---
title: "Crypticus"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/crypticus"
genre: "Death Metal"
country: "United States"
formed: 1996
---

# Crypticus

**Crypticus** is a death metal band, from United States, active 1996 to present.

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Crypticus |
| Genre | Death Metal |
| Parent genre | Death Metal |
| Origin | Denver, United States |
| Formed | 1996 |
| Releases in catalog | 10 |

## Genres

[Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/death-metal) · [Goregrind](https://themetalnet.com/genre/goregrind) · [Old School Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/old-school-death)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Patrick Bruss](https://themetalnet.com/musician/patrick-bruss) | Lead vocals, Bass, Guitar |  | Current |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2002 | [Unholy Secrecies](https://themetalnet.com/album/cb6ddedc-f8af-4d04-b321-76cabb952673) | EP |
| 2005 | [Dedicated to the Impure](https://themetalnet.com/album/4759e7a7-d4d2-34ad-a72f-a3d61569b517) | Album |
| 2008 | [They Called Me Mad!](https://themetalnet.com/album/9da01d9e-4f91-36f1-917d-ac9c72bc8e51) | Album |
| 2010 | [The Rites of Infestation](https://themetalnet.com/album/ccdab6a3-59b0-4957-b878-c6b52bd50392) | EP |
| 2012 | [Dare to Enter, Die to Leave](https://themetalnet.com/album/5a1f0a93-a56a-47c7-b67b-202f727a8374) | Album |
| 2012 | [Insieme Verso Terrore](https://themetalnet.com/album/48079089-67d8-48a8-a2e5-0cfdc7a30a91) | EP |
| 2013 | [The Barrens](https://themetalnet.com/album/1b7e64ef-f633-485e-a51e-26db2af4fe6c) | Album |
| 2018 | [The Nightcomers](https://themetalnet.com/album/91f83db6-e9ba-41be-875c-efe365958897) | Album |
| 2019 | [The Feast of Absurdities](https://themetalnet.com/album/31b459c5-d1a2-436a-890c-03f3e59c0c5d) | Album |
| 2020 | [The Recluse](https://themetalnet.com/album/452eb3d2-6e31-45e0-b648-4453abe74de2) | EP |

## Related bands

- [Cannibal Corpse](https://themetalnet.com/band/cannibal-corpse) (listened together)
- [Napalm Death](https://themetalnet.com/band/napalm-death) (listened together)
- [Incantation](https://themetalnet.com/band/incantation) (listened together)
- [General Surgery](https://themetalnet.com/band/general-surgery) (listened together)
- [Children of Bodom](https://themetalnet.com/band/children-of-bodom) (listened together)
- [Vader](https://themetalnet.com/band/vader) (listened together)
- [Fuck I’m Dead](https://themetalnet.com/band/fuck-i-m-dead) (listened together)
- [Immolation](https://themetalnet.com/band/immolation) (listened together)
- [Asphyx](https://themetalnet.com/band/asphyx) (listened together)
- [Severe Torture](https://themetalnet.com/band/severe-torture) (listened together)
- [Disgorge](https://themetalnet.com/band/disgorge-ed907db5) (listened together)
- [Necrophagia](https://themetalnet.com/band/necrophagia) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/crypticus
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheCrypticult
- bandcamp: https://crypticus.bandcamp.com/
- x: https://twitter.com/Crypticus
- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Crypticus/25285

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