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Finnish black metal outfit Kryptamok's second album, Kataklysmi, will be released via Purity Through Fire on 17 July on CD, while the vinyl and tape versions will follow later this year.
Kryptamok burst forth from the void in 2018 with their first demo, Profaani. Although that was the entity's first public recording, Kryptamok is the work of Hex Inferi, a veteran of the always fertile Finnish black metal underground, having played in Vordven in the late '90s and early 2000s and more recently as the bassist of the institutional Horna.
In the cursed year of 2020, Kryptamok took bolder strides on its debut full-length, Verisaarna, released by Purity Through Fire.
In a unique twist, Kryptamok stirs its bubbling black cauldron in a different direction with the second album Kataklysmi. While that idiomatic melodicism is still at the fore (and chills to the fucking bone), Kataklysmi takes on a more overtly epic and palatably bombastic tone, raging with hellfire but also revealing wandering-star atmospheres that harken to mid-90s black metal traditionalism. No less grim than before, Hex Inferi's visions here unshackle themselves from the usual Finnish tropes; the album, as a result, retains textures and an intensity that is simultaneously nostalgic and modern. Korpus Abortuum, responsible for the lyrics on the previous two recordings, was chosen to preach his own words while drummer Beleth raised his hammers to forge the backbone for the album. Indeed, Kataklysmi is a fitting title...
"The third coming of Kryptamok is the all-ending cataclysm. This havoc will reap the human weed from the face of the earth. The end-times are drawing near. The sons of Abraham shed each other's blood in everlasting wars... Father sun is eclipsed by the eruption of Mother Gaia's pulsating vulva. Diseases, plagues, and famine sweep through the crumbling realm of man."
In the meantime, check on the "Kataklysmi" track if you haven't already. Link
Kataklysmi tracklist:
1. Ambienssi apokalyptiselle näytelmälle
2. Hävityksen ensimmäinen askel
3. Kataklysmi
4. Eläköön sota ihmisten kesken
5. Saatanallinen hävitystaistelu
6. Helvetin esitaistelija
7. Laulakaa tulesta, laulakaa liekeistä
8. Outo kuningas
9. Lopunajan abominaatiot
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