Cryptopsy - None So Vile

Vinyl LP pressing. They made blasphemy sound fresh on their debut, but with their follow-up, Cryptopsy claimed the crown as the most vile band in all of death metal. From the album's classic cover painting down to it's guttural production, None So Vile established death metal as a truly vulgar art form. The somber piano that opens "Phobophile" only premeditates madness. With each slurp from his chalice, Lord Worm smears the line between what's sacred and profane until it's dead and dripping. "Hatred and violence are not our ways, but firm we are", he barks before "Slit Your Guts" splats beneath the brutal slap of bassist Eric Langlois. Jon Levasseur shouldered more of the songwriting duties, though that didn't stop the band's lead guitarist continued to shred seamlessly between brutal chugs and blistering technical riffing. For his finishing move, he erupts into a white-hot solo on album closer "Orgiastic Disembowelment. Of course, Cryptopsy has always followed the textbook drumming of