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| None So Vile |
What is this? This is Cryptopsy, dear friend..
It's one of death metal history on USA. "None So Vile" was one of legend album on death metal history.
"None So Vile" is simply one of the best albums in Death Metal history, some songs may sound repetitive yes, but if you Really pay attention to all the details you finally will love this album. The album from the beginning to the end is marvelous, The intro in Crown Of Horns is amazing, some random screams and cool effects, Then the song begins blasting your amplifiers and shit, The first thing that amazed me was the vocal tone, its not about low growls and it's not high-pitched shrieks, it's a different tone, one of a kind, so this song is incredible; I can't believe the drummer, speeding, beating, crushing, and giving us one of the most impressive drums execution in Death Metal.
Amazing musicianship isn't exclusive to Mounier. The guitar and the bass are played with almost unbelievable skill as well, moving expertly from one passage to another. Not only do they play with amazing precision, but something about this album lends it some actual personality that many of today's sterile tech death albums lack. "None So Vile" jumps back and forth between all sorts of interesting and sometimes amazing segments, from basic nothing-but-speed assaults to short Atheist-inspired passages loaded with jagged jazzy elements or strange sequences that place emphasis on a deliberately dissonant note, similar to what Gorguts went all out with on Obscura. Unfortunately, the drums render a lot of fretwork muddy and difficult to hear and the album isn't as focused on the inventive interplay between the instrumentalists as its predecessor was. Maybe this stuff is more technical than the songs on Blasphemy if you actually read the sheet music, but the album itself offers a few too many fast-blasting passages and moments that are otherwise musically cluttered for the listener to realize or appreciate the intricacy to the level that one is supposed to.
Production wise, this band have what I would call perfection. Everything is clear and audible in the mix, and it all meshes together perfectly. This is an incredibly heavy album at points, but the guitars never overwhelm the bass, and the drums (even when they’re blasting at speeds incomprehensible to the civilised mind) don’t fuck everything else over, but just give everything unheard-of velocity and animosity.
Cryptopsy are a ferociously technical act at times, but that’s not to say that the album is just endless fret masturbation, no, the riffs are memorable and chunky, you can practically feel them launching offal into your face. Also, the riffs are above all original. No one sounds like Cryptopsy do here, and that’s vital. I mean the greatest respect to slayer, but being as virtually every metal band under the sun rips them off, how many times can you heard the same recycled riffs before you get bored? The technicality isn’t relegated to just the guitars either, the bass here is a vital component to the music. Listen to “orgiastic disembowelment”, and weep when it kicks your ass. And anyone who says the drumming isn’t technical as hell should be euthanised. No words, no hesitation, just dragged outside and shot.
Another thing about this album is that it keeps its momentum going throughout the entire work. Each song is a masterpiece and you do not even feel like skipping over one or letting a song go by without listening. Some of the highlights though are "Crown of Thorns", "Slit Your Guts", "Graves of the Fathers", and "Benedictine Convulsions". That is just to list some of the best, though every single song on this album is fantastic.
Tracklist
- Crown of Horns
- Slit You Guts
- Graves of the Fathers
- Dead and Dripping
- Benecdictine Convulsions
- Phobophile
- Lichmistress
- Orgiastic Disembowelment
If you like it, please buy it on their official website/merchandise.
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