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Cryptic Wintermoon is a German melodic black metal band that released two albums on Massacre Records.
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The band was formed in 1993 out of the defunct group Black Prophecies, releasing their first demo in 1995 followed by the EP Cryptic Wintermoon in 1997 and a split album with Lord Astaroth. In 2003, the band played the [[ [1] Wacken Open Air Festival]].
Norway's Scream Magazine gave a 5 out of 6 score to both A Coming Storm and Of Shadows, stating that Cryptic Wintermoon showcased quality in every way. Though the genre was "worn", Cryptic Wintermoon showed that "it was still fully possible to do something original within melodic metal". [2] [3] Rock Hard also gave good scores, ranging from 9/10 for their first full-length, then 8.5 to the next two albums and 8 to their last. [4] [5] [6] [7]
Noise.fi similarly gave a good 4 out of 5 score for Of Shadows.... Nonetheless, "some of the songs could have been thrown in the scrap heap already at the creation stage", since they "slip in one ear, out the other". The album was also said to be "pleasant to listen to in the background, but it does not seem to have a particularly long life". [8]
Conversely, Metal.de rated both Of Shadows... and Fear as 6 out of 10 efforts. Their analysis stated that the former album "doesn't venture beyond its familiar territory, relying exclusively on well-worn but proven structures. Many of the riffs and harmonic arcs are essentially generic melodic black metal fare, rarely venturing beyond the genre's standard repertoire. As a result, the songs are often highly predictable and barely distinguishable from those of other bands in the genre". [9] [10] Heavymetal.dk gave a 5 out of 10 for Of Shadows.... [11]