Blasphemy Made Flesh

If you're looking at this review, you probably already know who Cryptopsy is. "None So Vile" being their legendary breakthrough. "Blasphemy..." is the excellent, lesser-known precursor to NSV. Great riffs and gutturals courtesy of legendary vocalist Lord Worm. The sound quality is not as perfect as NSV or any of their later recordings, but its still a must have.

The first offering from what would turn out to be the most demented and technical Death Metal band to fry your hearing. Lord Worm is awesome on this. Flo is the man with 20 arms and 40 legs as usual. Every track on this is a journey into Cryptopsy's own world of musical mayhem. What I love most about this is the fact that you can almost feel that the next release after this one was going to be something from another world. And of course, None So Vile, possibly the best technical Death Metal release ever, came next and destroyed everyone in its path. If you're new to Cryptopsy why not start here at the beginning of one of the greatest bands ever. Play this all the way through, then slap on None So Vile right after it; it's amazing to hear it like that. Fans of ANY Death Metal: DO NOT MISS OUT ON THIS BAND!!! Necrosoul.

The start of Canada's finest brutal tech death masters. Not a lot has changed from then to now, sans the bands later core dalliances. Certainly something for death metal fans to love.

Crytopsy is known for being one of the most brutal, over-the-top death metal bands of all time, and this album is the start of it all. With Lord Worm's commanding, wicked vocals and Flo's impeccable drumming, this album packs a punch. The guitar riffs are groovy and instill a sense of violence that just makes you want to destroy people in a mosh pit. If you enjoy hearing sheer insanity mixed with brutality and some groovy riffage sprinkled in, Blasphemy Made Flesh is perfect for you. Horns. Up. \m/\m/

Service as great as this band is,5-platinum stars

Cryptopsy's debut is 10 energetic tracks of standard death metal, with a few qualities that put it ahead of similar music. Some basic elements of later albums are here- tremolo picked riffs, the blastbeating and the grunts of Lord Worm (whose voice is not as developed here as the inhuman howl on "None So Vile", at this point it sounds fairly typical).The production is crappy but honestly there's no Cryptopsy album that's really produced well, except maybe "And Then You'll Beg..." (I haven't heard it). The guitars in the low ranges are too thin for the notes to be audible over some of the more high-speed beats. The bass playing is very audible for once, actually, which is a plus- there's some very quick, great playing on here.So what sets this album apart? Well, the lyrics for one are hilarious and clever throughout. Who but Lord Worm would come up with lines like "I just want to hold your pretty hand / The rest of you can be dissolved in acid." They're often sincerely disgusting but don't take themselves seriously at all (always one of Worm's best attributes as a death metal vocalist). Honestly entertaining to read, far above the pseudo-sinister/psychopath bravado of Chris Barnes.Next, there's some great melodic guitar harmonies placed tastefully through this album, some great solos. "Abigor" has a geniunely haunting middle section, sounding more progressive than anything. "Serial Messiah" has some more great harmonies.Furthermore, many of the tracks on this album absolutely rock, some of the best headbanging material there ever was. "Defenestration", "Serial Messiah" and "Born Headless" are the standouts to me, chunky, blistering riffs, occasionally slowing down drastically to massive, weighty effect. Cryptopsy's songwriting skills even at this stage were fairly advanced. Each song has interesting transitory licks, tempo changes, and about 5 different (often great) riffs.Flo Mounier's drum performance here is standout like on every Cryptopsy album, going far beyond the call of duty for music of this nature. There are simple blast beats, but there's a surprising wealth of different ideas he brings in. "Gravaged" has some truly crazy and creative rhythms.The playing is incredibly tight, there's one point in the album where the whole band literally stops in a millisecond for a brief pause and comes back in with more devastating riffage.The vocals occasionally shine. They really do sound devilish. They're totally indecipherable like "None So Vile", but "Open Face Surgery" has a 30 second scream. Name another vocalist who can do THAT...The songs are all very much similar, and that is the album's greatest weakness. If you're in the mood for some great ultra-heavy music, you can't go wrong here though. I'd love to see any of these songs live.If you're a fan of old school death metal, this is recommended. The best idea is still to start with their classic "None So Vile", but these 2 albums are different enough for owning both to be worth it.For those who enjoy a more progressive / technical slant on things, check out their albums with their second vocalist, Mike DiSalvo (particularly "Whisper Supremacy") or their new album "Once Was Not" (a masterpiece).

