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The Godless, The Godforsaken And The God Damned

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The Godless, The Godforsaken And The God Damned
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Type: Full-Length
Release Date: 2010
Label: Self Released
Genre: Gothic, Heavy, Symphonic
1. Inward Collapse
2. Constriktion!
3. Life Sucking Machines
4. Survival... At What Cost?
5. Crestfallen Realm
6. Torture Room
7. Grandeur Delirium
8. Troops From The Underground
9. Horrid Vistas (Of The Yet Unseen)
1. Catspaw
2. Apollo
3. Benai Elohim
4. A Constitutional Right?
5. Jesus Save...
6. Hate Crime
7. Ruin
8. Viva Cristo Rey!
9. ''We'' Is Killing ''Me''
10. Godless
11. You're On Your Own...This Time
12. The Twelfth Imam

Review by Jeger on April 26, 2025.

When it comes to the paradox between being underrated vs. being deeply appreciated at the same time, Canada's Cryptopsy most certainly rest somewhere in the center of this paradigm as one of DM's most underrated yet highly influential collectives. Shat from death's womb; dripping blood, sweat and soaked to the core with blasphemy's pungent nectar in 1992, this gaggle of brutes have been champions of the second wave of Death Metal, and their silent reign has been a substantial one: eight bestial LP's that span o'er the thematic chasms of blasphemy and the macabre. Most DM bands stick to either one or the other of these two concepts, but that's just not fucking brutal enough for Cryptopsy. For these boys, the creation of DM has got to be a matter of both defilement and of violence. And of course, unparalleled musical talent and sheer lyrical savagery.

Drummer, Flo Mounier, is the band's only original member, and his remarkable contributions over the decades have earned him a place among the very best percussionists that the genre has to offer. And when joined by his fellow Gorehog band mates, the finished product has always been at the apex of ferocity: beyond aggressive, superseding hatred and transcending the genre status quo. In 2023, Cryptopsy released As Gomorrah Burns - an adventurous conceptual imagining, but bolstered by the instrumental and vocal brutality we've all come to expect from their output. Now, as the gears of our dying world grind away at any hopes for a better tomorrow, we stand upon the verge of extinction-level obliteration, for on June, 25 of this cursed year, Cryptopsy will unleash An Insatiable Violence via Season of Mist. Prepare to endure the mechanisms of suffering…

We all sabotage our lives. It's as though we all love to suffer; to live for it as a murderer lives for the thrill of the hunt. But this is an unconscious manifestation. Pain is inevitable but suffering is optional! Yet here you are, wallowing in a torturous reality of your own creation. Like strapping yourself to a machine each day; one that administers the agony of a century's worth of torment, only to tweak it each night to be even more precise and malevolent in its functionality. Herein lies the thematic construct of the new LP, and the music is merciless, but also accessible, as the band has utilized a more fundamental approach to rhythm and melody: marshal rhythms, pummeling breakdowns and some underlying melodic arrangements that lure you into the experience like Dahmer did his victims…

The opening track, "The Nimis Adoration" - no time to waste - cerebral obliteration of the rhythmic consort: merciless percussive onslaughts, abysmal grinds and baleful breakdowns as the catalysts to this, the swan song of sanity. The willful revolution of suffering's unrelenting tiller to pass the time. And the cut, "Until Nothing's Left", continues the course until a memorable and dare-I-say catchy chorus begins to apply its seductive death grip upon your tender gullet. Rooted in tradition and yet contemporary all the same is An Insatiable Violence, as it offers up all of the classic goods, all the while as modern recording techniques bring it all to life like the resurrection of some abominable beast that's been interfused with cyborg-like components. A fucking banger! Prepare for sprained necks and crushed testicles… A modestly crafted volume at only just under 34:00 minutes of runtime, but still exhausting in the best way. An Insatiable Violence culminates with "Malicious Needs"; not some pretentious epic, but more of the same punishment you've endured throughout the entirety of this album. A little slow-burning, Asphyx-like doom-worship upon the final couple of minutes.

Damn, run this shit back! This record just begs for repeated listens, and Cryptopsy has proven once again to be one of Death Metal's most vital bands. While modern day DM outfits spin their superficial, uber-technical wheels, these boys just bring it as it was always meant to be brought: with unrelenting brutality and no bullshit songwriting methods. FFO Dying Fetus, Suffocation and total devastation…

9 out of 10

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Review by JD on May 31, 2010.

Let me tell you, I am one hundred percent knocked on my ass for a change when this CD had crossed my desk. Babylon Mystery Orchestra is a band that truly has come out of left field on me...but let me tell you that it was a very good sort of surprise.

How BMO sounds, is one of those things that is hard to really pin down... but this is my job here. The best way to honestly explain the music is to take the straight ahead metal of Motorhead, add in some low and growling angry vocal Rammstein(without the German) and then add in the heaviness ala Black Sabbath with this odd sort of smatterings of southern rock and near Doom sort of feel.

Now that the music end of things has been set, you add in unyielding and uncompromising words on topics like political and social issues which are delivered with an unvarnished look at our world today. When you do all of that, it is then that you get the closest idea of exactly what the band is all about. What you get is a cynical yet so damned truthful and in-your-face sort look at what our world has become.

Many have been afraid to do exactly what BMO has done here. They may never win a Grammy or any other award because of the type of band they are... but the respect they will garner in the metal world, may be enough. They are originals, they are leaders... we all should be this honest and open to the world. Perhaps out world would not be as fucked up as it is, nor would we be as inclined to let our elected officials get away with the crap they do.

Categorical Rating Breakdown

Musicianship:9
Atmosphere: 9.5
Production: 9
Originality: 8.5
Overall: 9.5

Rating: 9.1 out of 10

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Review by JD on May 31, 2010.

Let me tell you, I am one hundred percent knocked on my ass for a change when this CD had crossed my desk. Babylon Mystery Orchestra is a band that truly has come out of left field on me...but let me tell you that it was a very good sort of surprise.

How BMO sounds, is one of those things that is hard to really pin down... but this is my job here. The best way to honestly explain the music is to take the straight ahead metal of Motorhead, add in some low and growling angry vocal Rammstein(without the German) and then add in the heaviness ala Black Sabbath with this odd sort of smatterings of southern rock and near Doom sort of feel.

Now that the music end of things has been set, you add in unyielding and uncompromising words on topics like political and social issues which are delivered with an unvarnished look at our world today. When you do all of that, it is then that you get the closest idea of exactly what the band is all about. What you get is a cynical yet so damned truthful and in-your-face sort look at what our world has become.

Many have been afraid to do exactly what BMO has done here. They may never win a Grammy or any other award because of the type of band they are... but the respect they will garner in the metal world, may be enough. They are originals, they are leaders... we all should be this honest and open to the world. Perhaps out world would not be as fucked up as it is, nor would we be as inclined to let our elected officials get away with the crap they do.

Categorical Rating Breakdown

Musicianship:9
Atmosphere: 9.5
Production: 9
Originality: 8.5
Overall: 9.5

Rating: 9.1 out of 10

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