Cryptivore – Celestial Extinction (Album Review)

Release Date: March 15th 2022 - Bitter Loss Records

Cryptivore – Celestial Extinction

One-man Chaotic death metal Act return with the long-awaited follow up to the Unseen Divinity  Demo from 2017.

Hailing from QLD Celestial Extinction is such a cohesive effort that it is impossible to tell that it is the result of just one person’s (Chris Anning) Intensity. It’s short, sharp, heavier than a box of rocks which it also does, and with some nice twin harmony guitar parts in places.

Australian Death metal is unique and Cryptivore keeps this fair dinkum no-nonsense sensibility true to its nature. Its fierce, raw, and visceral, it takes the next step from icons Manticore and Obfuscate Mass and pursues darker territories. Cadaverizor and Clandestine Ruination, employ some of those glorious early nineties grind tone and the tracks are short, in, out, tear it up, break everything and move on. Not all one dimensional however as Monastery Worms and Solemn Desolation mix the tones and the tempos. An album so fierce and infectious you have to go back to catch the things that were missed on the first several listens.

Celestial Extinction combines the best of death and grind and mixes it with some pure metal and progression (think Amorphis) and creates a release that whilst at times seems familiar carries its own unique identity, an album that never outstays its welcome and is deadly in its intent. Then 10 tracks hurl you down a deathly heavy path that combines the traditional with the atmospheric to deliver a varied release that commands multiple listens.

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Release Year: 2022
Label: Bitter Loss Records
Category: Album
Country: Australia

Reviewed by Sparky