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Crypta is a death metal band formed in São Paulo, Brazil in 2019 by former Nervosa members vocalist and bassist Fernanda Lira and drummer Luana Dametto, completing their lineup with guitarists Tainá Bergamaschi and Sonia Anubis. The band released their debut album Echoes of the Soul on June 11, 2021 via Napalm Records to widespread acclaim, establishing themselves as one of the most prominent acts in contemporary Brazilian death metal. Their 2023 follow-up Shades of Sorrow further cemented their international profile.
Phoenix's Cryptadia fuse djent's polyrhythmic precision with progressive metal's expansive song structures, producing technically demanding music built on groove and complexity. Their material is dense, layered, and aimed at fans of modern heavy progressive sounds.
Experimental death metal act from the Netherlands, formed in 2017. Cryptae has gained recognition for their abrasive, avant-garde approach to death metal that pushes beyond conventional boundaries.
Death/doom metal band from Klagenfurt, Austria, formed in 2021, featuring Benjamin Helfer on guitar and vocals alongside Daniel Schober, Simon Matweber, and David Matweber. Their 2024 self-titled debut EP spans funeral doom, death metal, and sludge with a 'Stay Death' ethos.
Death metal band from Dortmund, Germany, formed in 2021. They deliver crushing death metal from the industrial heart of the Ruhr.
New York's Cryptchasm specialize in death metal with a cavernous, pitch-black production aesthetic, their riffs descending into genuinely abyssal sonic territory. Their recordings feel like they're swallowing the listener whole.
South Carolina's Cryptdweller deliver underground death metal with a raw, subterranean quality and little interest in trend-chasing. Their music is built for devotees of the genre's most primitive, unpolished core.
Depressive black-doom metal band from France, formed in 2021. They craft bleak, crushing metal that merges depressive black metal with doom weight.
Salt Lake City's Crypted Roots combine death metal's sonic aggression with thrash metal's punishing velocity, crafting music that moves fast and hits hard. Their Utah roots inform an isolation and intensity in their recordings.
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