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*Visitations from Enceladus*
Visitations from Enceladus
Studio album by Cryptic Shift
Released	May 4, 2020
Genre	Progressive death metal; thrash metal; technical death metal;
Length	46:32
Label	Blood Harvest

Cryptic Shift
Cryptic Shift
Origin	Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK
Genres	Death metal; thrash metal; technical death metal;
Years active	2013–present
Labels	Metal Blade, Blood Harvest
Members	Xander Bradley Joss Farrington; John Riley; Ryan Sheperson;
Past members	Rob Castle; Hokumu Blitzkreig; Henry Parker; Joe Bradley;

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Cryptic Shift (formerly stylized as Crÿptic Shift) is an English extreme metal band formed in Leeds, West Yorkshire in 2013. They have two EPs and two demos, with their debut album Visitations from Enceladus being released on 4 May 2020 through Blood Harvest records. In an article for The Quietus, the album was referred to as "damn near essential, and proof that [Britain] has a valid contribution to make to this new wave of progressive death metal".^[1]

History

The members of what would become Cryptic Shift began working on writing music together at the beginning of 2010, while they were all in High School. The band was officially formed in 2013^[2] by guitarist Xander Bradley, drummer Ryan Sheperson, vocalist Rob Castle and bassist Hokumu Blitzkreig. The group released their debut demo tape Old Chapel Demos in 2014, however soon after, Castle departed from the group, leading to Bradley taking on the addition role of vocalist, and the hiring of Henry Parker as an additional guitarist. Around this time, the band underwent what Bradley considers a "reincarnation", where the band began "a new focused sound and much improved mindset".^[2] In 2015, Parker departed from the group, being replaced by John Riley. This line-up recorded the demo tape Beyond The Celestial Demo the same year, followed a few months later by a split EP with Beastial Invasion. On 27 November 2015, their debut single Deathcrusher was released.^[3] The track was then included on their debut EP, released on 1 April 2016, titled Beyond the Celestial Realms.^[4] On 3 February 2016, they opened for Exodus at Fibbers in York.^[5] Parker departed from the group in 2017, succeeded by guitarist Joe Bradley.^[3] On 28 April 2017 they released they released the single Cosmic Dreams.^[6] Their debut full length album Visitations from Enceladus was released on 4 May 2020 through Blood Harvest Records.^[7] Metal Hammer named it as the 13th best metal album of 2020.^[8]

Musical style

The band have been categorised as death metal,^[9]^[10] thrash metal,^[11]^[10] and technical death metal,^[1]^[10]^[12] often incorporating elements of jazz, progressive metal,^[13] doom metal, noise music,^[12] psychedelic rock^[14] latin music^[15] and black metal.^[16] Dom Lawson for Metal Hammer described them as "phenomenal technological astro-death".^[17] Echoes and Dust writer Joseph Norman said they are "progressive without being proggy, without being Opeth" and "a pitch-perfect balance of death and thrash sensibilities".^[12] The Quietus stated that are reviving an "early 90s wave of progressive death metal".^[18]

Echoes and Dust writer Joseph Norman referred to them as the "most innovative, tech-death-thrash band that the UK has to offer" and their debut album as "Death metal teams with the tentacled, extra-dimensional monsters of pulp science fiction and space opera, and the weird tales of Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, and Robert Howard".^[12] In an article for Metal Hammer writer Jonathan Selzer described their debut album as "a visionary, fully-realised assault on the senses whose preview tracks released so far have already put the underground's knickers in a physics-defying twist".^[9] In a PopMatters article, it was stating that they are "modernizing the best that retro extreme metal has to offer".^[15]

Their releases often include overarching lyrical themes and stories about astronomy and outer space with technical musicianship, elaborate song structures and death growls. In an interview for Distorted Sound, vocalist Xander Bradley stated that "There's sci-fi sound FX, a ton of solos and plasma. There's also an extremely in-depth accompanying space adventure tale told within the lyrics, artworks and beyond".^[19] The story told on 2020's Visitations From Enceladus even having begun on 2017's Cosmic Dreams.^[20] An article for Toilet ov Hell stated that "Thematically, while science fiction has always had an undeniable presence in death metal it's now more vital than ever in a time when the genre is starving for a path forward beyond tongue-in-cheek shock-n-shlock tedium without having to abandon the grim, foreboding atmosphere that carried it for years" Elements such as guitar hooks, abrupt tempo changes,^[13] atmospherics, melodic passages.^[21] dissonance and harmonies are commonplace.^[22]

