Cryptopsy

Karl Hungus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCYKSUFXUD8

Definetly not everyone's cup of tea, and a lot of the time, not even my cup of tea, but when the mood strikes me, it just doesn't get much better than Cryptopsy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JFbyd5kufQ

Morf

Once was not would be my favourite album overall but generally a very good technically death metal band

Pugsley

Pretty damn good band, not one my top brutal bands, always preferred Aborted, Necrophagist, Benighted and Cannibal Corpse to them, technical brilliance withstanding their not easy to listen to.

Den_M

None So Vile is always worth a listen but I must admit not knowing much about their other stuff, whats the next album I should check out?

Karl Hungus

Den_M wrote:

None So Vile is always worth a listen but I must admit not knowing much about their other stuff, whats the next album I should check out?

Whisper Supremacy is worth a look, but I find that None So Vile is easily their best work, so it's kind of a bit downhill from there.

Den_M

I'll check that out. Must be a pain in the balls when you write such a great record that it's almost impossible to top it.

Treebeard

I haven't listened to them that much but I was into Blasphemy Made Flesh for a while. I must give them another listen

Undergod

Karl Hungus wrote:

Whisper Supremacy is worth a look, but I find that None So Vile is easily their best work, so it's kind of a bit downhill from there.

I think it's a good album, but I just dislike Mike DiSalvo's vocals, which really takes away from it. The first Cryptopsy I heard was Once Was Not, and I have a big soft spot for it. I find it's the most experimental of the albums, it messes around with little snippets of jazz and Spanish guitar and stuff rather than just being pure brutality.

I still remember the first time I heard Open Face Surgery- blew me away.

Karl Hungus

Undergod wrote:

I think it's a good album, but I just dislike Mike DiSalvo's vocals, which really takes away from it. The first Cryptopsy I heard was Once Was Not, and I have a big soft spot for it. I find it's the most experimental of the albums, it messes around with little snippets of jazz and Spanish guitar and stuff rather than just being pure brutality.

I still remember the first time I heard Open Face Surgery- blew me away.

Once Was Not is a decent album. I definetly like the fact that they had a bit more variety on the album, and the Jazz bits are always great, like in "Cold Blood, Warm Hate" where the little Jazz flourishes really made the song. But on the whole, I just don't think it was as strong an album as None So Vile.

I don't mind DiSalvo's vocals. There's always been this big divide between fans over Cryptopsy's vocalists, but I could take 'em or leave 'em all. Lord Worm has more of a dry bark to his style, I'll say that much about him.

Shiminay

One of my favourite DM bands. Had the pleasure of meeting Flo at one of their gigs in TBMC.

None So Vile was the first album of theirs I heard (after hearing Slit Your Guts on a mix CD a mate of mine made), blew me away. Some 2 years later I think, a different friend came over to my house in Galway and put None So Live on. I started shouting at the CD player for the perversions of the drum solo, never heard anything like it before.

[edit] Lord Worm would be my preference for vocalists

So.... let's BLEED!!!

It wasn't me!

Yeah, Cryptopsy kinda have what they do down to a fine art. Not always what I'm looking for, but damn good band.

Undergod

It wasn't me! wrote:

Not always what I'm looking for, but damn good band.

Seems to be a recurring theme. Karl kinda said the same thing, and I agree. Wouldn't be able to listen to em most of the time, but by **** I enjoy it when I put em on.

spiritcrusher

Slit Your Guts is one of the best DM songs I've ever heard.

It wasn't me!

To be honest, re-kindling my liking for them last night, had been a while since I gave them some serious time, and they really are a cracking band. I'll still throw on other stuff for different moods, but stuff like the heaviest part of Carrionshine is just mind-boggling.

Undergod

It wasn't me! wrote:

...stuff like the heaviest part of Carrionshine is just mind-boggling.

That was how you introduced me to them.

It wasn't me!

I still remember the grin...