a fucking masterpiece.
still have to recover from how much i love this album. words fail me.
thank you, crypta.
Favourite track: Dark Clouds / Lift The Blindfold / Stronghold (hard to choose!)
"How can one be punished for struggling to survive?"
this song has made me cry more than once. i could relate to the lyrics so, so well, and the music video felt like something i know.
after having watched fernanda's video about the concept/lyrics/music video, i could relate even more.
of course, this song is musically also very powerful, but that is all of crypta's music, in my opinion.
"old-school death", they said.
while in many ways, that could be said about "echoes of the soul", this album musically has so much more to offer. it is melodic, has some BM elements, and the solos are breathtaking.
i was surprised & delighted & this quickly became one of my favourite albums.
the lyrics' socio-political messages & the spirituality & the depths of feeling & of being human are all things i can really,really connect to. there's a kind of empathy that is often elsewhere absent.
discovered this album through some random internet rabbit-holing. so worth it.
it soothes the panic in my heart in a profound way.
your voice is so beautiful.
thank you.
this is a masterpiece. kyuho is a very skilled songwriter and has an incredible vocal range. incredible blend of different genres and melodies that pierce the heart.
it is audible how much hard work and attention to detail is behind this album. i equally enjoy the quality of the mix.
i appreciate that the bass is often following its own virtuose melody even when it is barely audible over the "busyness" of all the other instruments.
i could write so much more but i was limited to 500 characters.
Five Incantations Vinyl Release - remastered and with additional choral live performance of 'The Breathing Hand'.
by Jo Quail
saw jo quail live yesterday where i had the chance to buy this on vinyl. haven't listened enough to add a review to the musick, but the show was absolutely entrancing, and the colours of the vinyl are beautiful!
