Cryptopsy
Band

Cryptopsy

Canada Active
Death
technical brutal

About

Contact: cryptopsyband@gmail.com Logo by Flo Mounier. Cryptopsy is the first metal band ever to play in Saudi Arabia; they performed in Riyadh on December 1st, 2023. Compilation appearances: - "Defenestration" on Visceral Productions Compilation #1 (Visceral Productions, 1994) - "Intro", "Defenestration", "Open Face Surgery" and "Born Headless" on Festival Death D'Amqui 1994 (1994) - "Serial Messiah" on Brutal Death Compilation Tome 1 (Necromancie Zine, cassette, 1994) - "Pathological Frolic" on W.A.R. Compilation - Battle of Pride (Toy's Factory, 1995) - "Swine of the Cross" on Premonition Vol.3 Tape (1995) - "Crown of Horns" on Pulverizer Records Compilation (Pulverizer Records, 1997) - "Dead and Dripping" on A.K.O.M. Sampler-6 (A.K.O.M., 1997, cassette) - "Back to the Worms" on Visionaries of the Macabre Vol.1 CD (Lost Disciple, 1998) - "Cold Hate, Warm Blood" on Feuersturm Volume II: The Ultimate Storm (Century Media Records, 1998) - "Cold Hate, Warm Blood" on Pure Metal Sampler (Club Members' Edition 1998 Vol. 2) (Pure Metal Club, 1998) - "Flame to the Surface" on Nuclear Blast Soundcheck Series - Volume 16 (Nuclear Blast Records, 1998) - "Serpents Coil" on Lärmbelästigung - Krach Propaganda Magazin (1998) - "Slit Your Guts" on War Dance - A War Music Compilation (Relapse Records, 1998) - "White Worms" on Knuckletracks XI (Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles , 1998) - "Cold Hate, Warm Blood" on Darkness We Feel - Volume II (Bonus CD with Rotting Christ – Sleep of the Angels) (Century Media Records, 1999) - "Cold Hate, Warm Blood" on Darkness We Feel - Volume II (Century Media Records, 1999) - "Cold Hate, Warm Blood" on Hits Underground II (1999) - "Cold Hate, Warm Blood" on Serial Thriller Vol. V Special Edition! (Century Media Records, 1999) - "Cold Hate, Warm Blood" on Suburban Open Air '99 (Suburban Records, 1999) - "Defenestration" on Sampler #13 (Displeased Records, SOD Records, CD, 1999) - "Defenestration" on Smells Like Team Spirit III (Displeased Records, 1999) - "Emaciate" and "Defenestration" on Polliwog Live No3 (Disques MPV, 1999) - "Faceless Unknown" on Hard Rock Extrême N°6 (Hard Rock, 1999) - "Flame to the Surface" on 21st Century Media Blitz Vol. 2 (2CD, Century Media Records 1999) - "Flame to the Surface" on Pure Metal Sampler Vol. 12 (Victor, 1999) - "Flame to the Surface" on Super Natural Extremities Vol. 3 & 4 (Grinder Magazine, 1999) - "White Worms" on Identity Five: I Defy (Century Media Records, 1999) - "Cold Hate, Warm Blood" on Sampler #14 (Century Media Records/SOD Records, 2000) - "Crown of Horns" on Victims Of The Bubonic Plague 2 (Zomba Distribution, 2000) - "Shroud" on Musick Terror Volume Two (Morbid Records, 2000) - "Shroud" on Psychosonic! Volume 19 (Psycho!, 2000) - "Soar and Envision Sore Vision" on ...In the Eyes of Death II (Century Media Records, 2000) - "Voice of Unreason" on Disharmony Sampler (Century Media Records, 2000) - "Voice