Cryptopsy - Cryptopsy review
| Band: | Cryptopsy |
| Album: | Cryptopsy |
| Style: | Brutal death metal, Technical death metal |
| Release date: | September 11, 2012 |
| A review by: | Baz Anderson |
01. Two-Pound Torch
02. Shag Harbour's Visitors
03. Red-Skinned Scapegoat
04. Damned Draft Dodgers
05. Amputated Enigma
06. The Golden Square Mile
07. Ominous
08. Cleansing The Hosts
Purposefully and emphatically self-titled, Cryptopsy return with their clear message of intent; Cryptopsy.
Four years ago the death metal world was stunned at the modern direction this pioneering, underground brutal death act had taken with The Unspoken King. Either band mastermind Flo Mounier has changed his mind as readily as he changed the band four years ago, or his gamble just didn't pay off and left only with dissatisfied fans had no real option but to resurrect the Cryptopsy death machine synonymous with the name. Either way, you could say Cryptopsy are back.
Cryptopsy have never been a bland death metal band churning out mindless blastbeats; there has always been a strange captivating aspect to their brutal chaos courtesy of Flo's insanely talented limbs and the technical ability of the band. The Unspoken King elevated the band's sound out of the underground, but compromised the brutal death metal with deathcore and a few terrible clean vocals. Now with Cryptopsy we are treated to yet another crisp sounding, clearly produced death metal album, but this time the deathcore and clean vocals find themselves being exchanged for brutality and more of a technical death metal feel.
Curiously then, Cryptopsy is more like a mixture of Whisper Supremacy and the good parts of The Unspoken King; a mash-up of the classic Cryptopsy blast-fest and the clean and modern Cryptopsy. Either way you look at it, Cryptopsy is the best result anyone disappointed four years ago could have hoped for.
Vocalist Matt McGachy on his second Cryptopsy release now sounds much improved. His vocals are far from one-directional, and although still no Lord Worm in the death growl department, his vocals no longer stick out like a sore thumb and have turned into one of the band's good assets. The rest of the band sound tight together with each impressive explosive section spear-headed by the man behind the drum kit. The album does contain one or two infrequent deathcore-style riffs and modern elements, but instead of the album being swamped by them - a great balance has been struck between the classic and the modern that not only compliments each other but keeps the death metal fresh and dynamic.
Cryptopsy is a death metal album that sounds fresh, modern, technical and brutal all in one. It might not have been an easy few years for Cryptopsy fans, but you can dust off your Cryptopsy shirt and be proud to be seen wearing it in public again.
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Death metal
Self-Released
Canada
Length: 34:53
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 9 |
| Songwriting: | 8 |
| Originality: | 9 |
| Production: | 9 |
Comments page 2 / 2
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| X-Ray Rod Skandino Staff Posts: 18374  |
Written by Tristus Scriptor on 14.09.2012 at 22:10 Awful, example... Those are fun. Also... Man, if you get annoyed by those comments, shit dude. I always thought this forum was so vanilla compared to the senseless arguments you get from so many other forums.
---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
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| Tristus Scriptor Rancid Reviewer Posts: 293  |
Written by X-Ray Rod on 14.09.2012 at 22:16 Heh. I meant like looking for real mangled corpses in a fresh car wreck. Anyway, to be quite honest...I realized that I'd have to stand up for myself just posting what I said...I even facepalmed (as the kiddies say) myself, just letting it happen. Yet, you're right, other sites (especially Pootube) got my tolerance down. But really, I don't consider it a forum, and- like I said- I simply like reading Baz's reviews, amongst a handful of others. I just decided to stop submitting mine (which is mildly another reason for my lack of tolerance). sorry for being a pot and calling the kettle black, but I just can't stop my fingers sometimes....(Jeez...I'm seeing a lack of self-control today! LOL.)
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| Dangerboner Lactation Cnslt Posts: 7262  |
Tried to read this thread, but the comments gave me cancer
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| X-Ray Rod Skandino Staff Posts: 18374 |
Written by Dangerboner on 15.09.2012 at 00:52 Listen to the album then, it might cure your cancer or something. I thought it was pretty nice.... Not wonderful but in a safe 7-8 scale of goodness. I really liked the jazzy section somewhere in the middle of the album I think. Also... Is it me or have you been away for a long time? 
---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
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| Mattybu Posts: 2589  |
Not even sure what to think of this, might pick it up to fit in with the cool kids but it's hard to be excited about a band this unremarkable
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| Dangerboner Lactation Cnslt Posts: 7262 |
Listening now and I like it. Not their best, but I'm going to buy it for sure. The comments in this thread are still annoying , but any Cryptopsy thread on any site generally turn to shit. Definitely not as technical as I expected, but still better than TUK.
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| Oaken Hipster Posts: 1322  |
Written by X-Ray Rod on 14.09.2012 at 21:17 I know, I know. I was just "fanboying" 
---- In that case, man is only air as well.
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| X-Ray Rod Skandino Staff Posts: 18374 |
Written by Oaken on 26.09.2012 at 12:27 I know, I know. I was just smartassing
---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
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| Maxx666 Meshuggahian Posts: 376  |
Written by Grey Wind on 14.09.2012 at 10:50 Dude think about what you're saying... None So vile is one of the few legendary albums in death metal today.. I doubt any bands even Cryptopsy themselves could even come close to None So Vile.. We don't get to see many None So Vile in a lifetime, luckily we lived in that era and rejoiced every moment of it. And after all how many vocalist do you think can match Lord Worm lest alone surpass him. So its highly improbable that we'd get to see another None So Vile again. An its no point comparing to it. This album is generic at best, good thing though they didn't made another crap like Unspoken King.
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| Grey Wind Posts: 95  |
Written by Maxx666 on 27.09.2012 at 16:21 Yeah I guess you are right. I just don't like generic DM.
---- wimps and posers leave the hall lol
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| Maxx666 Meshuggahian Posts: 376 |
Written by Grey Wind on 28.09.2012 at 13:03 Me neither....!
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071  |
Written by Maxx666 on 01.10.2012 at 22:03 and yet you think Cryptopsy is great? talk about generic brutal death, damn skippy.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 
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| Maxx666 Meshuggahian Posts: 376 |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 01.10.2012 at 22:19 I said Cryptopsy were great, and no one can deny that. But that was till Once was Not, after that we lost our beloved Cryptopsy to mainstream generic junk that it is at present
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| Opethian Posts: 1757  |
The True definition of Redemption. This is sheer brutality! IMO the closest thing that they delivered since 'None So Vile'. Lord Worm is Pleased 
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