The Coils of Apollyon

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The Coils of Apollyon
Studio album by Kryptos

Publication
(s)

2012

Label (s) AFM Records

Genre (s)

Heavy metal , thrash metal

Title (number)

9

running time

47 min 29 s

occupation
  • Guitar: Rohit Chaturvedi
  • Bass : Jayawant Tewari

production

Anupam Roy

Studio (s)

Gray Studios, New Delhi

chronology
The Ark of Gemini
(2008) 		The Coils of Apollyon -

The Coils of Apollyon is the third studio album by the Indian heavy / thrash metal band Kryptos . It was released in 2012 via AFM Records .

Origin and background

After the release of their second studio album The Ark of Gemini , the band took its time with the production of the follow-up album. Singer and guitarist Nolan Lewis stated in an interview that the band didn't want to rush to release a mediocre album. The album was recorded in the Gray Studios in New Delhi . Anupam Roy took care of the production, mixing and mastering . The admission process took a month and a half. The album cover was designed by Mark Riddick. The album was released in India on February 18, 2012, while AFM Records released the album in the rest of the world on September 21, 2012. The AFM version does not contain a bonus track and only differs from the Indian version in the minor changes in the booklet.

Track list

  1. The Mask of Anubis - 4:30
  2. The Coils of Apollyon - 4:09
  3. Serpent Mage - 6:51
  4. Nexus Legion - 5:23
  5. Eternal Crimson Spiers - 6:57
  2. Spellcraft - 3:48
  3. Starfall - 6:04
  4. Visions of Dis - 8:10
  5. The Isle of Voices - 1:37

reception

Frank Albrecht from the German magazine Rock Hard described The Coils of Apollyon as a “wonderful, earthy and down-to-earth metal disc” that “can shine with heavy metal that is traditional, but by no means old-fashioned”. Albrecht awarded eight out of ten points for the “versatile album that whets the appetite for more”. For Thomas Meyns from the online magazine Metalnews , cryptos can “stand out from the majority of the currently active retro Thrashers with a lot of independence”. He praised “the high level of technical skills” and awarded six out of seven points. Katharina Beck from the online magazine Metal.de, on the other hand, criticized the album as "little independent and special". Riffs and melodies seem “downright worn and worn” while the album as a whole “seems a bit uniform”. Beck awarded six out of ten points.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b metalcrypt.com: Kryptos interview
  2. ↑ rockhard.de: Kryptos - The Coils Of Apollyon
  3. ↑ metalnews.de: Kryptos - The Coils Of Apollyon ( Memento of the original from February 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.metalnews.de
  4. ↑ metal.de: Kryptos - The Coils Of Apollyon