of Unreason" on Hard N' Heavy Vol. 30 (Hard N' Heavy, 2000) - "Voice of Unreason" on Knuckle Tracks XXVII (Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles, 2000) - "Voice of Unreason" on Terrorized Volume 9 (Terrorizer Magazine, 2000) - "...and Then It Passes" on Ear Candy Song Sampler: February 2001 - "Chocolate Kiss" (Song, 2001) - "Back to the Worms" on Into the Blizzard... (Skyscraper Music, 2001) - "Emaciate" on Polliwog Festival Live.4 (Kafka, 2001) - "Phobophile" and "Voice of Unreason" on Metal Masters (MP3.com, 2001) - "Shroud" on Identity 7: Deadly Sins (Century Media Records, 2001) - "Shroud" on Lärmbelästigung Krach Propaganda Compilation #8 (Lärmbelästigung, 2001) - "Various" video on Fuck the Commerce 4 VHS (Cudgel, 2001) - "Voice of Unreason" on Shattering the Barriers: A Century Media Australia Compilation (Century Media Records, 2001) - "White Worms" on Century Media X 10 Year Anniversary (Century Media Records, 2001) - "Equivalent Equilibrium" on Trois-Rivières Metalfest 2002 (Galy Records, 2002) - "Gravaged (A Cryptopsy)" on Galy Records 2003 Sampler (Galy Records, 2003) - "Voice of Unreason" and "White Worms" on Metal for the Masses Volume II mp3 CD-Rom (Century Media Records, 2003) - "White Worms" on KnuckleTracks LI (Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles, 2003) - "Cold Hate, Warm Blood" on In the Eyes of Death IV (Century Media Records, 2004) - "Voice of Unreason" and "White Worms" on Metal for the Masses - Canadian Assault CD-Rom (Century Media Records, 2004) - "Adeste Infidelis" on Loud Sounds # 36 (Rock Hard, 2005) - "Carrionshine" on Fear Candy 21 (Terrorizer Magazine, 2005) - "The Pestilence That Walketh in Darkness (Psalm 91: 5-8)" on Insanity Sampler #9 (Explicitly Intense Magazine, 2005) - "The Pestilence That Walketh in Darkness (Psalm 91: 5-8)" on KnuckleTracks 92 (Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles, 2005) - "The Pestilence That Walketh in Darkness (Psalm 91: 5-8)" on KnuckleTracks 93 (Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles, 2005) - "The Pestilence That Walketh in Darkness (Psalm 91:5-8)" on Hard N' Heavy Blaster 81 (Hard N' Heavy, 2005) - "The Pestilence That Walketh in Darkness (Psalm 91:5-8)" on Nyheder Oktober/1 2005 (EMI Music Danmark, 2005) - "The Pestilence That Walketh in Darkness" on Hell Awaits N°65 ( CD Sampler N°50) (Hell Awaits, 2005) - "The Pestilence That Walketh in Darkness" on Kerrang! 144 (Kerrang! Magazine, 2005) - "The Pestilence That Walketh in Darkness" on Metal for the Masses Vol. 4 (Century Media Records, 2005) - "Carrionshine" on The Domination Tour 2006 (Shiver Records, 2006) - "Crown of Horns" on Fear Candy 35 (Terrorizer Magazine, 2006) - "Carrionshine" on Party.San Metal Open Air 2006 DVD (War Anthem Records, 2007) - "The Pestilence That Walketh in Darkness" on Century Overload DVD (Century Media Records, 2007) - "The Pestilence That Walketh in Darkness" video on Monsters of Death Vol.2 DVD (Nuclear Blast Records, 2007) - "Oh My Fucking