sounds like crap

yeah wtf is this fr

not gud

vocals are weirdly prominent in the mix but the song isn't bad, not very interesting either though

they havent had a good record since 96 imo

Mix is strange but I'm hoping that's just YT's usual antics.

Think it's a cool song regardless tbh.

doesn't really sound like cryptopsy, but at this point i don't think cryptopsy really has a defining sound

its iight, better than stuff on the self-titled from what i recall

it’s not good but we all knew that before listening.

exactly what a cryptopsy song would sound like in 2023 amirite

Not as outstanding as I would hope after the masterpieces that were The Book of Suffering EPs, but still pretty sick. Will probably grow on me.

i had no idea what this was going to sound like but this still wasnt it

not terrible, and would consider listening again. Production reminds me of some mid/late 2000s deathcore

forging a new path

they shoulda quit a long time ago. this wasn't bad for what it is tho

Cool song but yeah without Worm and Jon this doesn't really sound like Cryptopsy besides Flo's chops

This is pretty good?

Art work is sick too

this was pretty good, but my taste isn't as elite as it used to be

I don't understand what everybody's issue with this is. The Cryptopsy of the last decade or so is not the same Cryptopsy of the 90s, but they've been pretty consistently solid for the past decade or so and this is no different.

People love to complain

I like this. Don’t know if I’d listen to it again.

Artwork is sick [2]

Wow! Didn't think that we were going to hear from them again... Stoked, as I really liked s/t and the books of suffering. If it is on part with these, I am absolutely down for it

https://youtu.be/sfOzTl1pVyg

Drums sound processed all to hell

Hate the shiny production but the riffs are alright

I sleep

Solid, sounds like it could be at least a 3.5 album

People love to complain [2]

Be’Lakor is the only “Abeyance” titled anything that I need.

meh

Biggest problem with modern Cryptopsy is how the production sucks the life out of Flo Mounier's drumming. The somewhat loose playing on earlier albums sounds so much more chaotic and it's his signature sound.

Great front cover. Ok riffs, criminal production. Will probably pass

ahrd 2.5/5

They should cover Be'lakor tbh

They should open for Be’lakor and only play from The Unspoken King

Soon the AI can make it happen.

"Biggest problem with modern Cryptopsy is how the production sucks the life out of Flo Mounier's drumming"

[2]

Apart from the Unspoken King misstep and None So Vile gold, Cryptopsy have been solid 3.5s really (though I like One Was Not a little bit more than the rest personally) and this will probably be more of the same once the production isn’t on YouTube

I think Cryptopsy get hated on too much because:
1. The Unspoken King was bad enough to make people not listen again and they assume they still suck
2. They peaked far too hard too early

Thought this was good tbh, not getting the hate.

You’d think all these huge metal labels would take a hint from the resurgence of raw OSDM production and stop putting out stuff that sounds like it could’ve come out in 2009. It’s such a shame man, riffs are dope on this.

“ Apart from the Unspoken King misstep and None So Vile gold, Cryptopsy have been solid 3.5s really”


Sounds like you need to go check blasphemy made flesh and even whisper supremacy again

Honestly, I think they’re None So Vile but not quite as good so whenever I listen to old Cryptopsy it ends up being NSV

I’m probably being incredibly harsh saying 3.5s though you’re right

YouTube isn't ruining the production. The drums just sound like absolute shit

Youtube production is a fickle mistress.

i mean this isnt bad but there are 40 albums uploaded to bandcamp every week that sound exactly like this.

no levasseur riffs, bad modern metal low/high tradeoff vocals, and flo cosplaying as a drum machine. why listen to it more than once?

