In a metal scene brimming with talent, Dutch heavyweights Cryptosis stood out like a shining diamond from the very start. Commencing their reign of cerebral terror back in 2020, this most distinctive and inventive of metal power trios sent shockwaves through the scene with their monstrous 2021 debut album Bionic Swarm. A raging cyclone of highly evolved extreme metal, it showcased the band’s dystopian vision, introducing the exhilarating sound of three ingenious virtuosos, and standing proudly apart from prevailing trends. Cryptosis remains determined to follow their chosen path, and in 2025, they return with a phenomenal sophomore record, Celestial Death.
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The crises surround us—from the energy crisis and the war in Ukraine to inflation, inequality and deepening political polarization to the overarching climate and biodiversity crisis.
Wherever we look, the world around us is engulfed in a state of crisis. It is this weighty and complex theme that the Danish-American hyperthrashers in Terminalist take up on their sophomore album, ‘The Crisis as Condition.’ Rooted in 1980s technical thrash metal, they update the socio-political criticism known from the genre’s heyday in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s—a time that was also characterized by political upheaval, yet marked by a belief in better times ahead.
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