Cryptopsy: New Album Direction

2008-03-18 by Trey STAFF | 48 Comments
Drummer Flo Mounier of the Canadian metallers CRYPTOPSY has defended the shift in the band's musical direction on their forthcoming sixth full-length studio album, "The Unspoken King", after unfinished versions of several of the tracks surfaced on the Internet.

A CRYPTOPSY fan named "Sam" made an online posting directed to Flo in which he stated about group's new material, "there is a difference between adding experimental touches to music and completely and utterly throwing everything you've done on past albums out the window. Now I haven't heard the full new album so I can't base a full opinion on it yet. But I sure as hell know that I'm not the only one feeling this way. The way I see it (and countless others I have spoken to about the issue) is that you've alienated your core fan base completely, which is shit, because die-hard fans like myself are just left saying 'What the fuck?' Also the new tunes I've heard sound pretty commercial, but not commercial enough to get a whole new fan base off the ground in my opinion. As a musician myself, I know what it's like to want to play something different and change it up every once in awhile. But at least change the name of the band if you guys are going to release this because listening to 'Bemoan the Martyr' [off the forthcoming album] and then putting on something great like 'Loathe', 'Shroud' or 'Phobophile', it just doesn't sound like the CRYPTOPSY I know and love, and have spent a lot of my hard-earned money getting tattoos, CDs, seeing shows, merch etc."

In his response to Sam, Flo wrote, "[I'm] very disappointed to see how closed-minded some of our fans are. We started extreme metal and now we are doing it even more then before, extreme dynamically. When you listen to the full album, you will understand or not. Never has CRYPTOPSY been soo fast and agressive and at the same time generated feel in metal songs, wow. Not an achievement to you, it seems, but something extremely hard to do. If you get it or not, that's up to you, but people judge fast and I can guarantee that if you open your mind a little, you'll understand and be in awe. No change, then just vote for Bush again while you're at it. You know, [I'm] not an angry person by nature, but god, open your ears."

"The Unspoken King" is CRYPTOPSY's first album to feature new vocalist Matt McGachy, who is also a member of 3 MILE SCREAM.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=93158

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Willie
Moderator
March 18th 2008
20674 Comments


Apparently Blabbermouth doesn't condone file sharing either because the links are deleted now...

I like the new direction, but I also didn't like the old one...This Message Edited On 03.18.08

TheStarclassicTreatment
March 18th 2008
2910 Comments


Go figure. Matt is totally different to Lord Worm for one, he can't do Brutal Death tbf

kalkal50
March 18th 2008
2386 Comments


The songs suck

Altmer
March 18th 2008
5714 Comments


what is Matt doing on a Cryptopsy record

DWittisarockstar
March 18th 2008
1501 Comments


[quote=douche]No change, then just vote for Bush again while you're at it. You know, [I'm] not an angry person by nature, but god, open your ears.[/quote]


If you don't like Cryptopsy's new stuff, you are a horrible person.

i am the robots
March 18th 2008
1027 Comments


Never has CRYPTOPSY been soo fast and agressive and at the same time generated feel in metal songs, wow.

lol what a stupid cunt, how can he have played on this new garbage and none so vile and even convince himself that's remotely true

eggsvonsatan
March 18th 2008
1087 Comments


This is not a new direction what so ever. I mean maybe if this were 1996, and no one had heard of nu-metal. But come on....

i am the robots
March 18th 2008
1027 Comments


:facepalm:

a new direction for the band, you dolt

Pebster49
March 18th 2008
3041 Comments


its not that bad, teh start of the first song is kinda meh, but once it gets going its pretty good.

masscows
March 18th 2008
2230 Comments


The songs are kind of bad. Like really bad.

Tyler
Emeritus
March 18th 2008
7927 Comments


Cryptopsy sucks anyways.

Tyler
Emeritus
March 18th 2008
7927 Comments


Also: "just vote for Bush", hahahaha. Silly Flo, his final term is just finishing!

combustion07
March 18th 2008
12886 Comments


Wait their nu metal now? If so thats gay... I can't find the link.

