Sceptocrypt Extreme Music Research

“The Wards Outside” out 22 Feb 2024 : Ready to play a game?

February 22, 2024

Are you ready to play a game with Sceptocrypt? Shamelessly, and with no pardon why a tune has to be short, to even be called a song, or to please a format that the market or trends ask for, we present you a 12min+ soundscape entitled “The Wards Outside”! Looking at the father of the European avant-garde, Monsieur Antonin Artaud, unjustly incarcerated for his forward-thinking Theatre of Cruelty, here shouting his lungs out to a deaf society on a palette of extreme metal rifferama, with hidden influences from other genres! So back to the game!Can you decipher what the backward singing towards the end of our tune is telling you? Or where “Or, cet esprit venu des Indiens d’Amérique ressort…

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Drummer & Vocalist wanted

February 20, 2024

Despite active with other bands/musical activities, the idea of reviving Sceptocrypt never left founding member Malcolm. Since late 2022 he started jamming some songs written in 2014 & newer ideas with different musicians, and there is now near to 2 LPs running time of music, so a full line-up is being sought to present it live & on record! We are currently a guitarist (doubling as vocalist for recordings only), a bassist & a samples/noize synth guyWe are meanwhile looking to welcome– a drummer– a vocalist As you can read at https://sceptocrypt.com/category/press/, the band has been reviewed in the 90s as“demo of the month”“a hell of a musical masterpiece”“one of the most brilliant demoes in years”“good solutions for their music,…

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New Sceptocrypt logo

February 16, 2024

We know that we promised a new work “The Wards Outside” for January 2024, but as we had a new logo in development, we decided to postpone the release by few weeks, as to include this new logo into the website and the single’s cover! Story goes that while Malcolm was in Malta last year he accidentally met Sceptocrypt’s 2nd vocalist and long time friend James Sciberras, few days before leaving the island. Having designed the original logo, we spoke about a new one, so he revamped the old one to include our new “extreme music research” tag into a more modern frame. So here for you our new logo for you to enjoy! We would be chuffed if you…

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Interviews

February 4, 2024

Here you find current interviews 2024 onwards as well as others from our 90s past.If you want to interview us for your online/printed mag or your podcast/radio program, check our bio, wrap some questions & send to [email protected]. Thank you for your time! Deadly Storm online interview “Sceptocrypt: Hybrid Death Metal“(15.07.2024) – A lengthy chat with this leading Czech mag’s editor, who also runs Symbolic festival! Many questions asked made us dig deep on this one! Lots for you to read my friends at https://www.deadlystormzine.com/2024/07/interview-sceptocrypt-hybrid-death-metal.html! melodija.eu online interview “Resurrecting Sceptocrypt: An Odyssey Through Time and Sound“(10.05.2024) – A trip down memory lane discussing the voyage from our 90s sonorities to our current sound, introducing new members, prepping for our comeback…

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Discog Overviews

February 3, 2024

The area where the press discusses Sceptocrypt’s whole discography as a whole rather than review one release! US music critic Jim Allford of Steel Notes Magazine wrapped up a few words about our discog. Going from release to release, lines as“definitely has a strange, but great rock feel to it….. goes through a few different levels, but will surely get your attention”“a Pink Floyd feel… you can feel yourself playing the guitar notes as they make you drift away to another time and place”“a bit demented as there are screams and contant beats going on. This song lasts a half an hour, so hang on to your seats”“really different, like jazz meets acid music, plus a bit of heavy metal”“this…

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Press cuttings

February 2, 2024

These are press cuttings that have appeared over the years! There are way more, but it calls for them being found among boxes back in Malta when Malcolm eventually visits. Il-Mument newspaper (17.12.2023)

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