Crypta presents new lineup with “A Portrait of Decay”

Brazilian death metal band Crypta presents their new lineup with “A Portrait of Decay,” the first new music since their 2023 album “Shades of Sorrow.” The track introduces guitarist Victoria Villarreal as the group’s newest permanent member.

Villarreal replaces Jéssica di Falchi and initially joined as a touring musician in 2025 before becoming a full member in 2026. She now completes the lineup alongside vocalist and bassist Fernanda Lira, drummer Luana Dametto, and guitarist Tainá Bergamaschi. Together, the four recorded the song in June 2026 at Project Zero Studio in Belgium. Yarne Heylen handled production, mixing, and mastering, while Marcos Miller created the artwork.

The band shared their thoughts on the release: “‘A Portrait of Decay’ is the first song off this new chapter of the band that we’d like to share with you, our fans. We decided to release it before the album campaign as a way to present the new line-up to you and show you what kind of sound you can expect in this new era of the band.”

They added: “We chose this song because we think it summarizes the whole atmosphere of how our new music will sound. It’s an intense, atmospheric, melancholic, but still epic and aggressive death metal track that talks about dissociation as means to enduring pain and suffering.”

“A Portrait of Decay” arrives ahead of a North American tour that kicks off in early October. Crypta will join Arch Enemy, The Black Dahlia Murder, Septicflesh, and Thrown Into Exile on the road. “Shades of Sorrow” came out through Napalm Records in 2023, following the band’s debut “Echoes of the Soul” from 2021.

Crypta North American Tour Dates 2026

w/ Arch Enemy, The Black Dahlia Murder, Septicflesh, Thrown Into Exile

October 5, 2026: Riverside Municipal Auditorium, Riverside, CA, USA
October 6, 2026: Marquee Theatre, Tempe, AZ, USA
October 8, 2026: The Complex, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
October 9, 2026: Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, CO, USA
October 11, 2026: The Echo Lounge & Music Hall, Dallas, TX, USA
October 12, 2026: House of Blues Houston, Houston, TX, USA
October 13, 2026: Aztec Theatre, San Antonio, TX, USA
October 16, 2026: Revolution Live at the Backyard, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
October 18, 2026: Jannus Live, St Petersburg, FL, USA
October 20, 2026: The Masquerade, Atlanta, GA, USA
October 21, 2026: The Fillmore Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA
October 22, 2026: The Ritz, Raleigh, NC, USA
October 25, 2026: The Fillmore Silver Spring, Silver Spring, MD, USA
October 26, 2026: Theatre of The Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA, USA
October 28, 2026: Palladium, Worcester, MA, USA
October 30, 2026: Centre Vidéotron, Quebec City, QC, Canada
October 31, 2026: L’Olympia, Montréal, QC, Canada
November 1, 2026: Danforth Music Hall, Toronto, ON, Canada
November 3, 2026: Concord Music Hall, Chicago, IL, USA
November 4, 2026: Royal Oak Music Theatre, Royal Oak, MI, USA
November 5, 2026: Agora Theater & Ballroom, Cleveland, OH, USA
November 7, 2026: The Fillmore Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN, USA
November 8, 2026: Burton Cummings Theatre, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
November 12, 2026: Midway, Edmonton, AB, Canada
November 14, 2026: Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC, Canada
November 16, 2026: The Showbox, Seattle, WA, USA
November 18, 2026: Ace of Spades, Sacramento, CA, USA *

* no The Black Dahlia Murder