Cryptopsy
Original post
Posted by LethargyMan, 23.06.2006 - 05:18
Founded in 1988, Cryptopsy grew to become one of today's biggest leaders in today's technical death metal scene. Their singer, Lord Worm, is certainly one of the most notable aspects of the band, whose voice sounds almost strained, yet still powerful. Cryptopsy's music is very fast and aggressive, made stronger by their liberal use of time-changes and the intense drumming of Flo Mounier, who gives all of their songs a very prevalent percussive feel. This lineup released two albums, Blasphemy Made Flesh and their groundbreaking album None so Vile.
After 1996, Lord Worm left the band for his own ambitions as a teacher, and was replaced by Mike DiSalvo. His vocal style was very different from that of his predecessor, taking on a more -core style. His first album as singer was Whisper Supremacy. While many people were turned off by this dramatic change, DiSalvo was indeed a very aggressive vocalist. After the release of the band's fourth album, And then You'll Beg... DiSalvo quit in 2001 to pursue a family life.
After a brief stint with Martain Lacroix as vocals (who can be heard on the album None so Live), Lord Worm finally returned as lead singer on Cryptopsy's latest album, Once was Not. The band is now touring Europe to promote the album.
The first Cryptopsy album I heard was And then You'll Beg, and I loved it, so I suppose I like DiSalvo a bit more than some other Cryptopsy fans... of course, I now prefer Lord Worm.
Any other fans?
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| Dangerboner Lactation Cnslt Posts: 7262  |
Written by [user id=5080] on 21.04.2008 at 01:24 That's because Worship Your Demons is the first song on the album, so it pretty much has to be brutal. They put that song up there after realizing that those two other songs had leaked, and Flo desperately wanted to prove that they were still brutal. The singing doesn't start, if I remember correctly, until the fourth song, and it just seems like the singing just become more persistent throughout the album. I like some metalcore and deathcore, and I think a combination of singing and growling can be a really good thing, but it didn't work out too well for Cryptopsy. xD
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| a MasT Posts: 346  |
I like the band, they have an original sound. Their original sounds is really incomplete without Lord Worm however IMO. He is an absolutle freak of a throat, and I can't imagine any other vocals fitting that type of metal onslaught. Even though I didn't hate Disalvo, he didn't really come close to filling Worm's shoes. Sounds like this new guy is no different.
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| TheBigRossowski Posts: 1357  |
Written by [user id=32798] on 23.05.2008 at 21:56 Spoken like the words of the Pope! I was luckily enough to see Cryptopsy in Hanau when they still had Lord Worm. He was the most insane vocalist! His eyes even roll in his head when he's doing the harder parts. It was just eerie greatness! I would have had Flo's drumstick too, but I was there with talking the whole time with this Indian dude and he got it! I wonder if I will ever see him again or maybe at the next show?! That would be crazy! Aways, None So Vile was the greatest album ever released. There is no album that is comparable to that in its time. Though I'm a big black metal fan, I will never forget None So Vile and what it meant to me. Flo is a God on the kit...
---- That rug really tied the room together, did it not? 
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| Baz Anderson Staff Posts: 13254  |
Haha, I have to post this: http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=100170 Cryptopsy making fun of all of their old fans now.. I am not sure that was the smartest thing to do!! I actually agree with the comments put there on blabbermouth..
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| TheBigRossowski Posts: 1357 |
Written by Baz Anderson on 03.07.2008 at 12:47 I read that and I don't believe Flo agrees with what he's talking about, haha. If they wanted to really do something dynamic, new and fresh, why not play the songs live? Oh, cause they're ashamed of it or giving it time to sink in? They played Worship Your Demons and then did old songs after that. I listened to Dinner Time and left the a comment. The funniest part is that you see all this hardcore kids on their page with "Every Time I Die" shirts, there wanna be cool lip piercings and a Star tattoo on their neck. Yeah, yeah, yeah. They all wrote shit like "oh, screw the old fans, what you did hear is genius!". I told them it was a mistake and this new track is a bad idea. Whatever.
---- That rug really tied the room together, did it not?
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| ß Problem? Posts: 916  |
Yea I heard about. I recentley went on their myspace page and heard the new song "It's Dinner Time" . It's basically as song mocking their fans just because they changed there style and fans not accepting it. I thought it was quite funny but at the same time it I thought it was very unprofessional and I would expect more then that from Flo and the rest of the members of the band.
