CRYPTOPSY — Blasphemy Made Flesh (review)

CRYPTOPSY — Blasphemy Made Flesh album cover Album · 1994 · Technical Death Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
UMUR
"Blasphemy Made Flesh" is the debut full-length studio album by Canadian death metal act Cryptopsy. The album was released through Invasion Records in November 1994. Following the group´s subsequent success and rise to death metal stardom, "Blasphemy Made Flesh" has been re-released by Displeased Records and Century Media Records. The Century Media Records version has a different cover artwork.

The music on the album is US inspired brutal and technically well played death metal. Right off the bat it´s obvious what a clever and skilled drummer Flo Mounieris. The man is an absolute powerhouse and whenever the music becomes a bit death metal monotone (and it does), the drumming always ensure that my attention doesn´t wander. The rest of the band are also skilled musicians and lead vocalist Lord Worm has a pretty distinct growling style, which is always appreciated by this reviewer. While songtitles like "Open Face Surgery", "Swine of the Cross", and "Pathological Frolic" maybe don´t reveal it, the lyrics on the album are actually very clever. The content may be extreme, dealing with death, murder, blasphemy and other usual lyrical themes in death metal, but the way they are written set them apart from most other death metal lyrics. They feature a kind of dark and bizarre humour which provide the album with an extra dimension that´s greatly appreciated in my book.

"Blasphemy Made Flesh" isn´t a perfect album by any means. The production isn´t the strongest (that snare drum sound drives me crazy in a bad way) and the songwriting could have been a bit more varied but I found myself enjoying the album quite a bit anyways. Especially when reading the lyrics while listening to the album. I´d say a 3.5 star (70%) rating is deserved.
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UMUR wrote:
more than 2 years ago
Oh...that could explain it. They are really great...
bartosso wrote:
more than 2 years ago
whoa, I had no idea that the lyrics were so cool! I've read lyrics from Once Was Not and they're indeed amazing but their debut seemed much more traditional. I guess it is not without significance that Lord Worm has double masters degree in philosophy and English philology, as far as I know.

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