
Forged in Black – Ten Years at the Forge
…comes at you…bad-to-the-bone…
…comes at you…bad-to-the-bone…
From the very opening notes, it is obvious that Cryptic Shift is about to take you far, far away from Planet Earth.
They have genuine creative minds and force both resonant and threatening…
Black and roll meets psychedelic doom to create an off kilter stew of occult magical delights.
This is a song that is full of fantastic one-liners that perfectly depict what is going on in the UK, USA, and the rest of the world.
Evil lurks around the corner, but our hero will destroy all threats while this track is pulsing through the sound system.
Ekpyrosis rises from the deepest pit of the void, a creature unleashed to slither forth upon the unsuspecting masses.
The theme of the release can be summarised as a series of ideas on transhumanism stemming out of an initial inspiration from the Fritz Lang film Metropolis (1927).
Undeniably intense, Panopticism requires determination and strength, but rewards the listener who takes up the challenge. The gauntlet has been thrown down. Will you take it up?
I listened to this EP about three times in a row, non-stop…unable to stop, really.