Overspace & Supertime
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LP / Format
Metal Blade / Label
Progressive Metal, Technical Death Metal, Technical Thrash Metal
Avant-Garde Metal
, Jazz Fusion
/ GenreFull Credits
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Critic Reviews
90
Cryptic Shift are operating on a higher plane of prog metal consciousness, and Overspace & Supertime is a potentially life-changing act of artistic audacity.
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2mo
90
This is an album to get lost in: an escape from the mundane, a brain-spinning trip into the obsidian kaleidoscope of the cosmos and a dizzying and outrageous assault on the senses.
2mo
90
Every element of their output is meticulously planned and this level of detail is precisely one of the many reasons why Cryptic Shift are one of extreme metals most fresh and exciting prospects.
2mo
90
Yes, this is an exhausting record. Trying to catch everything on it during your first listen could make you go blind. Maybe 80 minutes is too damn long. But Overspace & Supertime is a better record than my wildest expectations, six years in the making, ever dreamed up.
3mo
76
You can't listen to this album in bits, it has to be taken as a whole experience. It may seem like a tall task, but fret not, there's plenty of reasons to devote an hour and a half out of your life to be taken over by the atmosphere, and most importantly, the RIFFS.
3mo
A NEW WAVE OF COSMIC DEATH METAL?
If you're a fan of all things complicated in music, it doesn't matter if you're familiar with the genre of this album... just give it a listen.
The compositions and structures come from afar.
Old-school Progressive TechDeath Metal, like only Atheist, Nocturnus (whose CD I unfortunately sold 30 years ago because I didn't like it!!!) and Cynic were capable of being the common thread, is now revitalized by this English band in a true new ... read more
CATCH-UP WEEK #1, part 9
despite its long runtime, not many of the parts here felt unnecessary or dragged, most of them just created a great flow for this album. I also love it when metal bands go so technical that they start incorporating some jazz elements
"So, while I probably won't be the core sound that made Sylosis pretty popular according to those streams, I'm still pretty excited to see what this album offers. So how does The New Flesh do on its take on groove metal and melodic metalcore, while still keeping the melodic death metal in its tools?
I really fuck with this heavy. Probably the best metal release of 2026 so far."
Well, sadly, it's time to retract that statement. And it's sad since Sylosis had to ... read more
you hear this crazy insane shit then you find out these guys are from leeds
for real though songwriting here is incredible its just a bit too much content packed into 5 tracks
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Track List
| 1 | Cryogenically Frozen 9:24 | 82 |
| 2 | Stratocumulus Evergaol 29:25 | 81 |
| 3 | Hyperspace Topography 9:40 | 80 |
| 4 | Hexagonal Eyes (Diverity Trepaphymphasyzm) 10:05 | 82 |
| 5 | Overspace & Supertime 20:21 | 83 |
Total Length: 1 hour, 18 minutes
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