They have cited musical influences including the Faceless, Vektor, Atheist, Martyr, Gorguts, Death, Obscura, Revocation,^[19] Pestilence, John Williams, Atrocity^[23] Morbid Angel, Dead Brain Cells, the Chasm, Timeghoul, Sadus and Nocturnus,^[12] and stated their lyrics are influenced by the video games Dark Souls and Bloodborne.^[12] Distorted Sound writer Danny Sanderson described them as "the UK's answer to Death" and as well as "Mixing together the best of classic thrash and death metal, and coupling the progressive leanings of Atheist and Gorguts with the stunning musicality of the likes of Control Denied and the aforementioned Death".^[13]

Discography

Visitations from Enceladus

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Moonbelt Immolator"	25:56
2.	"(Petrified in the) Hypogean Gaol"	7:20
3.	"The Arctic Chasm"	7:46
4.	"Planetary Hypnosis"	5:30
Total length:		46:32

Personnel

Cryptic Shift

Xander Bradley – guitar, lead vocals
Joss Farrington – guitar
John Riley – bass
Ryan Sheperson – drums

Additional personnel

Jack Helliwell - recording, mixing
Damian Herring – mastering

Other releases

EPs

Split EP with Beastial Invasion (2015)
Beyond the Celestial Realms (2016)

Singles

Deathcrusher (2015)
Cosmic Dreams (2017)

Demos

Old Chapel Demos (2014)
Beyond the Celestial Demo (2015)

Members

Current

Xander Bradley – guitar (2012–present), lead vocals (2014–present)
Joss Farrington – guitar (2020–present)
John Riley – bass (2015–present)
Ryan Sheperson – drums (2012–present)

Past

Rob Castle – lead vocals (2012–2014)
Hokumu Blitzkreig – bass (2012–2015)
Henry Parker – guitar (2014–2017)
Joe Bradley – guitar (2017–2020)

Timeline

References

^ ^a ^b Whelan, Kez. "Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For April Reviewed By Kez Whelan". The Quietus. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Cryptic Shift Interview- May 2017". Archived from the original on 1 December 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Cryptic Shift". Archived from the original on 24 May 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
^ "Cryptic Shift – Beyond The Celestial Realms". Archived from the original on 28 December 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
^ Lowery, Matthew. "Exodus / Lost Society / Cryptic Shift – Live Review – 03/02/16". Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
^ Yardley, Miranda. "Listen to the new Cryptic Shift single 'Cosmic Dreams'". Terrorizer. Archived from the original on 8 June 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
^ Hickman, Langdon (18 May 2020). "Cryptic Shift Deliver "Visitations From Enceladus" to Turn Death-Thrash Into High Art". Invisible Oranges. Archived from the original on 6 June 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
^ "The 50 best metal albums of 2020". Metal Hammer. Future plc. 8 January 2020. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b Selzer, Jonathan. "UK death metal deviants Cryptic Shift enter an unhinged new universe". Metal Hammer. Archived from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c Pearce, Dutch. "Track Premiere: Cryptic Shift – "(Petrified in the) Hypogean Gaol"". Decibel. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
^ SCHAFER, JOSEPH. "Mining Metal: Ara, Cryptic Shift, Goden, Lascar, Mekong Delta, Oozing Wound, Patrons of the Rotting Gate, Xibalba". Archived from the original on 18 June 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Norman, Joseph. "REVIEW: CRYPTIC SHIFT – VISITATIONS FROM ENCELADUS". Archived from the original on 6 June 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c Sanderson, Danny. "ALBUM REVIEW: Visitations From Enceladus – Cryptic Shift". Archived from the original on 16 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
^ "Cryptic Shift – "Visitations From Enceladus"". Archived from the original on 19 October 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
^ ^a ^b STASIS, SPYROS; POSCIC, ANTONIO. "MetalMatters: May 2020 - Adapting to Reality". PopMatters. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
^ Lovdahl, Ian. "Album Review: Cryptic Shift – Visitations from Enceladus". Retrieved 30 May 2020.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ Lawson, Dom (28 May 2020). "Cryptic Shift". Metal Hammer.
^ Whelan, Kez. "Columnus Metallicus: The Best Heavy Metal Of 2020". The Quietus. Archived from the original on 25 July 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b McHugh, Dan. "Cryptic Shift: The Imminent Invasion". Archived from the original on 7 May 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
^ Weller, Phil. "Cryptic Shift – Visitations From Enceladus". Archived from the original on 7 May 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
^ Sanders, Brad. "The Best Metal on Bandcamp: May 2020". Bandcamp Daily. Archived from the original on 7 June 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
^ Duvall, Zach. "Cryptic Shift – Visitations From Enceladus Review". Archived from the original on 14 May 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
^ "Damim and Cryptic Shift pick their favourite tech death releases!". Archived from the original on 28 April 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2020.

[Quietus-1] Whelan, Kez. "Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For April Reviewed By Kez Whelan". The Quietus. Retrieved 30 May 2020.

