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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
Featured Power Metal Album
Black Ninja (2013)
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Liars & Thieves (2024)
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Folk and power metal band from York, England, active since 2012. They blend folk instrumentation with power metal hooks from the historic Yorkshire city.
Thrash metal band from Sarreguemines on the German border, France, active since 1992. With over three decades of history, Cryptic Art are veterans of the French thrash scene.
Death-doom metal band from Wolfsburg, Germany, active since 2013. They craft putrid, filthy death-doom that crawls through murky sonic depths.
Melodic black-death metal band from Rosslau in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, formed in 2020. They weave melodic elements through a foundation of black and death metal.
Razor-sharp Melodic Thrash Metal out of Texas.
Brutal death metal act from Dobryanka in the Perm region, formed in 2023. Cryptic Conversion delivers punishing brutality from the Ural foothills.
Death-thrash metal band from Velbert, Germany, formed in 2017. They merge death metal brutality with thrash metal precision from the Bergisches Land region.
Death metal band from Stoke-on-Trent, England, formed in 2021. They deliver crushing death metal from the Staffordshire Potteries.
Death metal act from Moscow, formed in 2022. Cryptic Dissolution channels dark, decomposing death metal from the Russian capital.
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