Cryptopsy have released a video for new single “Malicious Needs”, featured on the band’s new album, An Insatiable Violence, out June 20 via Season Of Mist.
Feast your eyes on the vile, viral video for the second single off the legendary Canadian brutal technical death metal band’s ninth album.
The concept for An Insatiable Violence came to Cryptopsy’s vocalist Matt McGachy in a dream. It’s an allegory for our toxic relationship with social media, which Matt has experienced firsthand with his Vox & Hops podcast. In the dream, a person spends all day building a machine, only for it to torture them all through the night. As if that wasn’t twisted enough, they like it. In fact, they like being tortured so much that, come morning, they wake up rejuvenated, eager to tweak the machine until it runs perfectly in their mind.
Even though the band’s last album won the JUNO Award for Metal / Hard Music Album just a little more than a year ago, Cryptopsy weren’t content with reaping their rewards. Writing for An Insatiable Violence began in earnest last spring, while they were touring North America with Death To All. Working from the road was new for them. And while not without bumps, playing 140 shows over the past 15 months gave them a clear sense of direction once the time came to hit Donaldson’s studio.
“As Gomorrah Burns was a stepping stone for our new album”, McGachy says. “We took what we enjoyed about the last album and focused on expanding it for a live setting. We wanted this album to be more groovy so that people can really latch onto these songs when we play them live.”
With its headbanger of a chorus, first single “Until There’s Nothing Left” will no doubt fill the pit while Cryptopsy tours Europe with Decapitated. The band’s signature fishhook riff wriggles deep into the grooves in your brain beneath bat-like shrieks. “And as you now can clearly see / You’re totally mine”. Of course, the song wouldn’t represent peak Cryptopsy if it wasn’t filled with a more insidious message. Its sinister story of an online predator feeds into the album’s larger cautionary tale.
“An Insatiable Violence reflects our toxic relationship with social media”, explains McGachy, who’s been feeling the effects since starting his podcast Vox & Hops. “I’m trying to break the cycle, but on those days where I’m just doom scrolling, I get so depressed. The fallacy of Internet stardom is just a dopamine trap that crushes our spirits.”
Cryptopsy know not every brutal technical death metal band is on the upswing nine albums into their career. The cover art for An Insatiable Violence pays tribute to their late, great vocalist Martin Lacroix.
“Martin did None So Live, but he never really got to do a proper album”, the band says. “His art is amazing. The two pieces of his that we used for An Insatiable Violence are incredible. His family was super excited about it, too. We are honored to have him be an even bigger part of Cryptopsy’s lore.”
An Insatiable Violence comes out June 20 via Season Of Mist. Pre-order / pre-save the album here.
Tracklisting:
“The Nimis Adoration”
“Until There’s Nothing Left”
“Dead Eyes Replete”
“Fools Last Acclaim”
“The Art of Emptiness”
“Our Great Deception”
“Embrace the Nihility”
“Malicious Needs”
“Until There’s Nothing Left” video:
Cryptopsy are currently touring Europe alongside Decapitated, Warbringer and Carnation. Get tickets here.
Infernal Bloodshed Over Europe 2025 dates:
May
13 – Lille, FR – The Black Lab
14 – Enschede, NL – Metropool
15 – Munich, DE – Backstage
16 – Aarau, CH – KiFF
17 – Lindau, DE – Vaudeville
18 – Vienna, AT – Szene
19 – Budapest, HU – Dürer Kert
20 – Prague, CZ – Fuchs2
21 – Schweinfurt, DE – Stattbahnhof
22 – Dresden, DE – Blauer Salon
23 – Krakow, PL – Hype Park
24 – Warsaw, PL – Proxima
26 – Berlin, DE – Hole44
27 – Aarhus, DK – Voxhall
28 – Hamburg, DE – Logo
29 – Vechta, DE – Gulfhaus
30 – Dortmund, DE – Junkyard
31 – Sint-Niklaas, BE – Casino
June
1 – Paris, FR – La Machine
2 – Esch Sur Alzette, LU – Kulturfabrik
3 – Frankfurt, DE – Das Bett
4 – Karlsruhe, DE – Substage
5 – Milan, IT – Legend Club
6 – Bologna, IT – Locomotiv
7 – Lyon, FR – Lions Metal Fest
8 – Maastricht, NL – South of Heaven
* Decapitated only
Lineup:
Flo Mounier – Drums
Matt McGachy – Vocals
Christian Donaldson – Guitar
Oli Pinard – Bass
(Photo – Maciej Pieloch)
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Feast your eyes on the vile, viral video for the second single off the legendary Canadian brutal technical death metal band’s ninth album.
