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Band Name: Cryptopsy
Album Name: Once Was Not
Rating: 4.5 / 5 User Rating: 4.5 / 5
Label: Century Media
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Tracklist
1. Luminum
2. In the Kingdom Where Everything Dies,
the Sky Is Mortal
3. Carrionshine
4. Adeste Infidelis
5. Curse of the Great
6. Frantic Pace of Dying
7. Keeping the Cadaver Dogs Busy
8. Angelskingarden
9. Pestilence That Walketh in Darkness
10. End
11. Endless Cemetery
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'Worth In Waiting' should be the title of this album. Cryptopsy are finally back, not just with Lord Worm but with a new album 'Once Was Not' which is well worth the wait. It's been almost exactly 5 years since '…And Then You'll Beg' was released and now after going through two vocalists and losing Jon Levasseur the band have returned still reigning kings of technical death metal
Everything is just as it was with 'Once Was Not', an album which every Cryptopsy fan has been waiting for and that wait is no more. This is one of the finest Cryptopsy albums next to 'None So Vile' and 'And Then You'll Beg' bringing to you the chaotic tech nature you love oh so much and features an interesting use of sound which brings about a detailed listen amongst the fine musicianship
Opening up the album slowly with 'Luminum,' they pick up quickly and plow through many with their deadly, specialized grooves, Richter scale registering drums, horrid screams and growls of the highest incoherency, ultimately resulting in an overall bludgeoning of your cephalic. The kick drums alone will shatter your rib cage, especially on 'Carrionshine' where at one point, a massive sonic boom hits.
On the tracks 'The Curse Of The Great' and 'Keeping The Cadaver Dogs At Bay,' you will hear amongst all of the whirling melee of precision playing, the use of sound effects which will give you a good idea of how much detail went into the recording of this disc. The fun, erratic tempo shifts and spastic change-ups will satisfy your thirst for everything you expect from a Cryptopsy album.
This is supposed to be a concept album, and the themes are very clear (being fear, death and ultimate obliteration) through Lord Worm's excellent lyricism which has always been well written. 'Once Was Not' is finally here, so rejoice and enjoy death metal fans, this is the record that you have wanted to hear from this crucial death metal troupe.
Review by: Dave Huffy
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