[Planet_Mosh-2] "Cryptic Shift Interview- May 2017". Archived from the original on 1 December 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2020.

[Metal_Storm-3] "Cryptic Shift". Archived from the original on 24 May 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.

[4] "Cryptic Shift – Beyond The Celestial Realms". Archived from the original on 28 December 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2020.

[5] Lowery, Matthew. "Exodus / Lost Society / Cryptic Shift – Live Review – 03/02/16". Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2020.

[6] Yardley, Miranda. "Listen to the new Cryptic Shift single 'Cosmic Dreams'". Terrorizer. Archived from the original on 8 June 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2020.

[7] Hickman, Langdon (18 May 2020). "Cryptic Shift Deliver "Visitations From Enceladus" to Turn Death-Thrash Into High Art". Invisible Oranges. Archived from the original on 6 June 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.

[MHtop5020-8] "The 50 best metal albums of 2020". Metal Hammer. Future plc. 8 January 2020. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2021.

[Metal_Hammer-9] Selzer, Jonathan. "UK death metal deviants Cryptic Shift enter an unhinged new universe". Metal Hammer. Archived from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.

[Decibel-10] Pearce, Dutch. "Track Premiere: Cryptic Shift – "(Petrified in the) Hypogean Gaol"". Decibel. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.

[11] SCHAFER, JOSEPH. "Mining Metal: Ara, Cryptic Shift, Goden, Lascar, Mekong Delta, Oozing Wound, Patrons of the Rotting Gate, Xibalba". Archived from the original on 18 June 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2020.

[Echoes_and_Dust-12] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Norman, Joseph. "REVIEW: CRYPTIC SHIFT – VISITATIONS FROM ENCELADUS". Archived from the original on 6 June 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.

[Distort_Sound_Review-13] Sanderson, Danny. "ALBUM REVIEW: Visitations From Enceladus – Cryptic Shift". Archived from the original on 16 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2020.

[14] "Cryptic Shift – "Visitations From Enceladus"". Archived from the original on 19 October 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2020.

[PopMatters-15] STASIS, SPYROS; POSCIC, ANTONIO. "MetalMatters: May 2020 - Adapting to Reality". PopMatters. Retrieved 13 December 2020.

[16] Lovdahl, Ian. "Album Review: Cryptic Shift – Visitations from Enceladus". Retrieved 30 May 2020.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[17] Lawson, Dom (28 May 2020). "Cryptic Shift". Metal Hammer.

[18] Whelan, Kez. "Columnus Metallicus: The Best Heavy Metal Of 2020". The Quietus. Archived from the original on 25 July 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2020.

[Distorted_Sound-19] McHugh, Dan. "Cryptic Shift: The Imminent Invasion". Archived from the original on 7 May 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.

[20] Weller, Phil. "Cryptic Shift – Visitations From Enceladus". Archived from the original on 7 May 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.

[21] Sanders, Brad. "The Best Metal on Bandcamp: May 2020". Bandcamp Daily. Archived from the original on 7 June 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.

[22] Duvall, Zach. "Cryptic Shift – Visitations From Enceladus Review". Archived from the original on 14 May 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.

[23] "Damim and Cryptic Shift pick their favourite tech death releases!". Archived from the original on 28 April 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2020.

