Cryptopsy announces 2 new members.

Vocals : Matt McGachy
Keyboards/Samplist : Maggie Durand

Read about it here.

Latest band photo here

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That bitch on the right is hot.

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She has some major eye strabism.

I'm quite concerned that the next album will be radically different, and most probably suck.

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yeah, wow. [seriously]

Is that Cryptopy or Bleeding Through?

Bitches always ruin bands. The only thing they should be playing is the skin flute.

word

A band can't stay good forever, I guess...

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Hmm, I know where I've seen the female vocalist before..

http://www.soc.org/opcam/a_autopsy/ali-px01.jpg

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i am not looking forward to this

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Oh great, they're going to turn into Nightwish.

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haha, thats bullshit, but its not gonna be crrrryyptopsy anymore :sad:

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WOW.

Faggoth Death Metal? Looks like the new CoF.

Damn, you guys are really positive they're going to blow now because of some promo shot. Promo shots almost always look really fucking lame.

So they have a girl? Doesn't mean she'll be singing (and if she did, it doesn't mean it'd be gay). I'm very interested to hear how this will sound and it isn't like Once Was Not will be very hard to top. Will they ever be what they once were? Most likely not. It could be an interesting evolution though.

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its not the chick. Its the vocalist and his clean vocals.

cryptopsy and clean vocals? call me narrow-minded but those two words just dont combide (unless its done for atmospheric choirs, but i thinks hes gonna take clean leads)

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Why didn't they get DiSalvo back

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Fucking A.

I was kidding about the chick by the way. Still, I'm not very pumped about the new album.

I have a bad feeling about this...but I'll reserve judgment until I hear some songs. Then I'll whine about it.

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I highly doubt Cryptopsy will have clean vocals... where are you guys getting that from?

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When they put out the ad looking for musicians, they requested a keyboardist/sampleist and someone who could do both clean and brutal vocals.
This certainly isn't the Cryptopsy I know, grew up with and love, but I'm not gonna say anything until I hear the new album.
But I sure wish Jon Levasseur and Lord Worm were still around, that'll never change. Jon was just fucking amazing.

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Right, right, and right. Damn Darko, you always take the words right outta my mouth.

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Well yeah, I knew that. But it doesn't necessarily mean that there will be alot of clean vocals, hell, there may be no clean vocals at all! Maybe the band just wanted a versatile singer who would be singing brutal vocals most/all of the time, but had previous experience singing clean vocals. I dunno, the way I see it, someone who can sing clean and brutal probably has more experience than someone who can only sing brutal, right? He might not even be singing clean at all... I wouldn't worry about it too much. Even if there are clean vocals, the majority will still be dirty vocals. I HIGHLY doubt Cryptopsy would stray from the brutal music they have always given us the privelage of listening to

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Okay now I hope they'll suck.




Never heard of 'em beforehand but fuck it.

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now take his cock out so i can hear what you are saying

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ouch.. big fat meanie head.

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LoL. Most guys with long hair look like ugly girls anyways...

Cryptopsy was just on the border of deathmetal I could stand before. I got a feeling that the next album will suck big time.

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Although I never really enjoyed a lot of Cryptopsy. I don't know how well this could go over. It might go over well. Who knows the vocalist could be good and have a lot of variety. They said they still wanted to keep it brutal. As far as the chick goes. I think it's good. Could add a bit more variety. I dunno I'm probably the only one who is looking forward to it

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I dunno maybe they just want to try something new. It could be after writting so much technical riffs and blasting drummer they are becoming board. Just a thought

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Where's Alex's skullet gone?

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You know how it is with promo pics...


Anyhow, let's just wait for the album and see what they make of it. I know Veritate wouldn't be what it is without Annicas keyboard riffs...

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Wtf? are they trying to sound like nightwish now or what?

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Has DiSalvo ever recorded or toured with any other bands besides Cryptopsy?

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This makes me nervous, but I still havn't given up all hope.

