{"id":105013,"date":"2025-06-04T00:00:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T23:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=105013"},"modified":"2025-06-18T11:24:22","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T10:24:22","slug":"ep-review-cryptify-invocation-of-the-wicked-gods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/ep-review-cryptify-invocation-of-the-wicked-gods\/","title":{"rendered":"CRYPTIFY &#8211; Invocation Of The Wicked Gods EP (2025) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"title2\"><strong>CRYPTIFY<br \/>\nInvocation Of The Wicked Gods EP<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/metalforces\/images\/spacer.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" height=\"3\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"title3\"><span style=\"color: #c80000;\">Self-released (2025)<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Rating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"image floatedright\">\n<table width=\"100%\" align=\"center\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/metalforces\/images\/spacer.gif\" width=\"10\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cryptify_invocationofthewickedgodsep.jpg\" height=\"200\" width=\"200\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" align=\"center\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>\n<div align=\"left\"><span class=\"smalltext\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"right\"><span class=\"smalltext\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Invocation Of The Wicked<\/em> is a highly recommended debut EP from a band that\u2019s new on the block. Cryptify is a five-piece from Zagreb in Croatia and they play thrashy death metal, and it\u2019s really enjoyable.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m going to be keeping a beady eye on these guys because the four songs presented are good efforts. As soon as the title track starts you\u2019re nodding along to the kicking drum. It\u2019s incredibly catchy stuff as skinsman Gabriel Juri\u0161a leads the posse. Strangely, this is not exactly heavyweight material, but it just has something refreshing in its galloping. Distinctly thrashy, the sound doesn\u2019t necessarily remind me of anyone but there are hints of Master, simply due to the combination of death n\u2019 thrash. Vocalist Aquila Miku\u0161ka has an interesting choppy style not too far removed Nocturnus singer Mike Browning.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Skineater\u2019 adopts a similar pattern and those drums groove hard again. It\u2019s not punky, just catchy and in tandem with the riffs and driving bass line. It\u2019s unusual to hear something in the genre that\u2019s simple yet refreshing. \u2018Blazing Chemical Inferno\u2019 has a slight blackened tinge to its deathly nature, while closer \u2018Cathedral Of Rot\u2019 offers a mid-paced respite before kicking into gear once again, but this time there is an anarchic punk feel. The drums alone are what drew me to this self-released EP, so don\u2019t sleep on Cryptify and support the underground.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CRYPTIFY Invocation Of The Wicked Gods EP Self-released (2025) Rating: 7\/10 Invocation Of The Wicked is a highly recommended debut EP from a band that\u2019s new on the block. Cryptify is a five-piece from Zagreb in Croatia and they play thrashy death metal, and it\u2019s really enjoyable. 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