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-The members of what would become Cryptic Shift began working on writing music together at the beginning of 2010, while they were all in High School. The band was officially formed in 2013<ref name="Planet Mosh">{{cite web |title=Cryptic Shift Interview- May 2017 |url=https://planetmosh.com/cryptic-shift-interview-may-2017/ |accessdate=31 May 2020}}</ref> by guitarist Xander Bradley, drummer Ryan Sheperson, vocalist Rob Castle and bassist Hokumu Blitzkreig. The group released their debut demo tape ''Old Chapel Demos'' in 2014, however soon after, Castle departed from the group, leading to Bradley taking on the addition role of vocalist, and the hiring of Henry Parker as an additional guitarist. Around this time, the band underwent what Bradley considers a "reincarnation", where the band began "a new focused sound and much improved mindset".<ref name="Planet Mosh" /> In 2015, Parker departed from the group, being replaced by John Riley. This line-up recorded the demo tape ''Beyond The Celestial Demo'' the same year, followed a few months later by a split EP with Beastial Invasion. On 27 November 2015, their debut single ''Deathcrusher'' was released.<ref name="Metal Storm">{{cite web |title=Cryptic Shift |url=http://www.metalstorm.net/bands/band.php?band_id=11748 |accessdate=30 May 2020}}</ref> The track was then included on their debut EP, released on 1 April 2016, titled ''Beyond the Celestial Realms''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cryptic Shift – Beyond The Celestial Realms |url=https://skullfracturingmetal.com/2016/02/cryptic-shift-beyond-celestial-realms/ |accessdate=30 May 2020}}</ref> On 3 February 2016, they opened for [[Exodus (American band)|Exodus]] at Fibbers in [[York]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lowery |first1=Matthew |title=Exodus / Lost Society / Cryptic Shift – Live Review – 03/02/16 |url=http://www.theyorker.co.uk/arts-and-culture/exodus-lost-society-cryptic-shift-live-review-030216/ |accessdate=31 May 2020}}</ref> Parker departed from the group in 2017, succeeded by guitarist Joe Bradley.<ref name="Metal Storm" /> On 28 April 2017 they released they released the single ''Cosmic Dreams''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Yardley |first1=Miranda |title=Listen to the new Cryptic Shift single 'Cosmic Dreams' |url=http://www.terrorizer.com/news/cryptic-shift-release-video-cosmic-dreams/ |website=[[Terrorizer (magazine)|Terrorizer]] |accessdate=30 May 2020}}</ref> Their debut full length album ''Visitations from Enceladus'' was released on 4 May 2020 through Blood Harvest Records.<ref>{{cite web |last1=HICKMAN |first1=LANGDON |title=Cryptic Shift Deliver "Visitations From Enceladus" to Turn Death-Thrash Into High Art |url=https://www.invisibleoranges.com/cryptic-shift-visitations-from-enceladus-review/ |accessdate=30 May 2020}}</ref> ''[[Metal Hammer]]'' named it as the 13th best metal album of 2020.<ref name="MHtop5020">{{cite web |title=The 50 best metal albums of 2020 |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-50-best-metal-albums-of-2020/4 |website=[[Metal Hammer]] |publisher=[[Future plc]] |access-date=12 March 2021 |date=8 January 2020}}</ref>
+The members of what would become Cryptic Shift began working on writing music together at the beginning of 2010, while they were all in High School. The band was officially formed in 2013<ref name="Planet Mosh">{{cite web |title=Cryptic Shift Interview- May 2017 |url=https://planetmosh.com/cryptic-shift-interview-may-2017/ |accessdate=31 May 2020 |archive-date=1 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201101636/https://planetmosh.com/cryptic-shift-interview-may-2017/ |url-status=live }}</ref> by guitarist Xander Bradley, drummer Ryan Sheperson, vocalist Rob Castle and bassist Hokumu Blitzkreig. The group released their debut demo tape ''Old Chapel Demos'' in 2014, however soon after, Castle departed from the group, leading to Bradley taking on the addition role of vocalist, and the hiring of Henry Parker as an additional guitarist. Around this time, the band underwent what Bradley considers a "reincarnation", where the band began "a new focused sound and much improved mindset".<ref name="Planet Mosh" /> In 2015, Parker departed from the group, being replaced by John Riley. This line-up recorded the demo tape ''Beyond The Celestial Demo'' the same year, followed a few months later by a split EP with Beastial Invasion. On 27 November 2015, their debut single ''Deathcrusher'' was released.