Now dis-banded and ex-members formed The Eternal, Cryptal Darkness is an atmospheric and melodic death/doom metal band in the vein of My Dying Bride and early-to-middle era Anathema. Blending melodic guitars, the dark atmosphere of keyboards, violins and painful male vocals. Martin (ex-My Dying Bride) used to play the violin before the namechange. Due to legal reasons the band changed their name from Cryptal Darkness to The Eternal in early 2003. - All albums released up to and including 2001 were released under the name Cryptal Darkness.