New album from the most vile band in Death Metal
Touring the U.S. with NILE, THE LAST TEN SECONDS OF LIFE & COGNITIVE
Featured on cover of Decibel & Metal Injection Artist of the Month
Chat with CRYPTOPSY during next week’s Reddit AMA
” ‘An Insatiable Violence’ boasts the qualities of CRYPTOPSY’s best work. It is relentlessly energetic, in no way feels dated, and yet is tethered to CRYPTOPSY’s storied past” – Decibel
More than three decades removed from their ungentle exhumation from the Canadian underground, CRYPTOPSY are truly more insatiable than ever. A year after winning a JUNO Award, the band have been reeling off cryptic teasers and blasphemous videos to feed pit-dwelling faithful ahead of their upcoming ninth album. While eerily prescient of our latest unholy obsession, “An Insatiable Violence” proves once more that CRYPTOPSY are the most vile band in Death Metal.
” ‘An Insatiable Violence’ is as explosive, violent and technical as anything in their catalogue”, Blabbermouth says in a 8.5/10 review. “For fans of ruthless, boundary smashing brutality, this is a gift from the Death Metal gods.”
“CRYPTOPSY proves that even after decades of dominance, they remain hungry – hungry to evolve, to experiment, and to push the limits of brutal Death Metal”, writes Lambgoat in a 8/10 review. “Far from resting on their laurels, the band has crafted an album that feels both contemporary and timeless.”
“An Insatiable Violence” comes out tomorrow, Friday, June 20th, but you can hear all eight brutally technical tracks today by listening to the full album stream on the Season Of Mist YouTube channel.
Listen to “An Insatiable Violence”
https://youtu.be/wFWOsXUM2JE
Pre-order
https://orcd.co/cryptopsyaninsatiableviolence
Pre-save on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/prerelease/68bFcUq3E7rilegbUCwexu?si=56ImYUobTLe2WyguJnMEFQ
“When writing ‘An Insatiable Violence’ we focused on creating a far more digestible CRYPTOPSY record”, the band says. “We did this by adding more groove sections, more melodic moments and allowed the musical passages to breathe a bit more than on our previous releases.
Whatever we do nowadays, we always take extreme care to honor the band’s legacy. It is extremely important to us. But at the same time, we never want to repeat ourselves. We strive to be loyal to our sound while constantly evolving. It’s a fine balance between up-keeping the legacy and remaining relevant.
Another huge aspect that we focused on while crafting this record was introducing a sense of dread and malaise to the songs. We wanted people to feel disoriented and dirty after listening to it.
We are extremely proud of what we have created and can’t wait for everyone to have the chance to experience it!”
Chat with CRYPTOPSY about their new album during next week’s Reddit AMA.
An Insatiable Violence Reddit AMA
r/Metal
Thursday, June 26 @ 18 CEST
https://redirect.season-of-mist.com/cryptopsyama
A person spends all day building a machine, only for it to torture them through the night. As if that wasn’t twisted enough, they like it. In fact, they like being tortured so much that, come morning, they wake up rejuvenated, eager to tweak the machine until it runs perfectly in their mind.
This is the nocturnal vision that inspired CRYPTOPSY’s ninth full-length nightmare. “The lyrical concept came from this dream I had”, the band’s vocalist Matt McGachy told Metal Injection. “The human race is the person and the machine is social media.”
“An Insatiable Violence” mirrors society’s toxic screen fetish. “Dead Eyes Replete” glimpses into the real life horrors of kidfluencing. “Beware the spotlight” McGachy flashes with his signature bat-like shriek just before the band slam into a career-best breakdown. But while painfully pressing, “An Insatiable Violence” is influenced by the many mutations that have defined the band’s Hall of Fame discography. Inspired by a mukbang gone horribly wrong, ravenous opener “The Nimis Adoration” is a smorgasbord of gut-busting blasts, Christian Donaldson’s fishhook riffs and a heavy helping of headbanging groove.
CRYPTOPSY recognize that not every Brutal Technical Death Metal band sticks around long enough to win a Canadian Grammy 30 years into their career. The cover for “An Insatiable Violence” was created by the band’s late, great vocalist Martin Lacroix, who would growl with unholy delight over the freshly fetid depths of McGachy’s false chord scream. Another former vocalist returns on “Embrace The Nihility” to stomp out any whispering doubts of his supremacy.
