CRYPTOPSY · None So Vile | BLACK/WHITE SPLATTER LP

Black vinyl with white splatter in deluxe jacket with silver print. Comes with double sided insert. Limited to 150 copies worldwide.

Background information about 'None So Vile'

When Cryptopsy unleashed "None So Vile" in 1996, they didn't just push death metal's boundaries – they obliterated them with surgical precision and unhinged brutality. This masterpiece stands as the definitive statement of technical death metal's most vicious era, where Lord Worm's guttural proclamations and Jon Levasseur's mind-bending guitar work created something genuinely terrifying. From the haunting piano intro of "Phobophile" to the relentless battery of "Slit Your Guts", every track delivers a calculated assault on conventional songwriting.

Flo Mounier's drumming performance here remains legendary – his blast beats on "Graves of the Fathers" have inspired countless circle pits and left drummers worldwide questioning their abilities. The album's production captures every nuance of Eric Langlois's bass slaps while maintaining the raw intensity that made this release an instant classic. Decibel Magazine didn't crown this the tenth best death metal album of all time by accident – it's a relentless showcase of technical prowess wrapped in genuine menace. The closing track "Orgiastic Disembowelment" serves as both climax and epitaph, cementing Cryptopsy's place in metal's unholy pantheon.

For fans of:
Suffocation, Dying Fetus, Nile, Gorguts, Origin

Track listing

A1. Crown of Horns
A2. Slit Your Guts
A3. Graves of the Fathers
A4. Dead and Dripping
B1. Benedictine Convulsions
B2. Phobophile
B3. Lichmistress
B4. Orgiastic Disembowelment

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