Pakistani music



So whats the state of Pakistani music today, especailly pakistani pop and rock music?



Pakistani music has evolved so much in recent times, especially with the massive rise of pakistani rock music, which really has had pakistani fans moving in the recent years. The emergence of bands like Jal, Strings, Aaroh, Noori and so many others (obviously too many to name here) the nation's culture really has started to transform. There is now a big variety of Pakistani music on offer then in the past.



Music for the Pakistani people is now reaching new heights in terms of choice. Being able to choose from so many Pakistani music bands was unheard of in the past. Rock music from Pakistan has become very popular not only in Pakistan but also in other parts of South Asia. A lot of the bands now have millions of fan following in contries such as India, and many other Soutern Asian regions.



A major musical achievement for pakistani music occured in 2003 when the band Strings had one of its songs (Najane Kyun) on the urdu sountrack for the film Spiderman2. The development of the music industry has gone so far that it is already now split between 2 sub genres; one being whats called the sufi rock and the other being termed black metal.



The band Junoon has been singing and popularising the sufi rock style which is a genre influenced by the great Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Sahib. It is a mix of western rock and the more traditional folk music of Pakistan. The band Junoon claims to have started the use of the term sufi rock as far back as 1993, when such styles of music was at its infancy in pakistan. The term gained more popularity in the late 1990's when the Indian MTV channel gave it more exposure. Other bands that are being categorised under the Sufi rock term include the band Izteraab



On the other hand, black metal is a relatively new style that is being sung by many of the underground bands of Pakistan in some of the major towns of Pakistan such as Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi and even reaching as far as Peshawar. The increasing rise of unsigned bands in Pakistan has resulted in more and more bands constructing a community of bands that are making music in their own underground methods. A rise of such communities in the last 2 or 3 years has given us the black metal genre that had never been seen before. Pakistan is seeing revolutionary changes with greater choices of music that never existed before in its history.



Some of the well known Pakistan bands include Fuzon, Aaroh, Noori, Strings, Jal and many more.This is just the begining of a what seems to be a massive change on the pakistani music industry and one that will certainly attract greater audiences from around the world as the development continues further

Bookmark: