karachi. Even though it was mainly a success but Ali Raza and M. Ali felt it was time to go back to Heavy Metal.

In 2004, Black Warrant released their original album "Desi" with the title song 'Desi'. The album contained some of the original songs composed since the band was formed. The song "Desi" became very popular. During same year M. Ali and Kashif took a break and Umer(rhythm), Farooq(vocals) and Ahmed (bass) joined in the band.

In 2005, Black Warrant released their experimental album "Silent Wish" which included a mix of Instrumental rock and some techno/Industrial numbers. Later in 2005, Umer and Farooq were asked to leave the band because of their lack of interest in Heavy Metal genre. Kashif joined back, M.Ali was also back with his axe.

2006 proved to be very active year for Black Warrant. Two albums in one year. Recover II and Electric. Black Warrant also joined hands with City FM 89 to promote heavy metal genre, which was not fruitful and Black Warrant decided to end the collaboration. Black Warrant also performed in UAE, USA and Australia.

In 2007, Black Warrant collaborated with various artists who played Drums and Bass for the band. Black Warrant announced their new album "Decade Of Destruction" to be released in 2nd half of 2009. During 2008 Black Warrant came out with 'Raw Power' which was also available in CD form in limited quantity.

In early 2009 due to relocation Kashif Khan left the band. The album released was postponed till 2010.

Twelve years and counting, Black Warrant is one of the oldest Heavy Metal band to survive and still going strong.

* This is just an overview of a few events and does not contain every detail.

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