God (Strapping Young Lad cover)" on Century Media - Covering 20 Years of Extremes (Century Media Records, 2008) - "The Frantic Pace of Dying" on 100 Hits Metal (EMI, 2008) - "Worship Your Demons" on Fear Candy 56 (Terrorizer Magazine, 2008) - "Worship Your Demons" on The A-Z Guide to Century Media Records 2008 (Century Media Records, 2008) - "Worship Your Demons" on What's That Noise in the Basement! (Century Media Records, 2008) - "The Headsmen" on Storm Canada 9.2 (Storm Musician Services, 2009) - "Untitled" on Metal Heads’ Mission – 2009 (Metal Music Festival 10-th Anniversary) DVD (Progressor Records, 2009) - "Cold Hate, Warm Blood" and "Cold Hate, Warm Blood" on 20 Years of Century Media: 1991-2010 (Century Media Records, 2010) - "Cold Hate, Warm Blood" on 20 Years of Century Media: 1996-2000 (Century Media Records, 2010) - "Cold Hate, Warm Blood" on XX Years Of Century Media (Century Media Records, 2010) - "Worship Your Demons" on Crusty Demons Beyond the Apocalypse (Rhino Records, 2010) - "Worship Your Demons" on D-TOX Rockfest 6e Édition (2011) - "Boden" and "We Bleed" on New Release Highlights (Thrilling Albums Out In October/November 2012) (Century Media Records, 2012) - "Damned Draft Dodgers" on Axis of Metal – The Axis of the Underground Vol. 2 (Axis of Metal, 2012) - "Born Headless" on Kult Death ‎(Metalhit, 2013) - "Detritus (The One They Kept)" on Zero Tolerance Audio 70 (Zero Tolerance Magazine, 2015) - "The Golden Square Mile" on Trois-Rivières Metalfest 14 (Galy Records, 2015) - "Detritus (The One They Kept)" on Party.San Metal Open Air - A Cry from the Crypt - The Rare Tracks (Legacy Magazine, 2017) - "Fear His Displeasure" on Earsturbation Sickompilation 4 (Earsturbation Records, 2019) Unknown date: - "Dead and Dripping" on Brutal Decomposition Cassette - "The Headsmen" on Vic Firth Artist Series Vol. 3 (Vic Firth Artist Series) Bootlegs/Unofficial Releases: - Promo Polliwog 2000 promo split cassette with Anonymus (Kafka, 2000) - New Release Highlights (Thrilling Albums Out On Century Media Records In May 2008) Promo split with Paradise Lost and Terror (Century Media Records, 2008) - Illdisposed & Cryptopsy – MP3 Collection CD-Rom (Digital Records) - Shattering the Barriers promo split cassette with Eyehategod, Rotting Christ and Carnal Forge (Century Media Records)

Discography

An Insatiable Violence
An Insatiable Violence
Full-length · 2025
  • 1 The Nimis Adoration 4:10
  • 2 Until There's Nothing Left 3:58
  • 3 Dead Eyes Replete 3:57
  • 4 Fools Last Acclaim 3:25
  • 5 The Art of Emptiness 4:15
  • 6 Our Great Deception 4:20
  • 7 Embrace the Nihility 3:50
  • 8 Malicious Needs 5:51
Blasphemy Made Fresh
Blasphemy Made Fresh
Single · 2025
  • 1 Blasphemy Made Fresh 8:26
As Gomorrah Burns
As Gomorrah Burns
Full-length · 2023
  • 1 Lascivious Undivine 3:50
  • 2 In Abeyance 2:55
  • 3 Godless Deceiver 3:40
  • 4 Ill Ender 4:19
  • 5 Flayed the Swine 4:25
  • 6 The Righteous Lost 4:16
  • 7 Obeisant 3:52
  • 8 Praise the Filth 5:50
