Cryptic Ruse
Experimental solo metal project from Seattle, created by xenharmonic composer and microtonalist Deja Igliashon, using a 23-step microtonal scale to produce dense, unconventional music at the crossroads of drone, stoner, and progressive metal. Albums like Our Crumbling Psychic Infrastructure showcase a sound that defies easy genre classification.
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Cryptic Ruse Discography
Chains of Smoke
Wasting & Thirsting
Pineal Algebra (Remaster)
Misc 2003-2014
ASMR
Dual Spaces: Exercises & Diagrams
UNFERTILE
Our Crumbling Psychic Infrastructure
A Year Without Breath
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