Cryptic Shift announce new album ‘Overspace & Supertime’

CRYPTIC SHIFT have announced a brand new album!

The UK progressive death metal outfit will release Overspace & Supertime on February 27th via Metal Blade Records. The upcoming album serves as the follow-up to their 2020 debut Visitations From Enceladus.

Speaking about the album’s concept, drummer Ryan Sheperson says, “the concept of Overspace & Supertime plays as an alternative reality to the happenings of Visitations From Enceladus, taking our character into new dimensions filled with both greater adventures and more bizarre encounters. Whilst the concept themes of our sci-fi tale have grown, so have our efforts in synthesizing it with the ultimate Astrodeath soundscape. The record takes the listener on a deeper journey through the fusion of our influences, with some exciting twists and turns along the way.”

The album was produced by Jack Helliwell and mastered by Greg Chandler (ESOTERIC, MY DYING BRIDE), featuring artwork by Jesse Jacobi. Vocalist/guitarist Alexander Bradley elaborates, “I was inspired by an image from 40 Days In The Desert by the legendary Moebius. The tall, sombre, cloaked figures were a fitting reference for the occurrence of our main character ‘The Recaller’ as she finally encounters ‘The Alien Sorceress.’ Jesse Jacobi is the one behind the phenomenal painting, and he was always the only one whose style I could imagine it in. I did a lot of research into cloud formations for the lyrics and wanted them featured as the backdrop of the cover art with justice to their splendour. Furthermore, keen eyes will notice the composition rhymes with that of Visitations From Enceladus. Even though both characters are different entities, their paths are severely intertwined.”

Alongside the announcement, CRYPTIC SHIFT have released a new single, Hexagonal Eyes (Diverity Trepaphymphasyzm). Speaking about the track, Bradley says, “the track demonstrates a vicious proficiency never before seen in death and thrash metal: A relentless flow of smart compositional ideas seize your attention in a black hole grip, across our most extreme material yet. Diverity Trepaphyphasyzm then describes the first stages of a warped temporal disease as our character returns to the moonbase location from our highly acclaimed debut album. Films like the Star Wars prequels inspire us just as much as our contemporaries in the genre; fans of sci-fi storytelling and ripping technical metal are guaranteed to have a blast with this record.”

Watch the official music video for Hexagonal Eyes (Diverity Trepaphymphasyzm) here:

Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming new album below:

Track List:

1. Cryogenically Frozen
2. Stratocumulus Evergaol
3. Hyperspace Topography
4. Hexagonal Eyes (Diverity Trepaphymphasyzm)
5. Overspace & Supertime

Overspace & Supertime is set for release on February 27th via Metal Blade Records. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.

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