Tyler
Emeritus
March 18th 2008
7927 Comments


They aren't nu-metal. They're just somehow worse than before.

hermitspancho
March 18th 2008
278 Comments


Sputnik doesn't condone file sharing so I won't post them here, but if you click the news article link above and scroll down about 10 comments there are 2 links to new songs by this band...


a few comments further on theres a myspace link to some band called Sowing Discord and the 3 songs on there are awesome but they're not even listed on metal-archives?

Eakflanderyof
March 18th 2008
6668 Comments


None So Vile is hand down the best brutal death album ever. Both the fan and Flo come across as total douches here, though.

Seriously though, Matt McGachy and other lousy metalcore vocalists don't belong anywhere near a Cryptopsy record. Flo is just finding new ways to **** this band up. They should have stopped after NSV.

Flo's final statement seems kind of idiotic considering Bush can't be elected again although he's probably just making a point.

This Message Edited On 03.18.08

jebus FX
March 18th 2008
303 Comments


R.I.P Cryptopsy

SynGates
March 18th 2008
2467 Comments


Cryptopsy sucks anyways.
Aside from None So Vile being classic, this is true.

sickjesus
March 18th 2008
163 Comments


on the new track they've put on their myspace mcgachy sounds like a seriously crappy chuck schuldiner. doesn't stand up to the NSV stuff. inevitably.

Mekkalayakay
March 18th 2008
169 Comments


The song they posted on their myspace isn't half bad. It doesn't contain any of the prime elements that they completely slayed at in previous albums, but I honestly don't have a problem with them trying to harness something new. Their old sound was dying.

Perhaps this will be the premature album of new-age Cryptopsy and it might not be very good, but their level of talent will enable them to progress with the new sound they are trying to adopt. They will no longer be a stand-out and gem of death metal, but maybe they will eventually hold that spot in the metal-core-esque community.


That is if their old fans don't murder them.



btw, saying Worship Your Demons isn't half bad doesn't mean I think it is good either. This Message Edited On 03.18.08

Pebster49
March 18th 2008
3041 Comments


OMGZ METALCORE VOCALIST IN CRYTOPSY...oh jeez god forbid they have some ---core elements! I DEEM THIS NOT METAL RAWR!

This isn't that bad at all, Flo still slays the drums...The song on there myspace is so far the best.This Message Edited On 03.18.08

Tyler
Emeritus
March 18th 2008
7927 Comments


Flo's drumming has always been the worst part for me.

Pebster49
March 18th 2008
3041 Comments


really? thats like one of the only reasons why I listen to them

Tyler
Emeritus
March 18th 2008
7927 Comments


Really. He's great on NSV, insufferable on everything else.

Wizard
March 18th 2008
20629 Comments


I can't wait to hear this. The Cryptopsy I've heard, old and new, has all sounded great. The fan named Sam is just a retarded elitist. Coke, have you heard these supposed demos from their new album?

south_of_heaven 11
March 18th 2008
5618 Comments


The two new songs I heard were so fucking bad.

UNDERAGE
March 18th 2008
29 Comments


They have a new song posted on their myspace..sounds like the typical deathcore shit that is dominating Montreal right now.

Pebster49
March 18th 2008
3041 Comments


Its not deathcore foool! You must be deaf

SOH11 listen to the myspace song, its better.

Tyler
Emeritus
March 18th 2008
7927 Comments


The song on Myspace is deathcore. Also, after hearing it, Im convinced that Flo has no idea what the leaked songs sound like. Because they didnt sound like the one on Myspace.

pingu53
March 18th 2008
15 Comments


new stuffs just a deathcore version of Whisper Supremacy

rattlehead42147
March 18th 2008
1345 Comments


Alright, up to this point I tried to ignore everyone's bitching about the new direction of the band, thinking innocently and incorrectly that Cryptopsy would never be as gay as the rumours surrounding their new music. So I shrugged off hearing the new songs. But finally I had to indulge myself and listened to Bemoan the Martyr.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=mrGBVinyq8c
That song is a sick and tasteless joke.This Message Edited On 03.18.08

Thor
March 19th 2008
10384 Comments


I really don't want to listen to their new stuff after reading all of his. NSV is all I listen to by them anyways.

