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| 4.0 excellent | BRAman22 | November 2nd 15 |
Absolutely brutal with hints of technicality. Almost like the Cryptopsy of old.
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| 3.5 great | Anthemic | October 29th 15 |
Album is sick. Small improvements have been made since the self titled, but however you feel rabout that album probably won't change much here.
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| 3.0 good | GamamJ | July 2nd 20 |
Probably the best thing Cryptopsy have put out at least wince Once Was Not. Improved vocals, some variation, and trademark Cryptopsy madness. Sure, Laviosier?s riffs are missing bigtime, but overall better thn s/t imo.
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| 4.5 superb | Stillnotjesus | April 27th 17 |
Cryptopsy: GIVING YOU AN ADVANCED LESSON IN PERCUSSION. The beauty, to me, of this album is the organic composition that works so well with the brutality/technicality. The listener hears everything the band wants you to. The pairings of dynamics on this album show you exactly what Cryptopsy came for: your life.
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| 3.5 great | Have you tried jamming Helcaraxe? CONTRIBUTOR | November 1st 16 |
Basically traditional Cryptopsy. Perhaps not as guttural as None So Vile or Blasphemy Made Flesh, however it has the same rapid fire drumming and catchy riffs as their best works. The growls (I think Lord Worm again?) are a bit higher but really that is forgivable when you think how the years might wear on you.
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| 3.5 great | HeckToPay | January 2nd 16 |
Ok this would of definitely been on my 2015 list if I listened to it much earlier than now. This rips my face clean off.
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| 3.5 great | judasgoat | November 16th 15 |
A bit of a step down from the excellent self-titled album (especially Matt McGachy's vocals) but
overall this is a fine outing. Cryptopsy are at their best when they devolve into pure chaos, so
sections like the middle of The Knife and the gravity blasts near the end of Framed by Blood are
quite welcome.
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| 3.5 great | Alabaster Jones | November 3rd 15 |
Cryptopsy are somewhat of a legendary group within technical death metal, and with releases like No So Vile and Blasphemy Made Flesh, it's not hard to see why. Still, it's been some time since the band has created a superb album, and they're only seven years removed from a widely panned release. That's why it's so good to hear a record like this even in its brevity. It's tight, fast, relentless technical death metal that stands up as the best thing the band has done in nearly a decade. The opener, "Detritus", might even be their best song since 1998's immense Whisper Supremacy. Plenty of blistering tremolos, endless drum fills, and nifty bass work permeate the EP, and the vocals, while not incredible, are pretty solid in their own right. It's going to take a lot to recapture the magic of years past, but the band has made a good step in the right direction here.
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| 4.0 excellent | Thranth | September 21st 23 |
| 3.5 great | SYL | September 16th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Brizzle | September 9th 23 |
| 3.0 good | Logan | July 19th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Brabiz | December 14th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Bloma | June 8th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Halez | May 17th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Aranox | January 30th 20 |
| 2.5 average | exciter | November 23rd 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Arolde | April 6th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Risodo | December 10th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dmax28 | November 20th 18 |
| 3.5 great | ARDCWE | November 2nd 18 |
| 2.5 average | Atari STAFF | November 1st 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | OldCrime | September 4th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Loch | January 20th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Fear | December 29th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | AriDoe | October 14th 17 |
| 3.0 good | Pon EMERITUS | April 29th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | em17ah | June 21st 16 |
| 4.5 superb | forall | May 17th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kirkt95 | March 9th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sapee | January 30th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Prole | January 30th 16 |
| 3.5 great | ckssr1 | January 14th 16 |
| 3.0 good | JWT155 | January 7th 16 |
| 3.5 great | 8genre | January 5th 16 |
| 3.5 great | EJinHD | January 3rd 16 |
| 3.5 great | jmh886 | December 2nd 15 |
| 3.5 great | Jeejee | November 18th 15 |
| 3.5 great | dbilidb | November 15th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | YUJOS | November 11th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Chester1 | November 10th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | motyli | November 4th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Ake | November 3rd 15 |
| 3.0 good | Wizard | November 2nd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Thor | November 2nd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dizchu | November 1st 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Hawks | October 30th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Veldin | October 29th 15 |
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