Uploaded December 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Available on CD & digital at: crypticus.bandcamp.com/album/the-barrens

Index:
1.The Infected Crypts of Lieberkuhn 0:00
2.Rogues In the Haunt of Horrors 2:04
3.Late Night Horror Queen 4:58
4.Together Towards Terror 8:30
5.The Wizard of Filth 12:05
6.Ceremonial Surgery 14:17
7.Necronom IX 18:01
8.Misanthropy Mine 21:33
9.Noble Rot 25:05
10.Grand Guignol Cabaret 27:36
11.Song of a Mad Minstrel 31:07
12.The Breathing Tunnel (bonus) 34:25

#CRYPTICUS is:
Patrick Bruss - guitar/bass/voices/synth
Brynjar Helgetun - drums

"I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve heard this album & that’s the charm – more than the music, it’s the band’s ability to emanate a chilling & imaginative horror or mysterious perspective is where it excels. Crypticus is Death Metal & everything that enticed us into it in the first place – atmosphere, intrigue, gruesome sounds & of course, great music."
-TRANSCENDING OBSCURITY

"This will be the best album of the year."
-Stevo, IMPETIGO

Composed, mixed, & mastered by #PatrickBruss at The Filth Chamber, Denver, CO
Guest solos on "Rogues In the Haunt of Horrors" & "Grand Guignol Cabaret" by Justin Lascelle of #AXESLASHER.
Art by Derek Waugh
Portraits by Bruss.

All lyrics by Bruss except "Song of a Mad Minstrel" which quotes the poem by Robert E. Howard.

No pitch-shifting vocal effects were used in this performance.

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