{"id":100902,"date":"2023-07-01T00:00:57","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T23:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=100902"},"modified":"2023-07-13T14:36:53","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T13:36:53","slug":"album-review-criptas-criptas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-criptas-criptas\/","title":{"rendered":"CRIPTAS – Criptas (2023) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nDogma Destroyer \/ Tormentas (2023)<\/span>
Rating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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It\u2019s good to see the Mexican underground scene still bubbling away and the latest combo to be vomited forth is Criptas, who have been in existence since 2018. This is the band\u2019s debut full-length studio offering and what you get here are 11 tracks which combine thrash, hardcore, death metal and crust.<\/p>\n

The album boasts some fantastic grooves (check out the riffs on \u2018Peste\u2019) plus an abundance of aggression (\u2018Verdugos\u2019) and mid-tempo menace (\u2018Antorchas\u2019). The riffs come equipped with a dirty snarl and the vocals are abrasive barks; nothing new, but infectious and raucous all the same.<\/p>\n

Some of the riffs employ that classic Entombed buzzsaw growl, but a song like \u2018Muertos\u2019 is more about thrashing death, cutting to the bone with its blasts. I hear a song such as \u2018Invento Fallido\u2019 and I hear a sound not too far removed from, say, Asphyx but with a more streetwise, punky edge. The same could also be said for the savage \u2018Sucio Destino\u2019 with its dehydrated gasps.<\/p>\n

There is nothing cryptic about Criptas but the band certainly knows how to strip flesh with their rabid metal, and for that they deserve a solid rating as well as your attention.<\/p>\n

Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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