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Return To Realms

by Cryptic Shift

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jrebs Visitations was my first exposure to Cryptic Shift and I love that album so much I bought this re-issue without hesitation. If you enjoy Visitations, you will love this release. Great stuff, guys. Favorite track: Deathcrusher.
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I N S T R U C T _ R E L A Y _ A U T O M A T I C W E _ A R E _ R E A D Y _ T O _ T R A N S M I T D I S C O N T I N U E . . . D I S C O N T I N U E . . . E N D _ T R A N S M I S S I O N / /
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Zenith vector disarray. Engulfed into the void. Escape velocity reached. Drift outside the ecosphere. Celestial extraction. Mystification apprehension. Cosmic horror. Realities collapse into the void. Mind bends in the cosmic rift. Body descends to absolute zero. Torn apart from the inside. Voyage Through Dimensions. Alien ship incoming. Zoergoric structure. Tractor beam pulls you in. Bioric life-forms pry. Hull breach. Hyperdrive failure. Atmosphere collapse. Lungs rupture from immense pressure. Mind bends in the cosmic rift. Body descends to absolute zero. Torn apart from the inside. Voyage Through Dimensions. Unearthly sounds. Nebula inhalation. Cessation crystals. Impending perpetuation doom. Godly astral plane. Time and space cease to exist. Linger in abeyance. Suspension through eons. The black hole increases dimension. Escaping infinite mass. Gamma rays infiltrate. Fear grips. Your cortex expands to the mass of the sun. This perpetual voyage. Titan deities hath not. Awe and power. That of the ancient ones. Brings you to an empyreal perspective.
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Deathcrusher 06:05
Why the person has been cut free from the bounds of immolation? What you see is not a true vision. These realms beyond comprehension. Gods slumber in helotry. Forge the time wound. Condemned. Eternal. To an abyss. Through the sea of dreams I will grasp your soul. Wrenched from your essence. Now the blood of The Elders starts to boil. Their presence now diminished. From across the void. I will bring the sodom below. Deathcrusher. Now from beyond.
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Spore 05:45
Humanity has been erased. Worldwide pandemic wrought upon this earth. Abandoned by its creators. Deathly silence grips. Eerie Inhabitants. Vines claw through ruined city streets. Brain dead. Poisonous retch. Ingest. Spore reigns free. Exhale. Spore infects all. Horrific forms terrify. Mutations with foaming boils. Visitation from another world. Project: Human Race. An infected mess. World consummation. Formed over centuries. Spewing bubbling pores. Gargled spoils. Ingest. Spore reigns free. Exhale. Spore infects all. Hideous flesh. We have failed. Death of The Sun. Powerless race. Race.
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A colossal carcass of The Great Whale rests in decay at the bottom of the sea floor. Unwavered by man but now a corpse in your own home. Fish fall from the sky below. Poisonous waters now erase existence of life. No consummation for the organisms above. Orbit disrupted by the ocean. Displace The Moon’s perpetuity. Tidal wave tsunamis eradicate close to land life. Skies are wracked by empyrean thunderstorms. Beasts lay dormant within the mantle. Reaching tendrils manipulate. Delving down to the core of the earth. Grasping out to the airborne pathogens. Spread the sickness upon this world. Summoned to awaken from their Arctic slumbers. To leave in control of another. Those above watch the cities drown in their own essence. Tear open the skies and rain down. Reset the balance of power in this world. They rise from their chasms to vacate this planet. Ice. A mile high ice-shift voyages the Atlantic. Conquer these vermin while engulfing the earth.
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Spawn of the earth. To accursed traitor. All espoused against. To be cursed upon death. They speak my name. Alien now to me. The sage prys at my brain. It brings the erosion of my sanity. Dismember with precision dissection. Spill the embers down the oesophagus. Cursed to suffer in blindness. Burning massacre. Inhale sulfur. Black magic ritual. Entombed In Flesh. Of the dark arcane arts he will create. Upon the murky plateau. Gruesome deformity. Dark sage of Ktu’un. Drown the swamps in schism. Forge arcane apostasy. The powders seep into my eyes. Dismember with precision dissection. Tear out your own tongue. And hold asunder. Forced to suffer in blindness. Your hands burn alive. Inhale sulfur. Black magic ritual. Entombed In Flesh. Bind to ancient tome. Haematology abundance. Deadly pollen airborne. Spores consume your cells. Dark ritual is your fate. Inhale sulfur. Black magic ritual. Entombed In Flesh.
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Spore [Demo] 05:56
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'RETURN TO REALMS' is a reissue of our 2016 EP 'BEYOND THE CELESTIAL REALMS'. On top of classic Cryptic Shift songs like 'Voyage Through Dimensions', 'Spore' & 'Deathcrusher', 'RETURN...' features a crisp new mix & master from original collaborator JACK HELLIWELL and updated artwork closer to our original vision from longtime collaborator CIARAN NOTION (Spearhead Media).

Also included is 'ENTOMBED IN FLESH', an unreleased track from the original sessions that was omitted from the release and four demo versions including even the pre-production session of Cosmic Dreams. 'GLACIAL RECLAMATION' even has a new guitar solo for the outro, and the title track has been completely remade using new samples and voice effects.

The physical editions feature an extensive write-up by the band depicting the time of making this record and the cassette version showcases an alternate artwork piece from Spinal Chamber. Access the early years of ASTRODEATH™ now and RETURN TO REALMS.

Available on Gatefold Vinyl, Compact Disc & Cassette Tape NOW from Blood Harvest Records
bloodharvestrecords.bandcamp.com/album/return-to-realms

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released May 4, 2023

Beyond The Celestial Realms (tracks 1-5) recorded, mixed & mastered by Jack Helliwell at Leeds College Of Music in 2015
Remixed & remastered by Jack Helliwell in 2021

Beyond The Celestial Demo (tracks 6-9) recorded, mixed & mastered by David Whitaker at Old Chapel Studios in 2015
Remastered by Jack Helliwell in 2021.

Entombed In Flesh (track 7) recorded & mixed by Ryan Sheperson at Leeds College Of Music in 2016
Remixed & remastered by Jack Helliwell in 2021

Cosmic Dreams pre-production (track 10) recorded & mixed by Jack Helliwell at Leeds College Of Music in 2017
Remastered by Jack Helliiwell in 2021


Beyond The Celestial Realms cover art and original logo by Daniel Owen at Nemesis Design
Return To Realms cover art and current logo by Ciaran Notion at Spearhead Media

CD & vinyl layouts by Ciaran Notion at Spearhead Media
Cassette layout by Xander Bradley

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