Band:	Krypts
Album:	Cadaver Circulation
Style:	Death metal
Release date:	May 31, 2019
A review by:	RaduP

01. Sinking Transient Waters
02. The Reek Of Loss
03. Echoes Emanate Forms
04. Mycelium
05. Vanishing
06. Circling The Between

I'm not letting this one slide.

I considered reviewing this when it came out, but alas I don't have all the time in the world to write, and I also doubt our readers have all the time in the world to read either. There are a lot of albums I regret not doing, but I don't ever go back and do something about it. But now that I found enough of a window between releases I care about, I may right some wrongs. So why in the world did I choose a OSDM album to come back to out of all the things I possibly could have. And to this I honestly don't have a clear answer other than that it felt like the right thing to do once I relistened to Cadaver Circulation.

With the huge number of OSDM releases nowadays it's quite hard to tell apart the ones that will stick and the ones that will fade from memory, especially considering that most of them no matter how great they sound don't really bring anything new to the table. And with a slight feeling that OSDM is slowly on its downward slope after some very fruitful years, a new album doesn't really have many chances to stick out. But there's something about this Finnish brand of death-doom that really hits the nail on its fucking head. Whether it be classics like Rippikoulu or newer iterations like Hooded Menace or Desolate Shrine, the sound feels unique to its other counterparts. Which is probably why I love Krypts so much too.

While death metal is still a dominant sound in the album, a lot of it is so melodically slow that it's clear that the basis of the album is formed by cavernous doom, at times reaching funeral levels of glacial pace, at times pounding pummeling riffs and blasts, but never leaving the nauseating feeling of doom. Atmosphere is created mostly through how dense the sound feels, even though it's clearly an album with a lot of focus on creating atmosphere, it still brings some intricate songwriting in its pace changes and obtuse riffs. I listen to my fair share of death and death doom demos, courtesy of Clandestine Cuts, but what a lot of those miss is having the atmosphere that can only be provided by the production that albums like Cadaver Circulation, where they don't feel polished but the sound feels much fuller, no matter how much I enjoy raw production as well.

And just look at the damn cover art. It that doesn't persuade you how murky this swamp of an album is, I sure won't.

Just like Hooded Menace did last year with Ossuarium Silhouettes Unhallowed, Krypts continue to showcase Finland's expertise in crafting immersive atmospheres with their death doom. It might be the vodka.