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Cryptopsy

Cryptopsy is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Karl Sanders, Immolation, Grave and Scarve. Those roots explain a lot about how Cryptopsy arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Nile, Morbid Angel, Death, Skinless and Internal Bleeding, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Grave, The Amenta, