Codex Pestilentia by Crypt Monarch

Buy "Codex Pestilentia" on CD via Cognitive Discordance Records (LATAM / ROW): https://cognitivediscordancerecords.bandcamp.com/album/codex-pestilentia

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Leaving his home behind, appointed as the leader, Rex Septentriones, marches with his army towards the decimated land of Arikas, then continuing their path towards the Last Desert. Once on the harbor at the far end of the continent, they will sail south towards the land of Kiv’von. His goal is to retrieve the Codex Pestilentia and destroy the Evil hunting in the dark.

"The towering, slow riffs sound like they were coated in a thick layer of resin after recording and the yell-sung vocals feel descended from Sleep and their kin."

- Decibel Magazine, July 2025

"Better looking, better sounding and altogether put together in a way that carried more of its own personae in hand the major triumph of the Crypt Monarch‘s second time around ends up being greater distinction from their related projects as their work tells an entertaining story and keeps it heavy, or, active throughout in a way that is never cheaply cinematic or given to too-broad gesturing. A moderately high recommendation."

- Mystification Zine, September 2025

"Codex Pestilentia is the next chapter from Costa Rican Doom/Stoner Metallers Crypt Monarch who have a creative rebirth with their latest album as they blend Heavy Metal mysticism with dark elements of Grunge into their already classic sounding Doom/Stoner Metal sound. The album feels partially inspired by the likes of Alice In Chains, Electric Wizard, CONAN and Church Of Misery with the band also employing some mighty creative tricks of their own making."

- Outlaws of the Sun, September 2025

"Using a Doom/Stoner Metal outfit to deal with occult lyrical themes, their music sounds incandescent to the ears, with that rough appeal of the genre. But the musical efforts of the trio results in an organic and catching form of music, with subjective melodies under the raw outfit of the trio’s music. Its raw and full of energy, but hypnotic in many senses."

- Metal Temple, August 2025

Recorded and produced by Crypt Monarch @ Cabin in the Woods Recordings. San Jose, Costa Rica.
All songs written by Crypt Monarch.
Cover Art by Alexey Gorboot (@alexeygorboot).
Layout by Cerrabuz.

Tracklist

1.	Terror From Above	7:43

2.	Cultus Solis Aeterni	7:14

3.	Two Sleeps	2:06

4.	War of the Gargantuan (Aquadome)	9:57

5.	Eaten by the Castle of Flies (Pt. 1 Acid Chambers / Pt. 2 Dark Dawn)	11:11

Credits

released September 5, 2025

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