From the first drum beats and guitar riffs of ‘Crown Of Horns’ it was obvious, and it is still obvious to this day, that Cryptopsy have improved themselves since ‘Blasphemy Made Flesh’. But when you combine the most technical and speedy death metal to date with the heartbreaking screams, growls, roars and wheezes of vocalist Lord Worm, it's safe to say that 1996 was the year that death metal changed forever. ‘None So Vile’ is a testament to the death metal formula, and the strange thing is that not many have tried to emulate it.
Maybe it's because it's very difficult to imitate an album of this magnitude.
There are many factors contributing to Cryptopsy's influence on death metal. One of them, oddly enough, has to do with Flo Mounier's manic drumming. Two words can characterise this man: speed demon. But just because he's speedy doesn't mean he loses all technicality. But Flo is not alone in Cryptopsy's work. The duo of John Levasseur and Eric Langlois on guitar and bass respectively, Cryptopsy have been noted for their technical playing. One only has to look at songs like ‘Slit Your Guts’, ‘Graves Of The Fathers’ and ‘Phobophile’ to realise how this duo completely shattered everything that could be considered standard for death metal at the time. These two reworked the standard, bringing in devastating guitar and sonic, crushing and technical bass playing. Their performance is a testament to technical music. But what really creates Cryptopsy, and many will agree, is Lord Worm. The man is simply monstrous. No words in the English language can describe what this man brought to Cryptopsy, and what he did for death metal on ‘None So Vile’. At this point, hardly anyone could have expected such vocals. He is downright inhuman. His screams are vicious, his guttural growls are eerie, and the lengths at which he can perform and hold those vocals are insane.