TheStarclassicTreatment
March 19th 2008
2910 Comments


New stuff ain't bad, but it's not Queen.
Anyway, no Lord Worm is a win.

TheStarclassicTreatment
March 19th 2008
2910 Comments


New stuff ain't bad, but it's not Queen.
Anyway, no Lord Worm is a win.

TheIronWeasel
March 19th 2008
123 Comments


I actually didn't mind the song on the myspace at all.

Eakflanderyof
March 19th 2008
6668 Comments


The song on the myspace wasn't that bad although the production was shite. The guitar tone was really thin and distant and the drums were way too overpowering. Plus, the vocals were BAAAAD.

No Lord Worm is complete fail.

OMGZ METALCORE VOCALIST IN CRYTOPSY...oh jeez god forbid they have some ---core elements! I DEEM THIS NOT METAL RAWR!

This isn't that bad at all, Flo still slays the drums...The song on there myspace is so far the best.


Why are you always so dumb? We're not bashing this just because it has core elements. We're bashing this because it sucks. If you liked Bemoan the Martyr then I truly question your sanity. You always take offense whenever people here bash a metalcore band or something related. Conform to sputnik! (That last part is a joke before you call me out on it)

Tyler
Emeritus
March 19th 2008
7927 Comments


Rattlehead listen to a real song maybe? Not some unconfirmed fake (I dont care if Flo "confirms" it in this, listen to the MySpace song, it's obvious Flo is confused).
Of course the drums are too loud. Flo Mounier has an ego to stroke.

combustion07
March 19th 2008
12886 Comments


I don't hate the song on the myspace, but its not that great either.

Wizard
March 19th 2008
20629 Comments


I'm willing to bet that the YouTube song is a fake.

rattlehead42147
March 19th 2008
1345 Comments


Rattlehead listen to a real song maybe? Not some unconfirmed fake (I dont care if Flo "confirms" it in this, listen to the MySpace song, it's obvious Flo is confused).

lol will do, but I'm going to laugh when that song shows up on the album.
/goes to myspace


EyesWideShut
March 19th 2008
6129 Comments


None So Vile is all you ever need and they will never top it ether. As far as the vocals this new guy sucks balls and even when Lord Worm came back he wasnt the same. And yea they should have called it quits after NSV.

Pebster49
March 19th 2008
3041 Comments


Lord Worm was the worst person in Cryptopsy, not that new vocals are good either.

That rant wasn't towards you, dude

The new stuff is not bad, its not great, I like "Whisper Supremacy" the best by Cryptopsy.This Message Edited On 03.19.08

Wizard
March 19th 2008
20629 Comments


None So Vile is all you ever need and they will never top it ether.

Dude, Whisper Supremacy is good too!

rasputin
March 19th 2008
14968 Comments


i wish i was as cool as Flo

iliketoplaydrums10111
March 19th 2008
128 Comments


I used to love Cryptopsy

They got me into Death Metal, NSV is one of my favorite albums ever. I was one of the people that liked OWN, yes I honestly did. It may have been because a huge bias coming from me because I loved NSV so much, but this stuff completely fucking sucks

Bemoan the Martyr???Like WTF is that garbage?????

This is terrible, teribble.....

Tyler
Emeritus
March 19th 2008
7927 Comments


the leaked songs were fake. forget what flo said, he's obviously confused. listen to the song on their myspace.

DWittisarockstar
March 19th 2008
1501 Comments


[quote=rasputin]i wish i was as cool as Flo[/quote]

You are.

DrReg
March 19th 2008
127 Comments


the last thing the world needs right now is one less death metal band, and one more metalcore band. Let it not be true.



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