Once Was Not *so* IS!

Ruaidhri

So, after getting my hands on a copy of this fantastic album, i've been listening to it non stop for the last 2 days. I'm very impressed, BUT it's not cryptopsy like you know them. The production is much clearer, especially Flo (drums). the drums positively thunder above anything else. and that is what this album i all about. I'm totally blown away with the drums.

As for the rest of the band, lord worm is almost intelligible, guitars are pretty clear sounding, pretty straight forward there. and bass is, well, class

But the drums. holy poop on a stick! never have i heard anything like it before.

anyway here's an official mp3 : http://mp3.centurymedia.com/cryptopsy_thepestilence.mp3

Karl Hungus

Interesting. When I stuck it on I thought to myself "This is Cryptopsy? No way!" but jesus, good stuff.

Ruaidhri

Just wait till you hear the beauties that are "In The Kingdom Where Everything Dies, The Sky Is Mortal" (haha that HAS to be a nile influence!) and "Angelskingarden". fantastic to say the least. I'm really looking forward to see how the community in general are going to take this album

nosmo

Weird... It's...good. But I'm still confused. Recently I've been listening to both None So Vile and None So Live once each day, and as you might guess, I really like them both. This is a bit different though, I have to admit. The brutality of the earlier stuff has been lessened, and Lord Worms vocals are more intelligible than on Blasphemy and None So Vile. Whether that's a good thing I don't know. But it's still top notch stuff, just a departure from the soundtracks to violent assault I've come to expect from them.

Then again, might I ask how you got your hands on a copy of the album? it's not out for another month and two days... :P

Kilgore-Trout

do all the tracks have a similar feel to this one??

nosmo

On closer listening, I like it. I think they need to turn the guitars up a bit, just because Flo is famous now doesn't mean they have to overpower the other instruments with the drums.

Ruaidhri

Kilgore-Trout : All the tracks, as reported by Brave Words and Bloody Knuckles, are different. ie the Pestilence... has some spoken word passages in it. Keeping the Cadaver Dogs Busy is more in the style of old cryptopsy.

nosmo : i have some contacts who are good to me

About 4 mins into Angelskingarden there is an absolutely INSANE gravity blast from flo
I'm still trying to pick my jaw off the ground!

Karl Hungus

Ruaidhri wrote:

About 4 mins into Angelskingarden there is an absolutely INSANE gravity blast from flo
I'm still trying to pick my jaw off the ground!

Pardon my ignorance, but "Gravity Blast"?
Whassat?

Ruaidhri

haha it's the only way to describe it! you'll hear it and go "so, he's not nuts after all!"