This is what who heard us live/on record had to say about Sceptocrypt. If any of you want to comment about any of the music hereunder, feel free to write a comment hereunder (or you can leave it on our socials if accessing this page that way).
Thank you to each and every single one of you!
The Wards Outside (2024)
Feel free to leave us your comments on our 1st track showcasing our new Extreme Music Research direction!
Wow, a twelve and a half minute song – that’s ambitious from the get go! I see that Sceptocrypt are truly resurrected. I’m hearing some of your avantgarde side coming out in this material. Very free-flowing and artist craft oriented. Some of the textures remind me a bit of Misanthrope (Fr) in their early (prime) days. – Heinously Yours YouTube Chnl
I like the vocals, especially the Gollum-style bits, reminds me of Devil Doll. Won’t become a metal anthem, I doubt I’ll listen enough times to get to know the song by heart, but it does have its good and very good parts. – Dave Alan, Lithomancy keyboardist
There are some quirky riffs in there and it’s quite dynamic, but overall I think it’s the vocals that stand out – it’s a really eccentric performance and rather charismatic. I think with stuff like this you either have to go minimalist or you go OTT. The music mostly sits in the middle – apart from the odd bit of dissonance and sudden tempo changes it somehow feels fairly safe even though it’s clearly not trying to be.
In terms of the mood, this is evoking early Ephel Duath, and it would be really cool if you could tap into that vibe long term. – MJR, UK
Delicious prog-death honey – Francis, Atum drummer
A really good song! I really like Sceptocrypt stuff in general as it takes you on a journey! Every other band is just the normal song structure and that is cool when it’s cool but it doesn’t explore where else a song can go, but you guys do! – Parmahn Azad, Sanhedrin vocals & guitarist
Dunno what to say! Absolutely incredible song. Some try and sound crazy and loony but you guys have actually succeeded. It’s wonderful.
Really enjoyed the whole read too. A massive congrats on a work of art. Lyrics are on another level. It’s all on another level. Hopefully see you live sometime. Well done all! Impressed. Its 11/10 – Chris, Space Dogs drummer
Oratorio Mortem 2 : The Unwanted Requiem (2023)
Feel free to leave us your comments on our comeback track!
It wasn’t what I was expecting, and that’s the beauty of it! Then again, that’s very much you. Beautiful homage to your mother Malc. That alone is supremely commendable! – Simon Dimech, Hairy Amp, Malta
Well done on your new song ‘The Unwanted Requiem’! Great composition and playing there!! Sounding good! – Sean Vukovic, Forsaken, Malta
It takes some balls to pick up a guitar and compose a requiem to honour your mother, just days after she passed away…. Brilliant piece, great music, plus love the thought behind the artwork. – Emwin Mifsud, Emvin By Me, Malta
A very moving epitaph – Odette Cardona, Malta
I truly enjoyed listening to it. Deep thoughts linked with harmonious classical notes – Grace Stivala, Malta
!26 Hrs 72 mins …. the need to differ) (full CD 1999 released 2015)
We never promoted this anywhere so feel free to leave your comments about it!
Amaranth so Puissant : A Work in 4 Acts (The Planting, Death, Hope, The Ever-after (live 07.11.1997)
(only Act 1 was recorded on debut album, all 4 acts only played live twice)
Unpredictable superb ideas – Adramalech, Archean Harmony
Great, beautiful art – Arch Music Mag, Malta
Fuckin’ amazing and long extreme art. – Lord Trebor, Archean Harmony
Very atmospheric, very powerful. – Peter Coombes, tourist at a club where we played
Sublime – an enormous diversity of feels ranging from extreme desperation to the weirdest and most unexpected; cruel and enormous in ingenuity, incredible and indescribable in terms of mind!” – Rex, Victims Of Creation
Goose flesh – some parts of this made me thrill – Jo Kerr Formosa, Norm Rejection
Oratorio Mortem
compilation track 1997
Oratorio Mortem (compilation track 1997)
Quite precious with cared, original sound (a sort of labyrinthic perspective), good guitar playing, original with other instruments and fucking with them. A good work! – Francesca Nicoli, Ataraxia, Italy
One of the most astonishing tracks on the compilation CD” – Albert Bell, Forsaken, Nomad Son & Sacro Sanctus, Malta
Finally I had the chance to listen to one of your songs. It sounds very avant-garde!! – Kobi Farhi, Orphaned Land, Israel
One of the best – performed with extreme precision – the ‘feel’ produced on CD and live has the same ecstasy. Extremely progressive with an anticlimax “Fuck my mind” mood – Rex, Victims of Creation
Very good recording, also very original – Leo Stivala, Forsaken
Good modern death metal, making it one of the most original songs from the compilation CD. Good climax, and good idea of adding Maltese words – Mark Sciberras
It’s a good song, I appreciated the good ideas. A Sceptocrypt classic – Sean Pollacco, Pilgrimage.
