Cryptopsy: Classic or Dud?

Wait it's "Keeping the Cadaver Dogs Busy," was confusing them with the Monkees.

Here come the cadaver dogs:
they'll find where the dead man lies;
unlike us, they'll be soft with him,
like he were thinning ice

I love Lord Worm's puckish sense of humor is what I'm saying.

I still love these guys. the Book of Suffering EPs were really nice. I want another full length.

would be nice if Levasseur would rejoin again, his guitar tone/riff style is hard to mimic (though Donaldson does a fairly good job).

i'm actually pleasantly surprised how well Mounier plus 4 unoriginal members do at replicating the authentic Topsy sound. much like Suffocation, though they still have Terrence Hobbs.

i saw photos of my trip three years ago to ATL to see them do None So Vile front to back. one of the most fun nights of my life. nothing beats hearing the drastic tempo shift in "Phobophile" and being in the pit as hell breaks loose. I remember getting thrown towards a merch table by a careening mosher during that song once, and upon landing on the table and almost knocking it over, and being apologetic. whereas the merch girl looked at me, grinning, and THEN SHOVED ME BACK INTO THE PIT, saying "c'mon, get back out there!"

going to listen to as much Topsy as I can tonight

starting with Blasphemy Made Flesh.

\m/.

this is underrated, it isn't NSV but it isn't that far off.

Whisper Supremacy is so good but wow is it different, that production seems more like the death metal production of today, so scooped and with all frequencies kinda mushed together.

"Emaciate" is one of my favorite Topsy songs, but it's definitely not the savage beast of NSV.

Whisper is a great record but that "demon torso with a tapeworm" cover is hilarious

haha yeah. the whole thing has a bit of a "bro" vibe or something, but yeah, it's good. "cold hate, warm blood" def classic. I think I like it a little more than most because it was the only cryptopsy record a friend had and I heard it in his car a lot.

it was the first one I owned because None So Vile was out of print (at the time - now it's been re-released so much I think I've owned three different versions of it)

new album coming, and TOUR baby (I think Abysmal Dawn is also support at all shows)

09/07 Manchester, NH @ Jewel Nightclub *
09/08 Brooklyn, NY @ Meadows *
09/09 Clifton, NJ @ Dingbatz *
09/10 Pittsburgh, PA @ Preserving Underground *
09/11 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade (Hell) *
09/12 Tampa, FL @ The Brass Mug *
09/14 Houston, TX @ Scout Bar *
09/15 Austin, TX @ Come and Take it Live *
09/16 Dallas, TX @ TBA *
09/17 Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad *
09/18 Las Vegas, NV @ Backstage Bar *
09/19 Mesa, AZ @ Nile Underground *
09/20 San Diego, CA @ Brick by Brick #
09/21 Los Angeles, CA @ 1720 #
09/22 San Francisco, CA @ DNA Lounge #
09/23 Roseville, CA @ Goldfield Trading Post #
09/24 Portland, OR @ Dante’s #
09/25 Seattle, WA @ El Corazon #
09/26 Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theater #
09/27 Boise, ID @ The Shredder #
09/29 Denver, CO @ HQ #
09/30 Lincoln, NE @ Cosmic Eye Live #
10/01 Joliet, IL @ The Forge #
10/02 Grand Rapids, MI @ The Pyramid Scheme #
10/03 Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace #
10/04 Kingston, ON @ Overtime Sports Bar #
10/05 Quebec City, QC @ La Source de la Martinière #
10/06 Montreal, QC @ Foufounes Electriques #

*with Hate
#with Visceral Disgorge

new one's good! at this point their style just seems like an amalgamation of all of the styles they've played throughout their career (sans Unspoken King). I do feel like Flo's brilliance gets lost sometimes in the hypersterilized production and McGachy is kinda just there as a vocalist, but the playing is tight and it's a good slate of songs, nice middle ground between caveman death metal and boring, noodly 21st century tech death. good late period album and I'll be bumping it lots.