[Cover photo credit to Murry Deaves]
“Cryogenically Frozen” is the latest single to be released by UK Progressive Death Metal band Cryptic Shift. The track comes off the band‘s Overspace & Supertime album, set to arrive on February 27th, 2026 through Metal Blade Records.
Vocalist/guitarist Alexander Bradley, says about the new track:
Contrasting the prolonged, cinematic opening of our previous album [Visitations From Enceladus] ’Cryogenically Frozen‘ wastes no time by bursting into a flurry of jazz fusion-esque movements as if metal had an alternate timeline progressing from the lineage of masters like Cynic, Pestilence, and Allan Holdsworth, whilst still remaining true to our death/thrashing tendencies with lightning riffs tailor-made for the headbangers and circle pitters!
Simultaneously, all aspects of our songwriting propel our new character, ’The Recaller,‘ through her sci-fi adventures, beginning with a cybertronic shootout and meditations in dreams and consciousness. Being one of the shorter songs on the album defined by a pulsing verse and chorus, it ends with a moment of calm before the true centerpiece of Overspace & Supertime begins with the 29-minute ’Stratocumulus Evergaol‘ which we can‘t wait for all Astrodeath freaks to explore on February 27th.
The band unveiled their debut full-length album, Visitations From Enceladus, in 2020. Overspace & Supertime continues the conceptual and musical themes of their debut and delivers technical Thrash/Death metal showmanship, including returning influences of Progressive writing, harmonized with storytelling.
Drummer Ryan Sheperson says about the album’s themes:
The concept of Overspace & Supertime plays as an alternative reality to the happenings of Visitations From Enceladus, taking our character into new dimensions filled with both greater adventures and more bizarre encounters.
Whilst the concept themes of our sci-fi tale have grown, so have our efforts in synthesizing it with the ultimate Astrodeath soundscape. The record takes the listener on a deeper journey through the fusion of our influences, with some exciting twists and turns along the way.
Overspace & Supertime was produced by Jack Helliwell and mastered by Greg Chandler (Esoteric, My Dying Bride) and features the artwork of Jesse Jacobi.
CRYPTIC SHIFT Live:
2/28/2026 Boston Music Rooms – London, UK * Record Release Show
5/21-24/2026 Maryland Deathfest – Baltimore, MD