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Come ON, you see a picture of a female KEYBOARDIST and start talking about Crytopsy and Nightwish in the same sentence.

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why do you guys always look at evolution as a negative thing? If every album a band released sounded the exact same as the one before it, wouldn't that get a little fucking boring?

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Exactly.

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I don't think it's looking at evolution as a negative thing, it's just that having the feeling that a band is going to change leaves the possibility of it sucking. There is favorable evolution and there is unfavorable evolution, the latter being what is looked at as negative. And it seems like when bands sound pretty much the same as on the previous album(s), it is more or less viewed as a good thing because it's better than taking that "chance" of evolution and failing.

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But taking that chance is what can set apart the good from the great.

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Right. Like I said, there is good evolution and there is bad evolution (depending on whatever fits your tastes).

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Stop being so optimistic. They're going to blow and you know it.

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Good point, optimism can be overrated.

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It's great when musicians evolve, but the promo pics and lack of lord worm/disalvio and their old guitarist definitely do not inspire much confidence that the next album will be any form of evolved Cryptopsy by any means, rather a completely different band.

But it's just a picture, no one can really assess how they're going to sound, but it does resemble promo pics of mediocre bands.

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No, I don't know it which is why I'm not letting some picture influence what I think before I hear the material. I can understand the more pessimistic outlook being as Jon left an album ago and, for some of you, Worm leaving too (which in my opinion, judging from the last release, is a very good thing). But Jon has been gone and I know now what to expect without him so I'm not anxious about whether or not the replacement will live up to him or not like I was in the interval between ...And Then You'll Beg and Once Was Not. So why am I not being a fart stain? Because I was happy with the guitar work in OWN (which didn't) and I'm happy that Worm has been kicked out. Yes their promo pic looks like an advertisement in a gay newspaper for a 2 hour gang bang, but I also think that 95% of promotional pictures look fucking stupid. Hell, if I judged half of the metal bands I like off their promo pictures then I'd assume they were all lame. Point is, a lot of bands have bad pictures. Hell, look at Emperor's latest.

I'd rather have Cryptopsy evolve into something that I think sucks than to have them continusously trying to recreate a None So Vile or ...And Then You'll Beg. I fucking hate that.

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lmao

Double lmao

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good use of keyboard requires some taste ... and that's something cryptopsy have never had (see angelskingarden).

for every cool part they write, you know there is a flamboyantly lame one waiting right around the corner, ready to ruin your listening experience.

This is going in wrong direction. I want this football hooligan singer back - Di Salvo rules.

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Damn, Cryptopsy with a clean vocalist and a chick, and a keyboardist? I really hope they don't aim for a mall/goth thing.

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HAHAHAHA, I already heard the new tracks. Here are the links to a couple of them:

http://www.zshare.net/audio/87690147be130e/
03 bemoan the martyr.mp3 - 3.90MB

http://www.zshare.net/audio/8769288b130406/
08 resurgence of an empire.mp3 - 4.39MB

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Dear god. This is absolute shit. What have they done...

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...fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck

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No!

I want proof that this is Cryptopsy.

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GOD DAMN IT. WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS?

A fucking waste of talent for two of their members.

This is just fucking pathetic.

That was just plain bad. I too want proof if that is in fact Cryptopsy.

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Listen to the drums, that shit is the only thing that sounds like Cryptopsy. The kick samples, the fills, and weird blasts... It's Cryptopsy.

They also wanted someone who can sing clean vocals, so there ya go. I thought this was a joke, but it's them.

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Yes!

That can't be Cryptopsy. I didn't hear a keyboard but those drums did sound like a slowed down version of Flo.

And you can tell it's Eric playing bass.

This is actually making Once Was Not seem good.

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I'm almost in tears.

Once Was Not was a great album. I don't know why people hated it so much. Carrionshine was a fucking sick ass song.

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Musically is was decent, I just think Lord Worm has lost his voice.