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| Dangerboner Lactation Cnslt Posts: 7262 |
Yeah, Flo is a trendy asshole now. The song isn't funny, it's condescending. I BET MAGGY DURAND LAUGHED HAHAHAHAHA
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| Candlemass Defaeco Posts: 828  |
Yes I would agree with all there bluntly last album sounds like shit. What a shame.
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| Candlemass Defaeco Posts: 828 |
Yes I would agree with all there bluntly last album sounds like shit. What a shame.
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| Doc G. Full Grown Hoser Staff Posts: 9718  |
Written by Baz Anderson on 03.07.2008 at 12:47 Wow, what a dipshit. Complete slap in the face to the fans that made his career, I hope that guy goes bankrupt just for ironic justice.
---- "I got a lot of really good ideas, problem is, most of them suck." - George Carlin
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| theflyingmachine Posts: 499  |
I think that it says something that as the only original member of the current lineup, Flo thinks he can still use the name Cryptopsy, regardless of how much the sound changes. But to expect the same fans from the previous albums to enjoy whatever batch of warm piss he puts out, and then to make fun of them when they don't...I think that effectively reduces him from a legendary drummer who was part of death metal classics but put out one bad album, to an absolute piece of shit who has eliminated any chance of making a "comeback" album.
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| Dangerboner Lactation Cnslt Posts: 7262 |
hahahahahahahahaahah some fan made a response to the It's Dinner Time thing by making a video It's awesome xD "I told you not to play keyboards for him" LOLOL EPIC WIN
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| TheBigRossowski Posts: 1357 |
Written by Dangerboner on 07.07.2008 at 02:51 HAHA! Great shit! I can't help but try and actually listen to them though. The actor for Hitler is hard to understand, it sounds like Bavarian or something.
---- That rug really tied the room together, did it not?
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| Damnated Churchburner Posts: 4943  |
"if you mutant dickwarts on wheels don't fall in line, i'll enter your bladders and lay eggs there".  good comeback. but i don't think Flo will get the video's sublime message.
---- Blessed is he that murders Christ in himself and in his fellow men.  Written by TheBigRossowski on 10.02.2009 at 16:01
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| LethargyMan Posts: 336  |
It's really not as terrible as everybody makes it out to be. There are some genuinely interesting parts to the album. The jazzy keyboards and samples everybody talks about are very much hidden in the back of the mix, where, just like every other Cryptopsy album, has Flo's bass drum drowning out most of the sound. As far as the breakdowns are concerned; they are indeed plentiful... yet they way they do it makes it sound more like a mid-tempo Cryptopsy album rather than a metalcore one. Also, Cryptopsy has long used breakdowns to break apart strings of blast beats; now they're doing more the other way 'round. My biggest problem with the album is that they didn't go far enough on the experimentation. If you're gonna change things up, go fucking nuts on it while retaining the original sound. Instead, this album sounds like Cryptopsy is spinning its wheels and playing it too safe so that the band ends up sounding muddy and stale. I find that the album gets a bit better toward the end, where things get a bit more technical and sporadic. And this Matt fellow is not a very good singer. That's my two cents on it anyway. The Unspoken King isn't really anything special.
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By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty.
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| Dangerboner Lactation Cnslt Posts: 7262 |
So I guess I can't make fun of Matt anymore. Not only is he great live, but I talked to him after the show and he's a cool dude.
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| TheBigRossowski Posts: 1357 |
Written by Dangerboner on 20.07.2008 at 01:27 What did I say man? He is pretty wicked sick live! He sounded totally different than what I expected.
---- That rug really tied the room together, did it not?
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| Khaldi Posts: 188  |
Canada is a great country for death metal . presently I shall bring several bands from my mp3 archive. Archons Augury Beneath the Massacre Brief Respite Cryptopsy Disciples Of Power Divinity Gorguts Into Eternity Kataklysm Martyr Necronomicon Neuraxis Profugus Mortis Quo Vadis Sacramentary Abolishment Sombre Nostalgie Strapping Young Lad Threat Signal Weapon
---- Urartu is a NeoHittite and ProtoArmenian kingdom !!
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| VPeter Posts: 1450  |
Cryptopsy's cover of Oh My Fucking God is one of the worst cover's I ever heard.
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| Baz Anderson Staff Posts: 13254 |
I quite liked that cover.. they brought the drums right out, and I liked that.
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| Demigodc Posts: 29  |
Written by mentalslaughter on 29.10.2008 at 09:48 I couldn't agree more, and the way Flo is making fun of the old Cryptopsy fans just pisses me off, he says we are close minded what an asshole.
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