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Cryptic Wintermoon is a German melodic black metal band that released two albums on Massacre Records.

The band was formed in 1993 out of the defunct group Black Prophecies, releasing their first demo in 1995 followed by the EP Cryptic Wintermoon in 1997 and a split album with Lord Astaroth. In 2003, the band played the Wacken Open Air Festival.[1]

According to Powermetal.de [de], the band was on the path to filling a similar metal niche to Dimmu Borgir, but lost steam after their 1999 album The Age of Cataclysm. Though the album was "a real bullseye in keyboard-driven black metal", the band was not promoted "sufficiently" by their label at the time. The band changed label to Massacre Records, having to wait four years until 2003 to release A Coming Storm. Powermetal.de's reviewer saw the album as a success, except for two songs that were "blemishes".[2] Cryptic Wintermoon's second (and last) Massacre Records album came in 2005 and was titled Of Shadows... and the Dark Things You Fear. It contained "memorable melodies, sophisticated arrangements, and catchy songs", delivered with "pinpoint precision". The album "should appeal to most listeners" and could propel Cryptic Wintermoon "to the top of the German extreme metal scene", with its combination of elements from several extreme metal subgenres, though "The band's goal is certainly not to reinvent the wheel".[3]

Norway's Scream Magazine gave a 5 out of 6 score to both A Coming Storm and Of Shadows, stating that Cryptic Wintermoon showcased quality in every way. Though the genre was "worn", Cryptic Wintermoon showed that "it was still fully possible to do something original within melodic metal".[4][5] Rock Hard also gave good scores, ranging from 9/10 for their first full-length, then 8.5 for the next two albums and 8 for their last, 2009's self-released Fear.[6][7][8][9] Fear received an 8 out of 10 from Powermetal.de.[10]

Noise.fi [fi] similarly gave a good 4 out of 5 score for Of Shadows.... Nonetheless, "some of the songs could have been thrown in the scrap heap already at the creation stage", since they "slip in one ear, out the other". The album was also said to be "pleasant to listen to in the background, but it does not seem to have a particularly long life".[11] Vampster [de] saw A Coming Storm as solid, but appearing at a descending curve of the black metal "boom".[12] Vampster saw Of Shadows... as a "quite varied and solid" album that lacked "innovative riffs and originality", whereas Fear failed to impress.[13][14] On the same note, Metal.de rated both Of Shadows... and Fear as 6 out of 10 efforts. Their analysis stated that the former album "doesn't venture beyond its familiar territory, relying exclusively on well-worn but proven structures. Many of the riffs and harmonic arcs are essentially generic melodic black metal fare, rarely venturing beyond the genre's standard repertoire. As a result, the songs are often highly predictable and barely distinguishable from those of other bands in the genre".[15][16] Heavymetal.dk gave a 5 out of 10 for Of Shadows....[17]

Discography

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  • Voyage dans la lune (demo, 1995)
  • Cryptic Wintermoon EP (1997)
  • Franconian Frost (split, 1998, Perverted Taste)
  • The Age of Cataclysm (1999, Ars Metalli)
  • A Coming Storm (2003, Massacre Records)
  • Of Shadows... and the Dark Things You Fear (2005, Massacre Records)
  • Fear (2009)

References

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  1. ^ "The billing is complete - last band confirmed!!". Wacken Open Air Festival. 7 April 2003. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
  2. ^ Backes, Björn (19 May 2003). "CRYPTIC WINTERMOON - A Coming Storm". Powermetal.de (review) (in German). Retrieved 25 December 2025.
  3. ^ Stehle, Rüdiger (21 March 2005). "CRYPTIC WINTERMOON - Of Shadows ... And The Dark Things You Fear". Powermetal.de (review) (in German). Retrieved 25 December 2025.
  4. ^ Nørsterud, Bjørn (2003). "CRYPTIC WINTERMOON "A Coming Storm"". Scream Magazine (review) (in Norwegian). No. 77. p. 43.
  5. ^ Nørsterud, Bjørn (2005). "CRYPTIC WINTERMOON "Of Shadows... And The Dark Things You Fear"". Scream Magazine (review) (in Norwegian). No. 95. p. 41.
  6. ^ "CRYPTIC WINTERMOON The Age Of Cataclysm". Rock Hard (review) (in German). No. 157. 17 May 2000. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
  7. ^ "CRYPTIC WINTERMOON A Coming Storm". Rock Hard (review) (in German). No. 194. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
  8. ^ "CRYPTIC WINTERMOON Of Shadows... And The Dark Things You Fear". Rock Hard (review) (in German). No. 215. 23 March 2005. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
  9. ^ "CRYPTIC WINTERMOON Fear". Rock Hard (review) (in German). No. 270. 21 October 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
  10. ^ Backes, Björn (14 October 2009). "CRYPTIC WINTERMOON - Fear". Powermetal.de (review) (in German). Retrieved 25 December 2025.
  11. ^ Wuorinen, Juha (22 August 2005). "Levyarvostelut Cryptic Wintermoon – Of Shadows… And The Dark Things You Fear". Noise.fi (review) (in Finnish). Retrieved 23 December 2025.
  12. ^ Mummelthey, Chris (5 August 2003). "CRYPTIC WINTERMOON: A Coming Storm". Vampster (review) (in German). Retrieved 25 December 2025.
  13. ^ Huguenin, Arlette (28 March 2005). "Cryptic Wintermoon: Of Shadows…and the dark things you fear". Vampster (review) (in German). Retrieved 25 December 2025.
  14. ^ Böhning, Rebecca (19 January 2010). "Cryptic Wintermoon: Fear". Vampster (review) (in German). Retrieved 25 December 2025.
  15. ^ "Cryptic Wintermoon - Of Shadows... And The Dark Things You Fear". Metal.de (review) (in German). 2 May 2005. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
  16. ^ "Cryptic Wintermoon - Fear". Metal.de (review) (in German). 29 October 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
  17. ^ "Cryptic Wintermoon Of Shadows... And The Dark Things You Fear". Heavymetal.dk (review) (in Danish). 23 April 2005. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
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  • Review of Of Shadows... by Stormbringer.at (in German)
  • Review of Of Shadows... by Metal Express Radio
  • Review of Fear by Stormbringer.at (in German)
  • Review of Fear by Zware Metalen (in Dutch)