What is it about Canada? Is it the beauty and coldness that makes superb Underground Metal bands Slaughter, Kataklysm, Strapping Young Lad, and the great Cryptopsy so bone-chilling, apocalyptic, and ninhilistic? The later band I mentioned is one of the leading bands in Extreme Metal these days. "Blasphemy Made Flesh" is Cryptopsy's debut album and it did not fail in making me thrash, and play air drums. There are a few things that stands out; One being the sound production....dirty, sludgy, and raw. Very much like "Seven Churches"-era of Possessed. How can you go wrong there? Secondly Lord Worm's vocals are much more sicker(not the trendy way or saying "sic", but just absolutley disugusting and repulsive sounding!) on "Blasphemy..." then their sophmore crowning achievement "None So Vile". Third is Flo's drumming. This guy is insane, amazing...no words can descibe this 6-arm drummer, who I bet anybody is the little-known son of none more than Pete Sandoval of Morbid Angel....And the last is the guitar-sound...Very down-tuned and more bassy-sounding. For a few seconds here and their in the opening track "Defenestration", it almost sounds like Flea or Les Claypool at trying to attempt a Death Metal song. Best tracks are "Defenestration", "Abigor" and "Open Face Surgery". If you are a fan of bands such as Malevolent Creation, Suffocation, and even classic Possessed had your brain melting, then Cryptopsy will have you foaming at the mouth!

Vicious, brutal and head crushing first enterprise from the French Canadian outfit- Cryptopsy. These guys assemble quite a feasty extravaganza of continent moving metal; laced with incredibly effective riffs, solos, blast beats and barking mad vocals. This is what you came to hear in this genre, and this is all presented in a straight-shot and cannonfire style interpretation, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise!. Technically proficient and absurdly evil in all aspects; it stays always centered on the extreme front, and never once does it deviate from its one deranged purpose of total obliteration!.As a team of five crazy humans consisting of the legendary Lord Worm, Jon Levasseur, Steve Thibault, Martin Fergusson and Flo Mounier, they all play they're respective musical components with the upmost accuracy and passion. As a result, there is a cohesive mountain of iconic classics to choose from, including the likes of the dangerous opener of "Defenestration", the simply mad "Open Face Surgery", the devastating riffage of "Born Headless and Mutant Christ", or the rather disturbing "Pathological Frolic". Out of all the highlights, Flo Mounier's drumming is simply one of sky-defying quality, just who could deny a sound and demonstration of this level?.......So what is one to make, of such convicted absurdity.? Certainly from this point of view, this is an absolute sonic monster of the finest form:- easily one of the better albums to emerge from the closing chapter of old school death metal age. It remains a shame that the slightly cloudy production was not improved upon at it's original inception. Indeed, it's only a minor flaw and it can easily be got used-to after a few spins. Never-the-less, extreme metal fans must own this CD, and at least a couple of others from Cryptopsy too while they're at it.This latest reissue you see before you, is a simple digipak transmission of the original album with no obvious sign of any further remastering. It also thankfully disposes of the later, frankly garbage artwork presented on some earlier issues (both of which I refuse to buy). Hammerheart, release this item with the original artwork as true as was intended, and I would suggest you get round to buying it soon, as it is still a mindblowing death metal album more than 20 years on.

Uh guttural brutal techno death black style of Cryptopsy !their beginning is a kataklysm for this style of death brutal black metal !a unique force ..the evil darkness is in them

This is an incredible album and one of their best, if you are a fan of death metal, especially old school death metal then Id suggest check this band out.

Gran álbum. Reedición digipack bastante simple, que no le hace justicia a esta obra maestra

Impeccable.... merci