<ref name="Metal Storm">{{cite web |title=Cryptic Shift |url=http://www.metalstorm.net/bands/band.php?band_id=11748 |accessdate=30 May 2020 |archive-date=24 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524072211/http://metalstorm.net/bands/band.php?band_id=11748 |url-status=live }}</ref> The track was then included on their debut EP, released on 1 April 2016, titled ''Beyond the Celestial Realms''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cryptic Shift – Beyond The Celestial Realms |url=https://skullfracturingmetal.com/2016/02/cryptic-shift-beyond-celestial-realms/ |accessdate=30 May 2020 |archive-date=28 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228144251/https://skullfracturingmetal.com/2016/02/cryptic-shift-beyond-celestial-realms/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On 3 February 2016, they opened for [[Exodus (band)|Exodus]] at Fibbers in [[York]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lowery |first1=Matthew |title=Exodus / Lost Society / Cryptic Shift – Live Review – 03/02/16 |url=http://www.theyorker.co.uk/arts-and-culture/exodus-lost-society-cryptic-shift-live-review-030216/ |accessdate=31 May 2020 |archive-date=27 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927140300/http://www.theyorker.co.uk/arts-and-culture/exodus-lost-society-cryptic-shift-live-review-030216/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Parker departed from the group in 2017, succeeded by guitarist Joe Bradley.<ref name="Metal Storm" /> On 28 April 2017 they released they released the single ''Cosmic Dreams''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Yardley |first1=Miranda |title=Listen to the new Cryptic Shift single 'Cosmic Dreams' |url=http://www.terrorizer.com/news/cryptic-shift-release-video-cosmic-dreams/ |website=[[Terrorizer (magazine)|Terrorizer]] |accessdate=30 May 2020 |archive-date=8 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608225442/http://www.terrorizer.com/news/cryptic-shift-release-video-cosmic-dreams/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Their debut full length album ''Visitations from Enceladus'' was released on 4 May 2020 through Blood Harvest Records.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hickman |first1=Langdon |date=May 18, 2020 |title=Cryptic Shift Deliver "Visitations From Enceladus" to Turn Death-Thrash Into High Art |url=https://www.invisibleoranges.com/cryptic-shift-visitations-from-enceladus-review/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606145848/https://www.invisibleoranges.com/cryptic-shift-visitations-from-enceladus-review/ |archive-date=June 6, 2020 |accessdate=30 May 2020 |website=[[Invisible Oranges]]}}</ref> ''[[Metal Hammer]]'' named it as the 13th best metal album of 2020.<ref name="MHtop5020">{{cite web |title=The 50 best metal albums of 2020 |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-50-best-metal-albums-of-2020/4 |website=[[Metal Hammer]] |publisher=[[Future plc]] |access-date=12 March 2021 |date=8 January 2020 |archive-date=18 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118043046/https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-50-best-metal-albums-of-2020/4 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 ==Musical style==
-The band have been categorised as [[death metal]],<ref name="Metal Hammer">{{cite web |last1=Selzer |first1=Jonathan |title=UK death metal deviants Cryptic Shift enter an unhinged new universe |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/uk-death-metal-deviants-cryptic-shift-enter-an-unhinged-new-universe |website=[[Metal Hammer]] |accessdate=30 May 2020}}</ref><ref name="Decibel" /> [[thrash metal]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=SCHAFER |first1=JOSEPH |title=Mining Metal: Ara, Cryptic Shift, Goden, Lascar, Mekong Delta, Oozing Wound, Patrons of the Rotting Gate, Xibalba |url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/05/mining-metal-may-2020/ |accessdate=31 May 2020}}</ref><ref name="Decibel" /> and [[technical death metal]],<ref name="Quietus">{{cite web |last1=Whelan |first1=Kez |title=Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For April Reviewed By Kez Whelan |url=https://thequietus.com/articles/28137-oranssi-pazuzu-gnaw-their-tongues-testament-heavy-metal-album-review |website=[[The Quietus]] |accessdate=30 May 2020}}</ref><ref name="Decibel">{{cite web |last1=Pearce |first1=Dutch |title=Track Premiere: Cryptic Shift – "(Petrified in the) Hypogean Gaol" |url=https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2020/04/07/track-premiere-cryptic-shift-petrified-in-the-hypogean-gaol/ |website=[[Decibel (magazine)|Decibel]] |accessdate=30 May 2020}}</ref><ref name="Echoes and Dust">{{cite web |last1=Norman |first1=Joseph |title=REVIEW: CRYPTIC SHIFT – VISITATIONS FROM ENCELADUS |url=https://www.echoesanddust.com/2020/05/cryptic-shift-visitations-from-enceladus/ |accessdate=30 May 2020}}</ref> often incorporating elements of [[jazz]], [[progressive metal]],<ref name="Distort Sound Review" /> [[doom metal]], [[noise music]],<ref name="Echoes and Dust" /> [[psychedelic rock]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Cryptic Shift – "Visitations From Enceladus" |url=https://everythingisnoise.net/reviews/cryptic-shift-visitations-from-enceladus/ |accessdate=31 May 2020}}</ref> [[latin music]]<ref name="PopMatters">{{cite web |last1=STASIS |first1=SPYROS |last2=POSCIC |first2=ANTONIO |title=MetalMatters: May 2020 - Adapting to Reality |url=https://www.popmatters.com/metalmatters-may-2020-best-metal-2646243512.html?rebelltitem=7#rebelltitem7 |website=[[PopMatters]] |access-date=13 December 2020}}</ref> and [[black metal]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lovdahl |first1=Ian |title=Album Review: Cryptic Shift – Visitations from Enceladus |url=https://www.indymetalvault.com/2020/05/20/album-review-cryptic-shift-visitations-from-enceladus/ |accessdate=30 May 2020}}</ref> Dom Lawson for [[Metal Hammer]] described them as "phenomenal technological astro-death".