@hyperion

Couldn't have said it better. This is very average for 2023 and extremely overproduced. I'm wondering why Flo would go with drum production like this unless his ability is starting to go downhill

Once was not is the last Cryptopsy album. Everything after does not exist

Let’s be honest, at his age there’s no way Flo can slay the way he used to, he was an unbelievable talent so I can see him relying on triggers and production to recapture his more youthful abilities

I actually like it

Flo's kicks have always been triggered i believe but this shit sounds like full on drum programming lol

People always say “at his age” about metal drummers in particular slowing down. My guy, if you have technique you can do that shit well into old age. He’s only 49, it’s not like he’s fuckin 85 haha

As a guy who plays metal drums but also has a blue collar kind of job, you can get knee problems and back problems that make playing stuff like cryptopsy a problem, shitty technique or not. Well you can't really even have shitty technique and be able to play cryptopsy lol. I'm not 49 but as a guy in mid 30s, I'm kinda afraid of what my joints might feel like when I'm 49 lol

Song is fine but just nothing special. Whisper Supremacy is the last Cryptosy album worth listening to

I don't think Flo's capabilities have diminished. There's stuff he can do now that he couldn't when they made None So Vile. The issue is that Cryptopsy are convinced that they're still cutting edge and production that sounds a little rougher and muddier wouldn't be sufficient enough to show their chops.

Yeah this uhh fine I suppose. Some cool riffs pop up once or twice and tbh I think the vocals aren't so different then they were from Tome of Suffering but the song as a whole kind of seems like a formless riff salad. Rather unfortunate considering the massive wait time for a full album but fuggit maybe the rest is better?

flo used triggers back on none so vile as well. the production is too plasticky and dry though, and tbh there are no good riffs here, much worse than the two tome EPs

im honestly so tired of people talking about triggers. almost all of your favorite death metal albums either use triggers or sample replacement, even the ones from 1990.

you can have a fully mic’d acoustic kit sound like garbage and a fully triggered kit sound like garbage. as long as your engineer knows what they’re doing it does not fucking matter.

Facts

But unlike you guys, I think the track is solid

"you can have a fully mic’d acoustic kit sound like garbage and a fully triggered kit sound like garbage. as long as your engineer knows what they’re doing it does not fucking matter."

Thank god someone said it.

I can appreciate raw shitty sounding acoustic drums more than shitty sounding drum replacement shit though. I'll take riffy basement black metal over something like this all day long

Needs a more hollow, pangy sounding snare tone and a lot of these problems would be solved.

"their upcoming comeback album"

Is that what this is?

>im honestly so tired of people talking about triggers

ok boomer

heh got triggered

Yeah it’s not the triggers that’s the problem, most drummers that play at super high BPMs use them (unless you’re like Frost or some shit and even then he probably does), it’s the god awful samples that were chosen to activate from the triggers

Agreed. There’s some clicking that feels weird with guitars, especially early on

drum sound is terrible and some riffs are a bit generic, but still has a bunch of cool riffs and the overall frantic madness absoluely present. Intrigued for the album. Flo remains a beast!

im honestly so tired of people talking about triggers. almost all of your favorite death metal albums either use triggers or sample replacement, even the ones from 1990.

you can have a fully mic’d acoustic kit sound like garbage and a fully triggered kit sound like garbage. as long as your engineer knows what they’re doing it does not fucking matter.

Makes you wonder if a majority of the woke children on this site know what the fuck they're talking about???????

"i mean this isnt bad but there are 40 albums uploaded to bandcamp every week that sound exactly like this."

I guess that makes sense. For me, I never got -too- into death metal because after a while it all started to sound the same. Whenever I find a new band, I usually just think "it's cool but I'd rather just listen to more instead. Cryptopsy is one of the ones that have always stuck for me and I continue to enjoy their music. If I was keeping up with the scene, however, maybe I'd feel differently.

"1. The Unspoken King was bad enough to make people not listen again and they assume they still suck"

I don't even think TUK is bad, it's just that their older fans didn't like the stylistic shift. I get it, it's hard to swallow when a band changes so drastically, especially towards a trendy genre that is often looked down upon...but as somebody who likes traditional death metal, alt metal, AND -core subgenres (in addition to a seemingly random assortment of other genres), I thought it was pretty enjoyable and better than most other examples I've heard of bands trying to bridge death metal and deathcore.

Anyways, I'm looking forward to the rest of the album.

Don't understand the dislike here for htis, shit slaps. Good to see McGachy actually sound like a dm vocalist for once

Yeah vocals are surprisingly solid here

New single slaps, I'm p excited for the album tbh.