Sceptocrypt Extreme Music Research

Interviews

February 4, 2024

Here you find recent interviews from 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! Web interview with reknowned underground publishers Cult Never Dies (30.04.2026)Leading publishing house Cult Never Dies quizzes our founder Malcolm further into all the jazz, reggae, salsa and more that comes with our “extreme music research”, upcoming band plans, new merch, and beyond. Lots to explore at the Cult Never Dies page itself. In-store interview at Raven Records with Dj Elric of Into the Pit show from Metal Devastation Radio (23.02.2026)The day after our performance we were…

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press

Discography 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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Online & printed articles

February 2, 2024

These are articles about Sceptocrypt that have appeared over the years online or in printed format! There are way more printed articles from the 90s, but it calls for them being found among boxes back in Malta when Malcolm eventually visits.Meanwhile, enjoy some more recent ones hereunder. Koito Zine (11.01.2026) compares Sceptocrypt 1996 to 30 years later fast frwd to 2026. Cult Never Dies (Dec 2025) small mention about Dark Clouds over Camden festival and Sceptocrypt Melodija.eu (28.11.2025) discusses the new 2025 line-up, our 1st live appearance on 6th Feb 2026, and our vision forward Il-Mument newspaper (17.12.2023) news about Sceptocrypt’s comeback in 2023 (in Maltese) melodija.eu/ (25.11.2023) – news and concept behind comeback single “Oratorio Mortem 2 : The…

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The Wards Outside : New Single coming Jan 2024

December 15, 2023

As some might have read, we launched an experimental manifesto upon ourselves back in Nov 2023, of which you can read at https://sceptocrypt.com/2023/11/19/manifesto-2023/. In line with this new vision, we dropped a comeback track “Oratorio Mortem 2 : The Unwanted Requiem” that caught some by surprise – despite our extreme metal past, this leaned more towards neo-folk, with parts even hinting at flamenco. All fits the new breadth of view that will be gradually explored by us, revealed by you! Anyway, in January, you get to preview more of the sound we are working on, through a new song called “The Wards Outside”. Welcoming non-metal influences in disguise, this song will predominantly come across as a full-on extreme metal assault…

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releases

Oratorio Mortem 2 : The Unwanted Requiem (New song after 24yrs absence, released 25.11.2023)

November 25, 2023

Hello all, this is Malcolm, founder of Sceptocrypt in 1992 in Malta, re-launching the band back in 2023 here in London!How to find the right words to start this? While elated to finally share new music after 24 years, on the other hand returning with a requiem isn’t the most fashionable thing isn’t it? But we never followed trends anyway…… So why celebrate a return with a requiem? Here’s the scoop!Back in September this year, I got the call that my mom Doris Callus was very unwell. I left London the day after for her to pass away on 25.09.2023, just 1 day after my arrival in Malta. Having only seen her remotely the last couple of years, I wanted…

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Sceptocrypt’s new song after 24 years away

November 20, 2023

Hey everyone, Sceptocrypt (a band that existed from 1992-99 in Malta), finally re-launches itself in London after 24 years, which brings us to 2023!How to find the right words to present this? While elated to finally share new music after such a long absence, we will be returning with a requiem! Not the most fashionable thing isn’t it? But we never followed trends anyway…… So visit this page again on 25th November, where we reveal our new (dark-ish) song, its full artwork (yes what you are seeing is only a teaser) and the whole story behind it. It is going to be a juxtaposition of feelings – of darkness meets light! For now we invite you to flow effortlessly within…

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Sceptocrypt re-launch with a new genre in 2023: Read our “Extreme Music Research” Manifesto!

November 19, 2023

Proud of but not limited by the heritage that is extreme metal, Sceptocrypt have always been known to not be confined by one style and to welcome cross-genre influences! So for our re-launch, we have a vision that we are calling Extreme Music Research. Read our manifesto as follows! Extreme – driven by sonic experimentation, from over-the-top technical riffs to deliberate dissonance, complimented by time & harmonic changes that flow seamlessly, an extremity measured in the myriad of influences recalled to mould the final aural palette Music – in a time when visual media continually compliments the music industry, we aim to present you music that evokes you the more you close your eyes, aiding you to see colours with your…

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