Hidden Gems & Guilty Pleasures: Cryptorium (Sweden)
Cryptorium (Death Metal // Sweden)
Cryptorium is an old school chainsaw death metal from Stockholm, Sweden.
Swedish death metal fiends Cryptorium return with their sophomore and most ambitious release yet. They splashed onto the scene with a rambunctious debut, »Descent Into Lunacy«, and this release takes their music to the next level. They’ve done their homework and churn out the best kind of Swedish death metal paying homage to the elder ones while adding their own layer of grime and filth to it. It’s ugly, nasty, raw and just how it was meant to be. Few bands these days are able to come up with the classic kind of death metal music without dampening it with too many melodies or making it sound too clean; Cryptorium on the other hand, go all the way and do it convincingly and with the right spirit and intent. This is gnarly, in-your-face, competently executed Swedish death metal with substance and rot. It’s not to be missed.
Cryptorium’s new full-length album »Through The Bowels Of Ceasless Dissonance« will be released on October 30th, 2026 via Transcending Obscurity Records. Pre-order HERE.
Discography:
• »Cryptic Bloodlust« Demo (2023)
• »Void Of Life« Single (Iron Fortress Records, 2024)
• »Horrid Exultation« Single (Personal Records, 2024)
• »Descent Into Lunacy« LP (Personal Records, 2024)
• »Malignant Crucifixion« EP (2025)
• »Live In Stockholm 2025« Live Album (2025)
• »In Bitter Remorse« Single (Transcending Obscurity Records, 2026)
• »Malodor« Single (Transcending Obscurity Records, 2026)
• »Through The Bowels Of Ceasless Dissonance« LP (Transcending Obscurity Records, 2026)
Line-up:
Fabian Larsen – Guitars, Vocals
Albin Holgersson – Drums, Vocals
Ludvig Carman – Guitar
Karl “Knalle” Arvidsson (R.I.P. 2026) – Bass, Synthesizer, Vocals
FFO: Dismember, Entombed, Carnage, Grave, Unleashed, Death Breath, Crawl, Feral, Vomitheist
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well