Coming after a gap of four long years, the new Crypts of Despair album is one of our most eagerly awaited releases in 2025 and if you know the band and what they’re all about, you know for sure that their music is going to be powerful. The sound on the new album is more condensed, visceral, hard-hitting and straight to the point. In short, it’s forward-thinking death metal that crushes your balls. You can listen to two of their songs on Bandcamp HERE and even watch their official lyric video below.
Lithuanian band Crypts of Despair have exemplified playing death metal in a fierce, ruthless and ball-bustingly heavy way. Just when you think they had perfected their sound bolstering it with all the right dark and vile elements on their highly acclaimed previous album, they decided to hone their sound some more on their new one. Clearly, they are not content to bask in the glory of their past efforts no matter how good they are, and have evolved and refined their sound further. The new album retains the band’s intimidating demeanour but now the music is comparatively more condensed, visceral, intuitive, and even displays hints of melancholy. The execution remains forceful and the riffs are compelling enough to commit crimes, egged on by the relentless barrage of seemingly multi-tongued demonic vocals. The band functions as a unit better now than ever before with a thick, cohesive sound that drives the point home. This is sheer aural terror and they have become veritable masters of it. “We Belong In The Grave” is a bold step ahead for Crypts of Despair, maintaining the band’s high standards while updating the sound for maximum impact and utter devastation.
For fans of: Ulcerate, Mgla, Replicant, Skaphos, Krypts, Obscureviolence, Dead Congregation, Saevus Finis
Line up –
Jonas Kanevičius – Vocals
Dovydas Auglys – Guitars
Tautvydas Kartanas – Guitars
Simonas Jurkevičius – Bass
Henri Mäll – Drums
Artwork by Vainius “Anomaly” Česnauskas
Track listing –
1. We Belong In The Grave
2. Terminal Dias
3. Obliteration Of The Impure
4. Expulsion To Purgatory
5. Undisillusioned
6. Seizures
7. Precipitous
8. Gaze Of The Adversary
9. Burial Of The World
Release date – April 18th, 2025