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Once Was Not [Import]

CryptopsyAudio CD
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)


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The unstoppable Montreal killing machine, CRYPTOPSY, has wreaked havoc throughout the extreme metal genre for more than a decade, but in 2008 the band has returned stronger than ever. CRYPTOPSY have ultimately crafted their career defining release, The Unspoken King, which could quite possibly also be their most brutal, yet dynamic offering.

Mounier states: "We as a band have, since the beginning,… Read more in Amazon's Cryptopsy Store

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Product Details

  • Audio CD (October 14, 2005)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Import
  • Label: PID
  • ASIN: B000BCHIT8
  • Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)

 
1. Luminum
2. In the Kingdom Where Everything Dies, The Sky Is Mortal
3. Carrionshine
4. Adeste Infidelis
5. The Curse of the Great
6. The Frantic Pace of Dying
7. Keeping the Cadaver Dogs Busy
8. Angelskingarden
9. The Pestilence That Walketh in Darkness (Psalm 91: 5-8)
10. The End
11. Endless Cemetary

 

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Cryptopsy: The Kings of Technical Death Metal., January 29, 2006
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How much more of a perfect release could Cryptopsy have wanted? This CD is amazing. The first time you listen to it you are just completely stunned, taking a few minutes to try and comprehend the technical perfection you have just experienced. I'm a Lord Worm fan, so having him back on vocals was good enough. Flo, the man with 80 arms and legs, takes his drumming to so much of an insane level that it's hard to even put it into words. Take what he did on None So Vile, multiply that times 10 and maybe you have it. There's no need to go into each song: they are equally 10 out of 10 masterpieces. Sound quality on this recording is sick! It's one of those CD's that's so loud and clear while still having that raw edge that makes all Death Metal the most extreme music in the universe. Once Was Not WILL go down as THE technical Death Metal release that all others will be compared to. Only one (in my opinion) that comes close is None So Vile. Don't even think about getting this one, just do it. All Hail Cryptopsy!!!
Necrosoul.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars top-notch return to form., November 6, 2005
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Cryptopsy's latest album is the most hatefully fresh sounding DM album i've heard in awhile. It's brutal in the expected fashion, with Mournier's hyper-drumming as impressive as ever, if not more so and with the return of Lord Worm's frantic & demonic histrionics (x5) is intertwined with the band's usual writing & technical aptitudes. It's heavier than a black hole and it is full of aggression that screams for the bloodletting of angels and deicide. Yet what is the appeal if this all sounds a little too familiar? Cryptopsy has achieved at least two exciting things here: a tighter synthesis of brutality and technicality, yet with wider swings in either diretion; and some of the tracks on this album are very evocative and atmospheric amidst the extreme BRUTALness, far more so than anything on previous albums. Songs like "Carrionstine", "The Curse of the Great", and "Keeping the Cadaver Dogs at Bay" are bound to become classics of the band's repertoire. Extra credit: the last song "Endless Cemetary" might be the best they've done! Highly recommended... especially the limited edition digipak which is a far more suitable aesthetic complement to the quality of the album.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Same Crypt with Extreme effects, October 20, 2005
This is my first reveiw ever for Amazon- cool! Anyway, the same Crytopsy riffing and Lord Worm unique lyric writing style is back (no suprise really). The differences I heard really were just in the generous use of effects/synth orchestration, Lord Worm's vokill's didn't have that 'hollow' effect (he said in an interview I read one time that he couldn't get that sound anymore), and the lyrics weren't as gory (glad about that actually). I haven't accessed the extras yet, but as one reviewer said it doesn't have any video which sucks, but that's not why I gave it four stars. I gave it four stars 'cause while it shows the finer side of extreme metal (there's a finer side?), it's just more Cryptopsy power with, due to the conceptual nature of the songs, expanded width. It's worth getting for everyone into extreme metal (and some of those into new-school metalcore), but definitely for Cryptopsy fans.
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