Kryptoportikus - 2025 - Dark Rainbow

(43:25; Fastball Music) Track list: 1. Stormy Seas 1:51 2. Imperial Machine 3:16 3. Dark Rainbow 4:17 4. The Wanderings of Ulysses 6:29 5. Argonautica Part I 1:29 6. Ruins of Troy 5:30 7. Medusa's Speech 1:13 8. The Curse of Medusa 4:12 9. Argonautica Part II 3:43 10. The Oracle 5:25 11. Sparta and Athens 4:22 12. Argonautica Part III 1:38 Line-up: Chris Techritz - guitars Franz Herde - vocals with: Tom Brenneis - bass Marc Nickel - guitars Alex Kreuch - keyboards Jimmy Konsta - guitars Oliver Holzwarth - bass Trina Deuhart - voice Spider the Akronaut - bass German band Kryptoportikus started out back in 2023 or thereabouts, with guitarist Chris Techritz and vocalist Franz Herde as the permanent members of this creative unit and guest musicians filling in for the recording sessions. "Dark Rainbow" is their debut album, and was released by German label Fastball Music in the spring of 2025. This is a good, old fashioned heavy metal album of the kind that we saw quite a few ...