The Book of Suffering - Tome II
The Book of Suffering - Tome II
EP · 2018
  • 1 The Wretched Living 4:51
  • 2 Sire of Sin 4:26
  • 3 Fear His Displeasure 3:55
  • 4 The Laws of the Flesh 4:28
The Book of Suffering - Tome I & II
The Book of Suffering - Tome I & II
Compilation · 2018
  • 1 Detritus (The One They Kept) 4:32
  • 2 The Knife, the Head and What Remains 3:30
  • 3 Halothane Glow 4:21
  • 4 Framed by Blood 4:20
  • 5 The Wretched Living 4:51
  • 6 Sire of Sin 4:26
  • 7 Fear His Displeasure 3:55
  • 8 The Laws of the Flesh 4:28
The Book of Suffering - Tome I
The Book of Suffering - Tome I
EP · 2015
  • 1 Detritus (The One They Kept) 4:33
  • 2 The Knife, the Head and What Remains 3:32
  • 3 Halothane Glow 4:26
  • 4 Framed by Blood 4:20
Cryptopsy
Cryptopsy
Full-length · 2012
  • 1 Two-Pound Torch 5:03
  • 2 Shag Harbour's Visitors 4:21
  • 3 Red-Skinned Scapegoat 5:57
  • 4 Damned Draft Dodgers 3:57
  • 5 Amputated Enigma 4:02
  • 6 The Golden Square Mile 3:12
  • 7 Ominous 3:46
  • 8 Cleansing the Hosts 4:35
The Best of Us Bleed
The Best of Us Bleed
Compilation · 2012
  • 1 Boden 2:52
  • 1 Phobophile 4:39
  • 2 A Graceful Demise 4:27
  • 2 Slit Your Guts 4:02
  • 3 Holodomor 2:45
  • 3 Crown of Horns 3:59
  • 4 Oh My Fucking God (Strapping Young Lad cover) 3:29
  • 4 Defenestration 4:32
  • 5 Worship Your Demons 2:07
  • 5 Abigor 3:52
  • 6 Silence the Tyrants 4:10
  • 6 Open Face Surgery (live) 4:39
  • 7 The Headsmen 5:16
  • 7 Graves of the Fathers / Drum Solo (live) 8:09
  • 8 Carrionshine 3:23
  • 8 Shroud (live) 4:29
  • 9 The Pestilence That Walketh in Darkness (Psalm 91: 5-8) 3:28
  • 9 Born Headless (live) 4:25
  • 10 Endless Cemetary 5:18
  • 10 Slit Your Guts (live) 5:31
  • 11 We Bleed 6:19
  • 11 Cold Hate, Warm Blood (live) 4:14
  • 12 Soar and Envision Sore Vision 3:30
  • 12 We Bleed (live) 6:04
  • 13 Voice of Unreason 2:55
  • 13 White Worms (rehearsal) 3:55
  • 14 Cold Hate, Warm Blood 3:55
  • 14 Loathe (rehearsal) 5:12
  • 15 White Worms 3:43
  • 15 Depths You've Fallen (rehearsal) 4:19
  • 16 Emaciate 5:01
  • 16 Cold Hate, Warm Blood (rehearsal) 4:07
The Unspoken King
The Unspoken King
Full-length · 2008
  • 1 Worship Your Demons 2:12
  • 2 The Headsmen 5:14
  • 3 Silence the Tyrants 4:09
  • 4 Bemoan the Martyr 4:10
  • 5 Leach 4:48
  • 6 The Plagued 4:09
  • 7 Resurgence of an Empire 4:40
  • 8 Anoint the Dead 3:19
  • 9 Contemplate Regicide 5:29
  • 10 Bound Dead 6:26
  • 11 (Exit) The Few 2:31
Blasphemy Made Flesh / None So Vile
Blasphemy Made Flesh / None So Vile
Compilation · 2005
  • 1 Defenestration 4:36
  • 1 Crown of Horns 3:57
  • 2 Abigor 3:47
  • 2 Slit Your Guts 4:02
  • 3 Open Face Surgery 4:24
  • 3 Graves of the Fathers 4:11
  • 4 Serial Messiah 4:00
  • 4 Dead and Dripping 3:53
  • 5 Born Headless 4:29
  • 5 Benedictine Convulsions 4:00
  • 6 Swine of the Cross 3:06
  • 6 Phobophile 4:38
  • 7 Gravaged (A Cryptopsy) 2:47
  • 7 Lichmistress 2:31
  • 8 Memories of Blood 3:33
  • 8 Orgiastic Disembowelment 4:51
  • 9 Mutant Christ 4:21