Good song with crunchy rhythms. Live version sounds better – Ronnie Attard, Dea Discordia
Weird, relaxing, yet mentally disturbing – Jo Kerr Formosa, Norm Rejection
Poor Crows, Give ’em a Deal
rehearsal promo 1997
“Poor Crows, Give ‘Em A Deal” (rehearsal tape 1997)
Thanks a lot for everything you enclosed in the package. I have consumed it all!! It’s very difficult to tell what I felt when I heard your stuff!! There are several reasons for it. Firstly because your band has no boundaries, so it’s difficult to choose a couple of words to describe it….Your band is a hell of a fuckin’ great surprise! That’s music with art! That’s what I call intelligence! Sceptocrypt is not a Sunday picnic band! Any description will never be fair because you have touched the untouchable! You’re one of those few bands that should be heard by everybody just to prove them the true power of the underground! – Kepler, Fan
The tape is very impressive, especially considering how it was recorded. My current favorite moments are “Eyes For Fear”, especially its majestic opening chords, and the guitar solo; and the classical guitar at the start of “Oratorio Mortem”. There is one aspect of your music that I find particularly interesting from a musicological point of view: when presented with an ensemble of electric guitar, bass, drums, keyboards and vocals, normally it is possible to hear some elements that have been derived ultimately from American black music such as blues and rock ‘n’ Roll, but I can hear no such influences in your music. This helps to give you an original sound and style of your own. I think that it is really modern European Classical music.… I am still astonished by the erudite multi-lingual lyrics and I also have a picture in my mind that live performances by the band could be accompanied by visual images projected onto a screen. The music is so expressive that it suggests different images whenever I listen to it. – Pete Farrugia, LCM/ RGT music programmer, UK
Wild Code of Reverie
debut demo 1996
“Wild Code of Reverie” (debut demo 1996)
It’s quite an emotional work (I especially like side 2 as perhaps it’s simpler to listen to even if side 1 is more atmospherical and chilling). What I saw was an abyss, something far-off and not so easily describable, a sort of tragic never-ending experience of struggle and rage, then some water thrown on it to reach something that’s not calmness but a sort of electricity, an instable psychical emotional state preceding a new explosion of struggle and pain. – Francesca Nicoli, Ataraxia, Italy
I find it very interesting, very ambitious. Let me know when you do something new, all right” – Lux Occulta, Poland
Very brutal stuff! I really liked the way you guys switched from the heavy stuff to the very melodic stuff, all within the same measure of music!! I thought your vocals were perfect for the band and the drummer is excellent! You guys remind me of CYNIC melodically, but 100 times more heavy!! I really liked the music. – Joey Lodes, Spooge, USA
Thanx for the long awaited demo of Sceptocrypt. Yes, I can say that I liked your music. I listen often to your demo. It’s good music and also the tape and sheet is great artwork. – Thomas Sarton, Profanity, Belgium
I listened to it many times, and I must say it is good though sometimes difficult to understand and classify. But I think it is positive that you are not comparable with any other band – Trauma, Poland
Extremely progressive, mind crunching, soul devastating! – Ronald Grech, Victims of Creation
Very original. Thumbs up. Good work! – Leo Stivala, Forsaken
Give me another demo, I just consumed it. – Keith Fenech, Coire In Animus Gothic Organisation, Malta
A very good demo tape, especially Godless which I’m crazy about. – Mark Sciberras