The concept for An Insatiable Violence came to Cryptopsy’s vocalist Matt McGachy in a dream. It’s an allegory for our toxic relationship with social media, which Matt has experienced firsthand with his Vox & Hops podcast. In the dream, a person spends all day building a machine, only for it to torture them all through the night. As if that wasn’t twisted enough, they like it. In fact, they like being tortured so much that, come morning, they wake up rejuvenated, eager to tweak the machine until it runs perfectly in their mind.
Even though the band’s last album won the JUNO Award for Metal / Hard Music Album just a little more than a year ago, Cryptopsy weren’t content with reaping their rewards. Writing for An Insatiable Violence began in earnest last spring, while they were touring North America with Death To All. Working from the road was new for them. And while not without bumps, playing 140 shows over the past 15 months gave them a clear sense of direction once the time came to hit Donaldson’s studio.
“As Gomorrah Burns was a stepping stone for our new album”, McGachy says. “We took what we enjoyed about the last album and focused on expanding it for a live setting. We wanted this album to be more groovy so that people can really latch onto these songs when we play them live.”
With its headbanger of a chorus, first single “Until There’s Nothing Left” will no doubt fill the pit while Cryptopsy tours Europe with Decapitated. The band’s signature fishhook riff wriggles deep into the grooves in your brain beneath bat-like shrieks. “And as you now can clearly see / You’re totally mine”. Of course, the song wouldn’t represent peak Cryptopsy if it wasn’t filled with a more insidious message. Its sinister story of an online predator feeds into the album’s larger cautionary tale.
“An Insatiable Violence reflects our toxic relationship with social media”, explains McGachy, who’s been feeling the effects since starting his podcast Vox & Hops. “I’m trying to break the cycle, but on those days where I’m just doom scrolling, I get so depressed. The fallacy of Internet stardom is just a dopamine trap that crushes our spirits.”
Cryptopsy know not every brutal technical death metal band is on the upswing nine albums into their career. The cover art for An Insatiable Violence pays tribute to their late, great vocalist Martin Lacroix.
“Martin did None So Live, but he never really got to do a proper album”, the band says. “His art is amazing. The two pieces of his that we used for An Insatiable Violence are incredible. His family was super excited about it, too. We are honored to have him be an even bigger part of Cryptopsy’s lore.”
An Insatiable Violence comes out June 20 via Season Of Mist. Pre-order / pre-save the album here.
Tracklisting:
“The Nimis Adoration”
“Until There’s Nothing Left”
“Dead Eyes Replete”
“Fools Last Acclaim”
“The Art of Emptiness”
“Our Great Deception”
“Embrace the Nihility”
“Malicious Needs”
“Until There’s Nothing Left” video:
Cryptopsy are currently touring Europe alongside Decapitated, Warbringer and Carnation. Get tickets here.
Infernal Bloodshed Over Europe 2025 dates:
May
13 – Lille, FR – The Black Lab
14 – Enschede, NL – Metropool
15 – Munich, DE – Backstage
16 – Aarau, CH – KiFF
17 – Lindau, DE – Vaudeville
18 – Vienna, AT – Szene
19 – Budapest, HU – Dürer Kert
20 – Prague, CZ – Fuchs2
21 – Schweinfurt, DE – Stattbahnhof
22 – Dresden, DE – Blauer Salon
23 – Krakow, PL – Hype Park
24 – Warsaw, PL – Proxima
26 – Berlin, DE – Hole44
27 – Aarhus, DK – Voxhall
28 – Hamburg, DE – Logo
29 – Vechta, DE – Gulfhaus
30 – Dortmund, DE – Junkyard
31 – Sint-Niklaas, BE – Casino
June
1 – Paris, FR – La Machine
2 – Esch Sur Alzette, LU – Kulturfabrik
3 – Frankfurt, DE – Das Bett
4 – Karlsruhe, DE – Substage
5 – Milan, IT – Legend Club
6 – Bologna, IT – Locomotiv
7 – Lyon, FR – Lions Metal Fest
8 – Maastricht, NL – South of Heaven
* Decapitated only
Lineup:
Flo Mounier – Drums
Matt McGachy – Vocals
Christian Donaldson – Guitar
Oli Pinard – Bass
(Photo – Maciej Pieloch)
"Prophets Of Addiction is a modern day Hanoi Rocks meets The 69 Eyes with plenty of Pop hooks and Whisky drenched vocals." - Metal Sludge.
Listen at https://smarturl.it/prophetsofaddiction
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