---
title: "Cryptal Darkness"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/cryptal-darkness"
genre: "Doom Metal"
country: "Australia"
formed: 1993
disbanded: 2003
---

# Cryptal Darkness

**Cryptal Darkness** is a doom metal band, from Australia, active 1993 to 2003.

Cryptal Darkness were an Australian doom metal band from Melbourne featuring Mark Kelson, now of The Eternal and InSomnius Dei and for a short period, former My Dying Bride/Cradle of Filth member, Martin Powell.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptal_Darkness

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Cryptal Darkness |
| Genre | Doom Metal |
| Parent genre | Doom Metal |
| Origin | Melbourne, Australia |
| Formed | 1993 |
| Disbanded | 2003 |
| Releases in catalog | 5 |

## Genres

[Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/death-metal) · [Doom Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/doom-metal) · [Gothic Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/gothic-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Sean Hinds](https://themetalnet.com/musician/sean-hinds) | Keyboard | 2000 to present | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1996 | [Descend Into Thy Grave](https://themetalnet.com/album/3c6386a8-4614-3cca-9289-19a5ed86b2ff) | EP |
| 1996 | [Endless Tears...](https://themetalnet.com/album/8e8e8d6a-92f8-36d3-92e4-5ca00934288a) | Album |
| 1997 | [Promotional Sampler 1997](https://themetalnet.com/album/715aec1a-b8b8-483e-a566-41ccfc0231d5) | EP |
| 1999 | [They Whispered You Had Risen](https://themetalnet.com/album/33347ad3-dc40-35e1-9555-efc93c90e8b9) | Album |
| 2001 | [Chapter II - The Fallen](https://themetalnet.com/album/abcfaa6e-0dc2-3b09-8d03-01c2a3640e05) | Album |

## Related bands

- [Silent Stream of Godless Elegy](https://themetalnet.com/band/silent-stream-of-godless-elegy) (listened together)
- [Whitehorse](https://themetalnet.com/band/whitehorse) (shared members)
- [Urgrund](https://themetalnet.com/band/urgrund) (shared members)
- [Ignivomous](https://themetalnet.com/band/ignivomous) (shared members)
- [I Miss My Death](https://themetalnet.com/band/i-miss-my-death) (same tags)
- [Helevorn](https://themetalnet.com/band/helevorn) (same tags)
- [Scar of the Sun](https://themetalnet.com/band/scar-of-the-sun) (same tags)
- [Pyogenesis](https://themetalnet.com/band/pyogenesis) (same tags)
- [November Dreams](https://themetalnet.com/band/november-dreams) (same tags)
- [Catalepsia](https://themetalnet.com/band/catalepsia) (same tags)
- [Dying Rose](https://themetalnet.com/band/dying-rose) (same tags)
- [When Nothing Remains](https://themetalnet.com/band/when-nothing-remains) (same tags)

## Official and external links

- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/5461125
- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Cryptal_Darkness/2868

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/cryptal-darkness](https://themetalnet.com/band/cryptal-darkness). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt