Shades of Sorrow
Shades of Sorrow is the second studio album by Brazilian death metal band Crypta. It was recorded throughout February 2023 at the Family Mob Studio in São Paulo, Brazil. It was later mixed at 33 Studios in Stockholm, Sweden, mastered at Fascination Street Studios in Örebro, Sweden, and released in August 2023 through Napalm. It is the only studio album to feature guitarist Jéssica di Falchi, who left on March 10, 2025. The songs "Lord of Ruins", "Trial of Traitors" and "The Other Side of Anger" were also released as singles.
It was chosen by the Associação Paulista de Críticos de Arte as one of the 50 best Brazilian albums of 2023.
Personnel
Band members
- Fernanda Lira – bass, vocals
- Luana Dametto – drums
- Tainá Bergamaschi – rhythm guitar
- Jéssica di Falchi – lead guitar
Session musician
- Pablo Greg – keyboards
Staff
- Rafael Augusto Lopes – production, engineering
- Leeo Hanna – production
- Gabriel Bonilha – production
- Otávio Rossato – engineering
- Daniel Bergstrand – mixing
- Jens Bogren – mastering
- Pablo Greg – sound design
- João Duarte – layout
- Luana Dametto – layout
- Estevam Romera – photography
- Raul Campos – cover art