Crypts of Despair are making waves in the scene with their brand of hard-hitting, dissonant, blackened death metal. It’s a beautiful combination where they’ve imbibed elements from all over to create music that’s refreshingly good and flawlessly executed. The Metal Wanderlust premiered one of their tracks AT THIS LINK. Excerpt –
“An astounding display of utter nastiness and sheer outright hate here, and we cannot overemphasize how much of a kick in the pants “All Light Swallowed” is”
Press –
– “a flawless OSDM album” – Metal Bite (US) 9.2/10
– ” stunning record of death metal superiority” – The Killchain (UK)
– “cosmos-shredding” – Wormwood Chronicles (US)
– “not only impress but they set themselves apart” – Head-Banger Reviews (US)
– “As a general rule the arrangements on All Light Swallowed border on the flawless” – Two Guys Metal Reviews (US)
– “any lover of Extreme Metal cannot miss this work” – Dioses del Metal (Spain)
– “sound fresh and visceral” – Moshpit Nation (US)
– “gives the feeling of your skull collapsing on it’s own weight” – Metal Temple (Greece) 8/10
Crypts of Despair (Lithuania) – All Light Swallowed (April 23rd, 2021)
Genre – Dark/Dissonant/Blackened Death Metal
Release Date – April 23rd, 2021
Record Label – Transcending Obscurity Records
For fans of – Ulcerate, Incantation, Belphegor, Portal, Anaal Nathrakh, Deathspell Omega, Replicant, Gorguts, Morbid Angel, Immolation
Death metal band Crypts of Despair have made a quantum leap from their well-received debut full length to the new one. The progression is not merely aesthetic but intrinsic; it’s as if they’ve unlocked some inner beast by channelling diabolical forces through them. The music is at once ferocious, rife with unearthly and dissonant sounds, punctuated by hair-raising, eerie ambience. It embodies the perfect combination of face-melting aggression and electrifying atmosphere, with song structures remaining unpredictable and yet strangely coherent. The sound is absolutely pristine, able to express the band’s penchant for playing fast, devastating music as well as doing justice to the myriad variations that they incorporate. This is the perfect death metal album of the times, without any dilution of the raw appeal of the genre. The execution is next level and it’s an album that you will keep coming back to just because it has so much to offer in a refreshing manner. Delve deep into this one and the experience will be unforgettable.
Band lineup –
Dovydas Auglys – Guitar/Vocals
Benas Juskus – Guitar
Simonas Jurkevicius – Bass/Vocals
Henri Mall – Drums
Artwork by Néstor Avalos (Bloodbath, Blut Aus Nord)
Track listing –
1. Being – Erased
2. Anguished Exhale
3. Choked By The Void
4. Condemned To Life
5. Synergy Of Suffering
6. The Great End
7. Disgust
8. Excruciating Weight
9. Bleak View
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