Cryptopsy Named Decibel Cover Artist
Posted on June 12, 2025
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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.
Today, Decibel announced Cryptopsy as the cover artist for their 250th issue. The cover photo, which was taken by Shimon Karmel, honors their legacy as the most vile band in death metal. All four members spoke with long-time Decibel contributor Justin M. Norton about the eerily prescient concept behind An Insatiable Violence and how their new album continues Cryptopsy’s resurgence.
“We are honored to be on the cover of Decibel magazine’s 250th issue”, Cryptopsy says. “Decibel is by far one of the most important metal magazines. The fact that we get to grace its cover is a monumental achievement. Of course, we had to do something special and dig up some worms for this now iconic photo shoot!”
“I can’t believe it’s taken us 250 issues and 21 years to finally put Cryptopsy on Decibel‘s cover”, says the magazine’s editor-in-chief Albert Mudrian. “The Canadian legends have been long-deserving, but the fact that their appearance coincides with their best album in over two decades is a reward for everyone who loves death metal”.
“This cover feature is based on more than 15 interviews and tells the entire arc of Cryptopsy’s history, from their rise in the ’90s to their challenges this century to their excellent new album An Insatiable Violence“, Norton says. “As an original Cryptopsy fan dating back to the ’90s, it was a full-circle experience and a great challenge to chronicle their history and comeback”.
“I was thrilled and honored to get the call from Decibel to go to Montreal to shoot the might Cryptopsy for their cover story”, says Karmel. “Cryptopsy was one of the first death metal bands I ever saw live (all the way back in 2002) so they’ve always been special to me. Flo and the guys had a pretty clear idea of what they wanted to do for the cover shot so I essentially just lit and composed it. The guys showed up with a couple boxes of live worms and we just took it from there. It was a super fun shoot and I’m totally stoked with how it turned out!”
Decibel Issue No. 250 can be ordered through the magazine’s website.
An Insatiable Violence comes out June 20 on Season of Mist.
Pre-order
https://orcd.co/cryptopsyaninsatiableviolence
Pre-save on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/prerelease/68bFcUq3E7rilegbUCwexu?si=56ImYUobTLe2WyguJnMEFQ
Can’t wait to bite into Cryptopsy’s new album? RSVP for next week’s Bandcamp Listening Party and hear all eight brutally technical tracks before it comes out.
An Insatiable Violence Bandcamp Listening Party
Thursday, June 17 @ 1:30 pm ET
RSVP
https://cryptopsyofficial.bandcamp.com/merch/an-insatiable-violence-listening-party
More praise for Cryptopsy
“…one of the best technical death metal bands of all time” – New Noise
“…it might be the closest thing that the non-classical, non-jazz world has to high-culture music” – VICE
“…no surprise, Flo Mounier is completely on his game, as he displays his fierce, inhuman drumming” – Exclaim!
“…a must-have for any extreme metal fan’s collection” – Metal Hammer
“…would come to define technical brutal death metal” – Angry Metal Guy
“…had the packed room going absolutely bonkers with circle pits, regular pits, and crowd surfing” – Brooklyn Vegan
“…you’re gonna wanna windmill, but then you’ll be humming some of those riffs later” – Metal Injection
“Cryptopsy brings the old sickness back” – Metal Sucks
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