Cryptopsy
Wed., July 19, 7:30pm. $12. With Left to Vanish, Killing + Decomposed. First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut St. 866.468.7619. www.r5productions.com
Last year’s Once Was Not marked Cryptopsy’s triumphant return from a five-year hiatus. A characteristically brutal yet instrumentally masterful album rife with withering guitars, drummer Flo Mounier’s relentless blastbeats and some of the grimmest vocals in death metal, it proved that not only were these French Canadians not yet ready for history’s dustbin, but they’re playing some of the most dynamic, frenetic music of their career. So while bands like Sunn 0))) and Boris have enjoyed mainstream recognition and crossover success, Cryptopsy have not. Because despite Once Was Not being a stunning comeback, it also happens to be a huge critical oversight.
[Philadelphia Weekly July 12–19]
One response to “Cryptopsy in: Once Was Not — Negations and Other Pleasantries, Live!”
Cryptopsy’s new album is very well amde, yet the vocals in cryptopsy overall are in my opinion the weakest link in the group. Their brutal lyrics do make up for that in a way however, but the talenr of the guitarist and the drummer more than make up for that.