Sceptocrypt Extreme Music Research

Sceptocrypt back live after 27yrs

April 13, 2024

It’s been since 1997 that Sceptocrypt have not played live. So what better way to celebrate our renaissance than at an open air festival called Renaissance? Ever wondered how abrasive tunes with dissonant chord voicings comes across in an acoustic set? Come down as this will be a special first-ever acoustic show! Of course our search for a permanent vocalist/frontman and more importantly a drummer are still on. Details here for who is interested. Browse the official Renaissance Festival event page for more details on all the other bands etc and for a history of all other gigs we played in the 90s.

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Intie re Sceptocrypt’s return & our plans going forward + new reviews

April 9, 2024

With Sceptocrypt’s return since 2023, we are currently looking for reviews for our never promoted 1999 recording “!26hrs 72mins … the need to differ)” as well as our latest 2023 & 2024 new music.Some interviews would also be welcome, so we look frwd to hear from you media lot. The 1st interview was during a Maltese podcast Rockna, a nice chat with host Michael about the latest in the world of Sceptocrypt & what we got stored in the pipeline. Audible at https://netondemand.mt/play/16458, the Maltese show switches to English while interviewing Sceptocrypt in its 2nd part. More airplay, reviews & interviews will be posted at www.sceptocrypt.com/category/press. Any interested media can contact us via the same page.

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Mag reviews, label comments, & radio airplay

April 4, 2024

Here are current and older critiques of our works. If you want to write a review about any of our music so far, just fill hereunder. Thank you! The Wards Outside (2024)Feel free to leave us your comments on our 1st track showcasing our new Extreme Music Research direction! Right off the bat, the listener can appreciate the exquisite musicianship from a string and composer’s perspective, with the guitars taking the listener on an entropic rollercoaster ride, never knowing what to expect next. ….. This, for the most part allows each passage to seamlessly blend into the next….. a variety of vocals varying from old-school raspy screeches to low pitch-shifted growls. These, along with high-pitched “psychiatric” cackles and use of…

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“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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