Azure Emote – Cryptic Aura [LP]

Can they play with madness? With their fourth album “Cryptic Aura”, Azure Emote offer a tour de force through the outer stellar realms of death metal where the musical possibilities seem to become infinite and to expand into all directions and dimensions until the gravity of ultra heavy sound pulls everything back into a crushing event horizon. Each track on “Cryptic Aura” is unique with it’s own abstract insanity, but they all bond together nicely by an amalgamation of disturbing atmospheres, restless unease, and defiant creativity. Azure Emote were founded by vocalist and keyboard player Mike Hrubovcak with the support of long-time friend and the band’s guitarist Ryan Moll (TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION) in Philadelphia, PA in 2003. His intention was the creation of an experimental musical outlet to express personal negativity without the arbitrary limitations of genre that are so often present within the extreme metal scenes. Although the debut album “