---
title: "Cryptic Shift"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/cryptic-shift"
genre: "Thrash Metal"
country: "United Kingdom"
formed: 2013
---

# Cryptic Shift

**Cryptic Shift** is a thrash metal band, from United Kingdom, active 2013 to present.

Cryptic Shift is an English extreme metal band formed in Leeds, West Yorkshire in 2013. They have two EPs and two demos, with their debut album Visitations from Enceladus being released on 4 May 2020 through Blood Harvest records. In an article for The Quietus, the album was referred to as "damn near essential, and proof that [Britain] has a valid contribution to make to this new wave of progressive death metal". They released their second album Overspace & Supertime, on February 27, 2026.

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

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Cryptic Shift |
| Genre | Thrash Metal |
| Parent genre | Thrash Metal |
| Origin | Leeds, United Kingdom |
| Formed | 2013 |
| Releases in catalog | 4 |

## Genres

[Thrash Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/thrash-metal) · [Progressive Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/progressive-metal) · [Technical Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/technical-death) · [Technical Thrash Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/technical-thrash) · [Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/death-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [John Riley](https://themetalnet.com/musician/john-riley) | Bass guitar | 2015 to present | Current |
| [Ryan Sheperson](https://themetalnet.com/musician/ryan-sheperson) | Drums (drum set) | 2012 to present | Current |
| [Xander Bradley](https://themetalnet.com/musician/xander-bradley) | Guitar, Lead vocals | 2014 to present | Current |
| [Joss Farrington](https://themetalnet.com/musician/joss-farrington) | Guitar | 2020 to present | Current |
| [Henry Parker](https://themetalnet.com/musician/henry-parker) | Guitar | 2014 to 2017 | Former |
| [Hokumu Blitzkreig](https://themetalnet.com/musician/hokumu-blitzkreig) | Bass guitar | 2012 to 2015 | Former |
| [Joe Bradley](https://themetalnet.com/musician/joe-bradley) | Guitar | 2017 to 2020 | Former |
| [Rob Castle](https://themetalnet.com/musician/rob-castle) | Lead vocals | 2011 to 2014 | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | [Old Chapel EP](https://themetalnet.com/album/873ebd0f-2dbd-4071-bd7b-0d4e56235299) | EP |
| 2016 | [Beyond the Celestial Realms](https://themetalnet.com/album/483b9684-3acf-4b9f-8076-b7d24270f5ee) | EP |
| 2020 | [Visitations From Enceladus](https://themetalnet.com/album/b460561a-438c-4366-b1af-38b37262a134) | Album |
| 2026 | [Overspace & Supertime](https://themetalnet.com/album/ee12df2d-d2bc-4798-bb47-a58057a30d18) | Album |

## Related bands

- [Ulcerate](https://themetalnet.com/band/ulcerate) (listened together)
- [Afterbirth](https://themetalnet.com/band/afterbirth) (listened together)
- [Esoctrilihum](https://themetalnet.com/band/esoctrilihum) (listened together)
- [Valdrin](https://themetalnet.com/band/valdrin) (listened together)
- [Imperial Triumphant](https://themetalnet.com/band/imperial-triumphant) (listened together)
- [Wayfarer](https://themetalnet.com/band/wayfarer) (listened together)
- [Wake](https://themetalnet.com/band/wake) (listened together)
- [Undeath](https://themetalnet.com/band/undeath) (listened together)
- [Obliveon](https://themetalnet.com/band/obliveon) (same tags)
- [Paranorm](https://themetalnet.com/band/paranorm) (same tags)
- [Cryptosis](https://themetalnet.com/band/cryptosis) (same tags)
- [Watchtower](https://themetalnet.com/band/watchtower) (same tags)

## Official and external links

- bandcamp: https://cryptic-shift.bandcamp.com/
- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Cryptic_Shift/3540383275
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYm46qvr74-rfvZSWCjQfyQ
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/crypticshift
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/49Q7rQ1e651IkT2AHKYgnx
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/12382218
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crypticshift.ufo/
- apple music: https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/1231531059
- website: https://www.crypticshift.com/

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