<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Lawson|first1=Dom |title=Cryptic Shift |journal=[[Metal Hammer]] |date=28 May 2020}}</ref> Echoes and Dust writer Joseph Norman said they are "progressive without being proggy, without being [[Opeth]]" and "a pitch-perfect balance of death and thrash sensibilities".<ref name="Echoes and Dust" /> [[The Quietus]] stated that are reviving an "early 90s wave of progressive death metal".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Whelan |first1=Kez |title=Columnus Metallicus: The Best Heavy Metal Of 2020 |url=https://thequietus.com/articles/29321-the-best-heavy-metal-2020 |website=[[The Quietus]] |access-date=13 December 2020}}</ref>
+The band have been categorised as [[death metal]],<ref name="Metal Hammer">{{cite web |last1=Selzer |first1=Jonathan |title=UK death metal deviants Cryptic Shift enter an unhinged new universe |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/uk-death-metal-deviants-cryptic-shift-enter-an-unhinged-new-universe |website=[[Metal Hammer]] |accessdate=30 May 2020 |archive-date=17 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517020842/https://www.loudersound.com/features/uk-death-metal-deviants-cryptic-shift-enter-an-unhinged-new-universe |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Decibel" /> [[thrash metal]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=SCHAFER |first1=JOSEPH |title=Mining Metal: Ara, Cryptic Shift, Goden, Lascar, Mekong Delta, Oozing Wound, Patrons of the Rotting Gate, Xibalba |url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/05/mining-metal-may-2020/ |accessdate=31 May 2020 |archive-date=18 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618172521/https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/05/mining-metal-may-2020/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Decibel" /> and [[technical death metal]],<ref name="Quietus">{{cite web |last1=Whelan |first1=Kez |title=Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For April Reviewed By Kez Whelan |url=https://thequietus.com/articles/28137-oranssi-pazuzu-gnaw-their-tongues-testament-heavy-metal-album-review |website=[[The Quietus]] |accessdate=30 May 2020}}</ref><ref name="Decibel">{{cite web |last1=Pearce |first1=Dutch |title=Track Premiere: Cryptic Shift – "(Petrified in the) Hypogean Gaol" |url=https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2020/04/07/track-premiere-cryptic-shift-petrified-in-the-hypogean-gaol/ |website=[[Decibel (magazine)|Decibel]] |accessdate=30 May 2020 |archive-date=22 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922185835/https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2020/04/07/track-premiere-cryptic-shift-petrified-in-the-hypogean-gaol/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Echoes and Dust">{{cite web |last1=Norman |first1=Joseph |title=REVIEW: CRYPTIC SHIFT – VISITATIONS FROM ENCELADUS |url=https://www.echoesanddust.com/2020/05/cryptic-shift-visitations-from-enceladus/ |accessdate=30 May 2020 |archive-date=6 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606005943/https://www.echoesanddust.com/2020/05/cryptic-shift-visitations-from-enceladus/ |url-status=live }}</ref> often incorporating elements of [[jazz]], [[progressive metal]],<ref name="Distort Sound Review" /> [[doom metal]], [[noise music]],<ref name="Echoes and Dust" /> [[psychedelic rock]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Cryptic Shift – "Visitations From Enceladus" |url=https://everythingisnoise.net/reviews/cryptic-shift-visitations-from-enceladus/ |accessdate=31 May 2020 |archive-date=19 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019161525/https://everythingisnoise.net/reviews/cryptic-shift-visitations-from-enceladus/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[latin music]]<ref name="PopMatters">{{cite web |last1=STASIS |first1=SPYROS |last2=POSCIC |first2=ANTONIO |title=MetalMatters: May 2020 - Adapting to Reality |url=https://www.popmatters.com/metalmatters-may-2020-best-metal-2646243512.html?rebelltitem=7#rebelltitem7 |website=[[PopMatters]] |access-date=13 December 2020}}</ref> and [[black metal]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lovdahl |first1=Ian |title=Album Review: Cryptic Shift – Visitations from Enceladus |url=https://www.indymetalvault.com/2020/05/20/album-review-cryptic-shift-visitations-from-enceladus/ |accessdate=30 May 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Dom Lawson for [[Metal Hammer]] described them as "phenomenal technological astro-death".<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Lawson|first1=Dom |title=Cryptic Shift |journal=[[Metal Hammer]] |date=28 May 2020}}</ref> Echoes and Dust writer Joseph Norman said they are "progressive without being proggy, without being [[Opeth]]" and "a pitch-perfect balance of death and thrash sensibilities".<ref name="Echoes and Dust" /> [[The Quietus]] stated that are reviving an "early 90s wave of progressive death metal".