KRYPTS Cadaver Circulation CD

The announcement of releasing "Cadaver Circulation" from Finnish Krypts caused quite a huge hype - it's nothing new from most of the Dark Descent Records catalogue. It's different topic in the case of my reviews, because my innate skepticism quickly made me stop from any colorful opinions until the album appeared in the official distribution. The Finns' previous album, "Remnants Of Expansion", simply bored me and tired me in far too many fragments - hence I had no particular expectations from such a death/doom mediocre album. However, "Cadaver Circulation" came and the Finns changed a bit...fortunately, only for the better! On their third full album, the quartet tightened up and recorded much more consistent material. Still in the areas of death/doom and with an emphasis on a sluggish climate, but without unnecessary slowdowns and excessively extensive forms. Compared to "Remnants Of Expansion", "Cadaver Circulation" is more cohesive, much more happens on it and in the slow fragments it attracts you in for longer and does not let your thoughts drift away elsewhere. However, the superiority of "Cadaver..." does not result from the mere fact of surpassing its predecessor - it's simply a very well written death/doom metal album. On the one hand, they again smuggled Incantation ugliness and - this time, new - a slow, gallows climate reminiscent of Disembowelment, on the other hand, they referred quite freely to the above-mentioned classics, they had its own feeling here (a bit reminiscent of Spectral Voice, which...appeared later from Krypts) and had much better Antti Kotiranta vocals than in the past (with a great growl and hysterical higher ones). The band perfectly took "Cadaver..." to a higher level than on "Remnants..." and their death/doom gained in dynamics, general heaviness and does not avoid explosive plot twists with blasts. Examples include "Vanishing", "Circling The Between", "The Reek Of Loss" and "Sinking Transient Waters". The least convincing on "Cadaver..." is the sound of the drums - quite flat. The whole album is not significantly affected by this element (which the fleshy guitars make up for), although with this type of gloomy music, a more natural sound of the drums would work better. Anyway, after "Remnants Of Expansion" the Finns from Krypts recorded a more interesting and much more thrilling longplay. "Cadaver Circulation" perfectly shows that the group in 2019 did not run out of ideas and was able to create a piece of thoughtful death/doom - enough to make it crushing and atmospheric, and at the same time dynamic and devoid of recycling similar ideas. So, they got mustiness at a very high level!