While already enshrined amongst the magazine’s unholy Hall of Fame, in the 30+ years since their ungentle exhumation from the Canadian underground, Cryptopsy had never graced the cover of Decibel. But now, the band’s new album An Insatiable Violence has turned the worm in their favor.
After 30 years, Cryptopsy are no strangers to the spotlight. Since their ungentle exhumation from the Canadian underground in 1993, the Montreal natives have worn the horned crown as the most vile band in death metal. Their upcoming ninth album and first since winning a JUNO Award embodies the many malicious mutations that have defined their Hall of Fame discography. But while infectious, the latest single from An Insatiable Violence brutally illustrates that society’s viral takeover isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
After giving fans in Europe an early taste of their upcoming new album, today, Cryptopsy are announcing the band’s first U.S. tour in support of An Insatiable Violence. This fall, they will join fellow brutal technical death metal pharaohs NILE on a 25-date tour of the East Coast, Midwest and Pacific Northwest. Joining them on this run are The Last Ten Seconds of Life and Cognitive.
Fresh off their ungentle exhumation from the Canadian underground, Cryptopsy officially came writhing and screaming into the world of extreme metal with Blasphemy Made Flesh.
These JUNO Award winners have worn the horned crown as the most vile band in death metal since the mid-’90s. But with the latest single off their upcoming ninth album, Cryptopsy are making blasphemy sound fresh. “Malicious Needs” feeds into a human urge that is so revolting, so shameful, that it couldn’t be shown on YouTube. Still, even the censored version of the new video from An Insatiable Violence uncovers the evil obsessions that lie beneath our digital fantasies.
A person spends all day building a machine, only for it to torture them at night. As if this thought wasn’t malicious enough, they enjoy it. In fact, they enjoy being tortured so much that, come morning, they wake up rejuvenated, eager to tweak their creation until it runs perfectly in their mind.
2025 is building up to be another catastrophically successful year for Cryptopsy. The most vile band in the history of brutal death metal are honing their crown of horns in the wake of their JUNO Award winning album. Next month, they’re touring 10 cities across Latin America with fellow legends Atheist.
Even the most legendary heroes have their downfall. Back at the end of the 2000s, the underground had left Cryptopsy for dead thanks to an album that’s best left unspoken. But when the recent JUNO Award winners returned from critic-imposed exile in 2011, they reclaimed their crown as the most vile name in death metal with their self-titled album.
Seminal brutal death metal pioneers CRYPTOPSY will once again redefine the boundaries of extreme music with their forthcoming Infernal Bloodshed Over Europe 2025 tour. Double-kick ferocity and complex, technical compositions continue to be the hallmarks of a band that has spent over three decades tearing through the fabric of the underground metal scene Fans across Europe will have the opportunity to witness the unparalleled aggression and blistering precision that CRYPTOPSY has consistently delivered. Since their initial tearing of the metal veil, the band has become synonymous with musical innovation and relentless brutality. Ready yourselves for a tour that promises to be nothing short of a seismic event. CRYPTOPSY will be joining Decapitated across 35 dates in Mainland Europe & the UK, with support from Warbringer & Carnation. Infernal Bloodshed Over Europe 2025: 01 May: Kopervik, NO @ Karmbygeddon* 03 May: London, UK @ Incineration Festival 04 May: Exeter, UK @ Phoenix 05 May: Cardiff, UK @ The Globe 06 May: Newcastle, UK @ Anarchy Brewery 07 May: Glasgow, UK @ Slay 08 May: Manchester, UK @ Academy 2 09 May: Birmingham, UK @ XOYO 10 May: Nottingham, UK @ Rescue Rooms 11 May: Norwich, UK @ The Waterfront 13 May: Lille, FR @ The Black Lab 14 May: Enschede, NL @ Metropool 15 May: Munich, DE @ Backstage 16 May: Aarau, CH @ KiFF 17 May: Lindau, DE @ Vaudeville 18 May: Vienna, AT @ Szene 19 May: Budapest, HU @ Dürer Kert 20 May: Prague, CZ @ Fuchs2 21 May: Schweinfurt, DE @ Stattbahnhof 22 May: Dresden, DE @ Blauer Salon 23 May: Krakow, PL @ Hype Park 24 May: Warsaw, PL @ Proxima 26 May: Berlin, DE @ Hole44 27 May: Aarhus, DK @ Voxhall 28 May: Hamburg, DE @ Logo 29 May: Vechta, DE @ Gulfhaus 30 May: Dortmund, DE @ Junkyard 31 May: Sint-Niklaas, BE @ Casino 01 June: Paris, FR @ La Machine 03 June: Frankfurt, DE @ Das Bett 04 June: Karlsruhe, DE @ Substage 05 June: Milan, IT @ Legend Club 06 June: Bologna, IT @ Locomotiv 07 June: Lyon, FR @ Lions Metal Fest 08 June: Maastricht, NL @ South of Heaven**Decapitated Only
Though well into their third decade, Cryptopsy still make blasphemy sound fresh. After all, the most vile band in the sordid history of death metal did win a coveted JUNO Award for their most recent album. But many underground metalheads trace the brutal Canadians’ resurgence back to the two EPs they released during the mid-2010s.
No band has tested the boundaries of extreme music more than Cryptopsy.