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Whelan |first1=Kez |title=Columnus Metallicus: The Best Heavy Metal Of 2020 |url=https://thequietus.com/articles/29321-the-best-heavy-metal-2020 |website=[[The Quietus]] |access-date=13 December 2020 |archive-date=25 July 2023 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230725094444/https://thequietus.com/articles/29321-the-best-heavy-metal-2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 Echoes and Dust writer Joseph Norman referred to them as the "most innovative, tech-death-thrash band that the UK has to offer" and their debut album as "Death metal teams with the tentacled, extra-dimensional monsters of pulp [[science fiction]] and space opera, and the weird tales of [[H. P. Lovecraft|Lovecraft]], [[Clark Ashton Smith]], and [[Robert E. Howard|Robert Howard]]".<ref name="Echoes and Dust" /> In an article for Metal Hammer writer Jonathan Selzer described their debut album as "a visionary, fully-realised assault on the senses whose preview tracks released so far have already put the underground's knickers in a physics-defying twist".<ref name="Metal Hammer" /> In a [[PopMatters]] article, it was stating that they are "modernizing the best that retro extreme metal has to offer".<ref name="PopMatters" />
-Their releases often include [[Concept album|overarching lyrical themes and stories]] about [[astronomy]] and [[outer space]] with technical musicianship, elaborate song structures and [[death growls]]. In an interview for Distorted Sound, vocalist Xander Bradley stated that "There's sci-fi sound FX, a ton of solos and plasma. There's also an extremely in-depth accompanying space adventure tale told within the lyrics, artworks and beyond".<ref name="Distorted Sound" /> The story told on 2020's ''Visitations From Enceladus'' even having begun on 2017's ''Cosmic Dreams''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Weller |first1=Phil |title=Cryptic Shift – Visitations From Enceladus |url=http://www.manchester.rocks/blog/ltxs578am2nba4ygldj34a7hl3hhkx |accessdate=30 May 2020}}</ref> An article for [[MetalSucks|Toilet ov Hell]] stated that "Thematically, while science fiction has always had an undeniable presence in death metal it's now more vital than ever in a time when the genre is starving for a path forward beyond tongue-in-cheek shock-n-shlock tedium without having to abandon the grim, foreboding atmosphere that carried it for years" Elements such as guitar [[Hook (music)|hooks]], abrupt tempo changes,<ref name="Distort Sound Review" /> atmospherics, melodic passages.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sanders |first1=Brad |title=The Best Metal on Bandcamp: May 2020 |url=https://daily.bandcamp.com/best-metal/the-best-metal-on-bandcamp-may-2020 |website=[[Bandcamp Daily]] |accessdate=30 May 2020}}</ref> dissonance and harmonies are commonplace.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Duvall |first1=Zach |title=Cryptic Shift – Visitations From Enceladus Review |url=https://yourlastrites.com/2020/05/04/cryptic-shift-visitations-from-enceladus-review/ |accessdate=30 May 2020}}</ref>
+Their releases often include [[Concept album|overarching lyrical themes and stories]] about [[astronomy]] and [[outer space]] with technical musicianship, elaborate song structures and [[death growls]]. In an interview for Distorted Sound, vocalist Xander Bradley stated that "There's sci-fi sound FX, a ton of solos and plasma. There's also an extremely in-depth accompanying space adventure tale told within the lyrics, artworks and beyond".<ref name="Distorted Sound" /> The story told on 2020's ''Visitations From Enceladus'' even having begun on 2017's ''Cosmic Dreams''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Weller |first1=Phil |title=Cryptic Shift – Visitations From Enceladus |url=http://www.manchester.rocks/blog/ltxs578am2nba4ygldj34a7hl3hhkx |accessdate=30 May 2020 |archive-date=7 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507230235/http://www.manchester.rocks/blog/ltxs578am2nba4ygldj34a7hl3hhkx |url-status=live }}</ref> An article for [[MetalSucks|Toilet ov Hell]] stated that "Thematically, while science fiction has always had an undeniable presence in death metal it's now more vital than ever in a time when the genre is starving for a path forward beyond tongue-in-cheek shock-n-shlock tedium without having to abandon the grim, foreboding atmosphere that carried it for years" Elements such as guitar [[Hook (music)|hooks]], abrupt tempo changes,<ref name="Distort Sound Review" /> atmospherics, melodic passages.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sanders |first1=Brad |title=The Best Metal on Bandcamp: May 2020 |url=https://daily.bandcamp.com/best-metal/the-best-metal-on-bandcamp-may-2020 |website=[[Bandcamp Daily]] |accessdate=30 May 2020 |archive-date=7 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607062123/https://daily.bandcamp.com/best-metal/the-best-metal-on-bandcamp-may-2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> dissonance and harmonies are commonplace.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Duvall |first1=Zach |title=Cryptic Shift – Visitations From Enceladus Review |url=https://yourlastrites.com/2020/05/04/cryptic-shift-visitations-from-enceladus-review/ |accessdate=30 May 2020 |archive-date=14 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200514233620/https://yourlastrites.com/2020/05/04/cryptic-shift-visitations-from-enceladus-review/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