But despite having claimed the crown as the most vile band in Death Metal on only their second stab in the studio, CRYPTOPSY are still pushing the limits of extremity on “An Insatiable Violence”. The album’s lead single bumps and grinds to the oddball bounce of Olivier Pinard’s gruesome bass slaps. And yet, at its core “Until There’s Nothing Left” stakes its claim as CRYPTOPSY’s biggest earworm.
Even Flo Mounier has honed new techniques to keep the blasphemy fresh. “We are always pushing each other”, Mounier said in a separate interview with Metal Injection. “Let’s go for a ride”. For the album’s finishing move, “Malicious Needs” slithers to a crawl before ascending like a bat into a blackened cloud of smoke.
Bow to the new vileness from Extreme Metal royalty.
In the wake of spreading bloodshed all over Europe with DECAPITATED, CRYPTOPSY are now fiending to feast on the new cuts from “An Insatiable Violence” with their ravenous fans across the U.S.
This fall, the band are joining Brutal Technical Death Metal pharaohs NILE on a 25-date tour of the East Coast, Midwest and Pacific Northwest. Joining them on this run are THE LAST TEN SECONDS OF LIFE and COGNITIVE.
“We are so excited to bring ‘An Insatiable Violence’ to the United States. It’s a pleasure to tour amongst friends and this lineup is incredibly stacked!”, CRYPTOPSY says. “Our new album was written for a live setting. The songs are more brutal and grooving so that people can really latch on and bang their heads”.
CRYPTOPSY’s setlist for this tour will pull from the band’s latest albums while mixing in revered classics.
The Underworld Awaits Tour USA 2025
September 12 – Raleigh, NC @ Chapel of Bones
September 13 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
September 14 – Leesburg, VA @ Tally Ho
September 16 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Monarch [
September 17 – Hampton, NH @ Wally’s
September 18 – Hartford, CT @ Webster Hall
September 19 – Lititz, PA @ Mickey’s Black Box
September 20 – Clifton, NJ @ Dingbatz
September 21 – Rochester, NY @ Montage Music Hall
September 22 – Cleveland, OH @ Mercury
September 24 – Detroit, MI @ Sanctuary
September 25 – Hobart, IN @ Hobart Art Theatre
September 26 – Madison, WI @ The Annex
September 27 – Minneapolis, MN @ Studio B Skyway
September 28 – Belvidere, IL @ Apollo Theater
September 29 – Sioux Falls, SD @ Bigs Bar
October 1 – Billings, MT @ Pub Station
October 3 – Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
October 4 – Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory
October 5 – Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory
October 6 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
October 7 – Denver, CO @ Oriental Theater
October 9 – Des Moines, IA @ Wooly’s*
October 10 – Chicago, IL @ Reggie’s*
October 11 – Indianapolis, IN @ Hi-Fi Annex*
*Nile, Cryptopsy and Cognitive only
Metalheads who are chomping at the bit for “An Insatiable Violence” can further their appetite by revisiting CRYPTOPSY’s hallowed catalogue. Since signing with Season Of Mist in 2024, the band have reissued their 1993 demo “Ungentle Exhumation”, revered debut “Blasphemy Made Flesh”, the widely-worshiped “None So Vile”, their triumphant self-titled and “The Book Of Suffering Tome I + II”, which is now available for the first time on one combined LP.
CRYPTOPSY line-up:
Flo Mounier – Drums
Matt McGachy – Vocals
Christian Donaldson – Guitar
Oli Pinard – Bass
“An Insatiable Violence” tracklist:
1. The Nimis Adoration
2. Until There’s Nothing Left
3. Dead Eyes Replete
4. Fools Last Acclaim
5. The Art of Emptiness
6. Our Great Deception
7. Embrace the Nihility
8. Malicious Needs
CRYPTOPSY online:
Bandcamp: https://cryptopsyofficial.bandcamp.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cryptopsyofficial
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cryptopsyofficial/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/29PgYwTelpNl6370XLqFtN
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@CryptopsyDeathMetal
BandsInTown: https://www.bandsintown.com/a/2941-cryptopsy