  • 10 Pathological Frolic 4:34
Once Was Not
Once Was Not
Single · 2005
  • 1 Adeste Infidelis 4:38
  • 2 The Pestilence That Walketh in Darkness 3:26 Video
Once Was Not
Once Was Not
Full-length · 2005
  • 1 Luminum 1:45
  • 2 In the Kingdom Where Everything Dies, the Sky Is Mortal 5:21
  • 3 Carrionshine 3:22
  • 4 Adeste Infidelis 4:38
  • 5 The Curse of the Great 5:21
  • 6 The Frantic Pace of Dying 4:33
  • 7 Keeping the Cadaver Dogs Busy 5:58
  • 8 Angelskingarden 7:07
  • 9 The Pestilence That Walketh in Darkness (Psalm 91:5-8) 3:26
  • 10 The End 2:49
  • 11 Endless Cemetery 5:20
Trois-Rivières Metalfest IV
Trois-Rivières Metalfest IV
Video · 2005
  • 1 Intro 2:30
  • 2 Crown of Horns 3:57
  • 3 Slit Your Guts 4:32
  • 4 Graves of the Fathers 4:58
  • 5 Dead and Dripping 4:53
  • 6 Benedictine Convulsions 4:22
  • 7 Phobophile 4:36
  • 8 Lichmistress 3:11
  • 9 Orgiastic Disembowelment 4:49
  • 10 Defenestration, Part 1 3:30
  • 11 [drum solo] / Defenestration, Part 2 4:26
  • 12 Cold Hate, Warm Blood 3:08
  • 13 We Bleed 4:35
  • 14 Back to the Worms 7:30
None So Live
None So Live
Live album · 2003
  • 1 Intro 1:55
  • 2 Crown of Horns 3:55
  • 3 White Worms 3:45
  • 4 We Bleed 6:20
  • 5 Open Face Surgery 4:29
  • 6 Cold Hate, Warm Blood 4:19
  • 7 Phobophile 4:40
  • 8 Shroud 4:19
  • 9 Graves of the Fathers 1:58
  • 10 Drum Solo 7:03
  • 11 Defenestration 4:49
  • 12 Slit Your Guts 4:17
And Then You'll Beg
And Then You'll Beg
Full-length · 2000
  • 1 ...and Then It Passes 5:06
  • 2 We Bleed 6:18
  • 3 Voice of Unreason 2:54
  • 4 My Prodigal Sun 2:15
  • 5 Shroud 4:05
  • 6 Soar and Envision Sore Vision 3:29
  • 7 Equivalent Equilibrium 4:17
  • 8 Back to the Worms 3:19
  • 9 Screams Go Unheard 7:20
Shattering the Barriers
Shattering the Barriers
Split · 2000
  • 1 Eyehategod - Jack Ass In the Will of God
  • 2 Cryptopsy - Voice of Unreason
  • 3 Rotting Christ - If It Ends Tomorrow 4:28
  • 4 Carnal Forge - I Smell Like Death
Whisper Supremacy
Whisper Supremacy
Full-length · 1998
  • 1 Emaciate 5:00
  • 2 Cold Hate, Warm Blood 3:53
  • 3 Loathe 4:53
  • 4 White Worms 3:41
  • 5 Flame to the Surface 3:05
  • 6 Depths You've Fallen 3:58
  • 7 Faceless Unknown 3:19
  • 8 Serpent's Coil 3:18
None So Vile
None So Vile
Full-length · 1996
  • 1 Crown of Horns 3:57
  • 2 Slit Your Guts 4:02
  • 3 Graves of the Fathers 4:11
  • 4 Dead and Dripping 3:53
  • 5 Benedictine Convulsions 4:00
  • 6 Phobophile 4:38
  • 7 Lichmistress 2:31
  • 8 Orgiastic Disembowelment 4:51
Blasphemy Made Flesh
Blasphemy Made Flesh
Full-length · 1994
  • 1 Defenestration 4:36
  • 2 Abigor 3:47
  • 3 Open Face Surgery 4:24
  • 4 Serial Messiah 4:00
  • 5 Born Headless 4:29
  • 6 Swine of the Cross 3:06
  • 7 Gravaged (A Cryptopsy) 2:47
  • 8 Memories of Blood 3:33
  • 9 Mutant Christ 4:21
  • 10 Pathological Frolic 4:34
Ungentle Exhumation
Ungentle Exhumation
Demo · 1993
  • 1 Gravaged (A Cryptopsy) 3:05
  • 2 Abigor 3:45
  • 3 Back to the Worms 3:31
  • 4 Mutant Christ 4:24