-They have cited musical influences including [[the Faceless]], [[Vektor (band)|Vektor]], [[Atheist (band)|Atheist]], [[Martyr (band)|Martyr]], [[Gorguts]], [[Death (metal band)|Death]], [[Obscura (band)|Obscura]], [[Revocation (band)|Revocation]],<ref name="Distorted Sound">{{cite web |last1=McHugh |first1=Dan |title=Cryptic Shift: The Imminent Invasion |url=https://distortedsoundmag.com/cryptic-shift-the-imminent-invasion/ |accessdate=30 May 2020}}</ref> [[Pestilence (band)|Pestilence]], [[John Williams]], [[Atrocity (band)|Atrocity]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Damim and Cryptic Shift pick their favourite tech death releases! |url=https://www.ztmag.com/news/damim-and-cryptic-shift-pick-their-favourite-tech-death-releases/ |accessdate=31 May 2020}}</ref> [[Morbid Angel]], [[Dead Brain Cells]], [[The Chasm (band)|the Chasm]], Timeghoul, [[Sadus]] and [[Nocturnus]],<ref name="Echoes and Dust" /> and stated their lyrics are influenced by [[Dark Souls]] and [[Bloodborne]].<ref name="Echoes and Dust" /> Distorted Sound writer Danny Sanderson described them as "the UK's answer to Death" and as well as "Mixing together the best of classic thrash and death metal, and coupling the [[progressive metal|progressive]] leanings of Atheist and Gorguts with the stunning musicality of the likes of [[Control Denied]] and the aforementioned Death".<ref name="Distort Sound Review">{{cite web |last1=Sanderson |first1=Danny |title=ALBUM REVIEW: Visitations From Enceladus – Cryptic Shift |url=https://distortedsoundmag.com/album-review-visitations-from-enceladus-cryptic-shift/ |accessdate=30 May 2020}}</ref>
+They have cited musical influences including [[the Faceless]], [[Vektor (band)|Vektor]], [[Atheist (band)|Atheist]], [[Martyr (band)|Martyr]], [[Gorguts]], [[Death (metal band)|Death]], [[Obscura (band)|Obscura]], [[Revocation (band)|Revocation]],<ref name="Distorted Sound">{{cite web |last1=McHugh |first1=Dan |title=Cryptic Shift: The Imminent Invasion |url=https://distortedsoundmag.com/cryptic-shift-the-imminent-invasion/ |accessdate=30 May 2020 |archive-date=7 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507232425/https://distortedsoundmag.com/cryptic-shift-the-imminent-invasion/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Pestilence (band)|Pestilence]], [[John Williams]], [[Atrocity (band)|Atrocity]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Damim and Cryptic Shift pick their favourite tech death releases! |url=https://www.ztmag.com/news/damim-and-cryptic-shift-pick-their-favourite-tech-death-releases/ |accessdate=31 May 2020 |archive-date=28 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200428120451/http://www.ztmag.com/news/damim-and-cryptic-shift-pick-their-favourite-tech-death-releases/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Morbid Angel]], [[Dead Brain Cells]], [[The Chasm (band)|the Chasm]], Timeghoul, [[Sadus]] and [[Nocturnus]],<ref name="Echoes and Dust" /> and stated their lyrics are influenced by the video games ''[[Dark Souls (video game)|Dark Souls]]'' and ''[[Bloodborne]]''.<ref name="Echoes and Dust" /> Distorted Sound writer Danny Sanderson described them as "the UK's answer to Death" and as well as "Mixing together the best of classic thrash and death metal, and coupling the progressive leanings of Atheist and Gorguts with the stunning musicality of the likes of [[Control Denied]] and the aforementioned Death".<ref name="Distort Sound Review">{{cite web |last1=Sanderson |first1=Danny |title=ALBUM REVIEW: Visitations From Enceladus – Cryptic Shift |url=https://distortedsoundmag.com/album-review-visitations-from-enceladus-cryptic-shift/ |accessdate=30 May 2020 |archive-date=16 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230516181434/https://distortedsoundmag.com/album-review-visitations-from-enceladus-cryptic-shift/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
 ==Discography==
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 | studio     =
-| genre      = [[Progressive death metal]], [[thrash metal]], [[technical death metal]]
+| genre      = {{flatlist|
+*[[Progressive death metal]]
+*[[thrash metal]]
+*[[technical death metal]]}}
 | length     = 46:32
 | label      = Blood Harvest
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 '''Additional personnel'''
+*Jack Helliwell - recording, mixing
 *Damian Herring – mastering
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   bar:Castle        from:01/01/2013 till:01/04/2014   color:red
   bar:XBradley      from:01/01/2013 till:end          color:green
-  bar:XBradley      from:01/04/2014 till:end          color:red    width:4
+  bar:XBradley      from:01/04/2014 till:end          color:red    width:3
   bar:Parker        from:01/04/2014 till:01/01/2017   color:green
   bar:JBradley      from:01/01/2017 till:01/01/2020   color:green
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 {{reflist}}
-[[Category:Musical groups from Leeds]]
+[[Category:Rock music groups from Leeds]]
 [[Category:English death metal musical groups]]
 [[Category:English thrash metal musical groups]]