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Back in stock - Extreme Metal and Dark music
Reissue, after 26 years, of the magical cult debut album "Ars Magika".
A perfect mix between tradition and innovation, violence and atmosphere, occultism and esotericism.
Limited Digipak Cd edition.
With a past that stretches back to the late '90s and a patient path that began in 2013 with a moniker change, Brazil's THE KRYPTIK burst forth into brilliance when they aligned with PURITY THROUGH FIRE. In the autumn of 2019 came their acclaimed second album, When the Shadows Rise, a startlingly immersive gem of symphonic black metal, and many finally took notice. A year late came the 40-minute Behold Fortress Inferno, which poignantly expanded on their vast canvas despite "only" being a mini-album. Between these two records especially, THE KRYPTIK proved that "symphonic black metal" need not be a dirty word; with no outside influence from the nowadays "black metal" scene, the duo dependably practiced their mystical arts and erected a grand citadel of sound - an atavistic awakening of when all was simply BLACK METAL, heedless of appellations.
And so it goes with THE KRYPTIK's massive third album, A Journey to the Darkest Kingdom. Truly titled, the seven-track/70-minute A Journey to the Darkest Kingdom reveals the duo's grandest vision yet: neo-ancient symphonic black metal drenched in the dark waters of the cosmos, a castle of crystalline ice whose spires reach into boundless space. The band's ebon flow continually crests and cascades, synths swirling all about and with utterly magickal effect. The production here in this Darkest Kingdom is clear and sharp - all murk excised for maximum immersion, gorgeous swell, and pulsing violence - altogether sounding incredibly vintage and era-authentic yet somehow fresher than most nowadays black metal recordings. But, that magick largely resides in THE KRYPTIK's songwriting, as each song is an epic in its own right and then are all threaded together as one fever dream: melodicism, majesty, and malice in perfect balance. Thus, A Journey to the Darkest Kingdom follows logically in THE KRYPTIK's continuum whilst pushing their creativity to even-more-breathtaking heights. Have they delivered a classic on par with Witchcraft, The Sad Realm of the Stars, or even Stormblåst? Only time shall be the judge...
Limited to 199x black vinyl, incl. download
New Severoth album, releases officially on January, 8 2021 but ships out from Sound Cave mailorder already on December 4th !
4 panels Digipack with extensive booklet !
2024 edition / repress!
Like 2022 edition, comes with a 12 pages 30x30 booklet glued inside the gatefold cover,
180 grams colored vinyl (this time we have a milky clear vinyl with black, galaxy/smoke effect)
Vent Fantôme' is a piece consisting of 2 unique songs of Wintery black drone, a la Neige et Noirceur
Its been composed to be played live first (in 2016/2017) but then recorded in their own studio to be released on tape-cassette by Les Fleurs du Mal prod.
'Vent Fantôme' is right now under production process and will be released by Avantgarde Music as numbered extra limited vinyl to keep it a special release as it sounds, and digipack cd.
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