Cryptic (album)

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Cryptic
Cryptic Edge of Sanity.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 1, 1997
Recorded1997
Genre Melodic death metal
Length35:33
Label Black Mark
Producer Ronny Lahti
Edge of Sanity chronology
Infernal
(1997)
Cryptic
(1997)
Crimson II
(2003)
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Cryptic is the seventh full-length studio album by the Swedish death metal band Edge of Sanity, released on December 1, 1997 by Black Mark Production.

Contents

Cryptic is the only Edge of Sanity album to not feature any contributions from Dan Swanö. Guitarist Andreas Axelsson hired vocalist Robert Karlsson, who was previously the vocalist in Swanö's avant-garde death metal band Pan.Thy.Monium, in an attempt to keep the band together. Despite this, all members of this short-lived lineup of the band would depart following the album's release.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Hell Written"4:35
2."Uncontroll Me"5:55
3."No Destiny"3:36
4."Demon I"4:16
5."Not of This World"3:51
6."Dead I Walk"3:26
7."Born, Breed, Bleeding"4:30
8."Bleed You Dry"5:24
Total length:35:33

Personnel

Edge of Sanity
Production

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References

  1. Anderson, Jason. Cryptic at AllMusic