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lol

massive fail.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3...c-failure08.jpg

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http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k...d/failtopsy.jpg

the bad news is leaking guys

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It sounds like fucking screamo Flo, Eric and Alex must be mentally retarded for doing this, and/or letting this happen This really fucking pisses me off. I've lost all respect for them.

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this sucks so much I couldent even listen to the whole thing

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I WANT PROOF! I WANT PROOF! THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING! SOMEONE PLEASE HOLD ME! NURSE ME! OH THE INHUMANITY!

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wow, that was bad...........I feel pretty damn shitty after hearing that.

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Eh, screamo is good.

heh, talk about blasting a dead horse.

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Doesn't sound a fucking thing like screamo.

...what the FUCK?!

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This is exactly how I feel

I meant the vocals, not the music.

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I'm too scared to listen to those tracks.

*cuddles up with Whisper Supremacy and sobs uncontrollably*

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Indeed. They are horrible

Great album

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Please don't compare this shit with screamo vocals. They aren't the least bit similar.

If that's a joke, quit it now. It's not funny.

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hmm, it's almost april...

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Oh shit.

It definately sounds like it could be Flo at least.

The vocals are really, really terrible. I'm going to keep my fingers crossed that this isn't Cryptopsy. There are no keyboards on either of those tracks so maybe it's not all over.

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Wow I can't believe these guys are playing at Summer Slaughter this year, last year was great this one will probably suck

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The first song sounded nothing like Cryptopsy but by the time the second song rolled around I could tell in my gut from the guitars... it probably could most likely be Cryptopsy. Goddamit.

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The clean vocals seem extremely out of place...I like the heavier parts though...

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I think they've just met Pink Floyd on the dark side of the moon.

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I think they went to a gay bar for inspiration for these songs. Sweet merciful lord is this atrocious.

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Holy shit.

i downloaded these thinking it couldnt possibly be as bad as your guys said. i was right. its far worse.

Such a huge letdown.

Failtopsy to the rescue.

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They should have brought DiSalvo or Lacroix back

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haha, my next beer is to you

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Or better yet: never have let Levasseur go.

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Lacroix had such an awesome voice. Even better than DiSalvo and Worm in some ways.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3x4QK6epZvw

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"Recently, a pair of tracks reportedly from the next album were leaked onto the internet and met with widespread derision from Cryptopsy's fanbase."

Something I found on Wikipedia. Apparently this is a worldwide panic.

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Of course. This is even more disappointing to me than what Silverchair became... and THAT was disappointing!

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Silverchair is gayer than 8 guys blowing 9 guys now.

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lol yeah. The first two albums were fucking amazing... then it was just a big trainwreck. A few months ago I left the TV on MuchMusic (Our version of MTV) and saw a music video from their latest album. I wanted to reach through the screen and crush their windpipes.

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Compared to the SMN forum, we're taking it quite well. They have a thread that's 13 pages long dedicated to how horrible those 2 songs sound.

Get on the ball people!

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I suspect fakeness.

That's what I thought too... but the drumming does sound like Flo, and the guitars in the second song "feel" like the newer Cryptopsy riffs that Alex Auburn writes.
EDIT ::: According to the Cryptopsy website, its a definite yes.



Yeah, it sucks he quit extreme metal because he's needed badly right now. Hell of a guitar player.

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Fuck yea, he had a great voice. I wish they had him do vocals if Lord Worm wasn't willing to join Cryptopsy again.

Oh btw, that shit was taken from LA Metal. I used to watch that shit on public access until they cancelled the show.

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Ha, me too! Pretty cool show. I remember staying up late every night when I was younger to watch it. Bummer it got canceled, but you can download all the episodes off their website.

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HAHHAHAHAHAHA whoa those new tracks.

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oh btw, it's no joke. Some guy at the SMN forum asked Flo about these songs via MySpace and he confirmed.

what a source, aye?

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You think that's bad take a look at the guestbook on their official site.

I've always hated the term "sellout", but this attempt is just too transparent to not label it so. I NEVER thought I'd say that about Cryptopsy.