Cryptic Shift - Visitations from Enceladus

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Thanks for the reminder Tony, have just thrown the LP on now after quite a while not listening to it 

[Crow]

Better off sticking to the Chilean madness Crow.

Ha! YES! I had literally just listened to Ripper - 'Experiment of Existence' when I saw your post.

Chris - no bother - just searched for em here cos I wanted to see what the lads had to say about CS when it was fresh.

Actually ya could do a lot worse than checking out that Ripper album. I recall you posting on facebook in praise of Supperssion 'The Sorrow of Soul Through Flesh'.  Their bassist and guitarist used to be in Ripper and play on that album. It's more thrash orientated than Suppression but it's beastly South American chunky death-thrash. Lethal.

[open face surgery]

Ripper, Apostasy or Force of Darkness. Something about Suppression didn't click for me. Most give them another go.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

That Ripper album is class alright. Like the vibe and vocals of early Death with the musicianship of the later stuff. Good call! Also, I'd totally forgotten about Suppression til you mentioned them again there!

[Crow]

Ripper, Apostasy or Force of Darkness. Something about Suppression didn't click for me. Most give them another go.

I like it a lot. One of my faves from this year, but it did take a few goes for it to click. But yeah man - those three you mentioned. So fucking good. Others to add Demoniac, Esopohagus, Rotten Tomb, Critical Defiance, Hellish, Morbid Cruelty and on and on.

All lying at different points on the thrash to death metal axis but all of them exceptional at what they do.

In terms of FoD and Apostasy - have you managed to dig into their old stuff? I'm buzzing off their recent albums but I'm gonna go back into their discogs before too long.

Like the vibe and vocals of early Death with the musicianship of the later stuff.

That's a really clear eyed and succinct way to describe that album. I love it. And I'm gonna steal it.

[open face surgery]

Rotten Tomb and Morbid Cruelty are the o ly ones of those listed I know. The latter better than the former. Holodomor is a beast of an album.

Ya, I have the 3 FoD albums and the Wrathprayer split but I'm only familiar with the newest Apostasy album with its horrible, horrible cover. 

[open face surgery]

Threw on Cryptic Shift again last night. Sitting a bit better.

Also, this seems like the best place to post this given they're Chilean, and thrash:
https://mentaldevastation.bandcamp.com/album/the-delusional-mystery-of-the-self-part-1