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Cryptic Shift sign to Metal Blade Records

CRYPTIC SHIFT have signed to Metal Blade Records!

After taking the metal world by storm with last year’s debut full-length record, Visitations From Enceladus, now the progressive death metal band have taken the next step forward in their career by joining the roster of esteemed label Metal Blade Records.

The band are working towards building on their previously established die-mensionominal Astrodeath, following on from the themes and concepts found on their debut record, Visitations From Enceladus. Speaking about signing to Metal Blade, the band says, “we are pleased to announce we have signed with none other than Metal Blade Records. We are looking forward to developing Astrodeath alongside one of the greatest record labels on planet Earth and continuing our cosmic crusade across the hemispheres. Writing for the conceptual follow up of Visitations From Enceladus has begun, and we look forward to performing worldwide in the near future!”

Alongside the news of the signing, the band have announced a run of headlining UK tour dates for this September!

Tour dates are as follows: 

Sept. 4th – Manchester, UK – AATMA
Sept. 5th – York, UK – Fulford Arms
Sept. 6th – Cardiff, UK – Fuel
Sept. 7th – Derby, UK – The Hairy Dog
Sept. 8th – Newcastle, UK – Trillians
Sept. 9th – Edinburgh, UK – Opium
Sept. 10th – Leeds, UK – BOOM
Sept. 11th – London, UK – Nambucca
Sept. 12th – Nottingham, UK – The Angel

Cryptic Shift UK Tour 2021

For more information on CRYPTIC SHIFT like their official page on Facebook

James Weaver

Editor-in-Chief and Founder of Distorted Sound Magazine; established in 2015. Reporting on riffs since 2012.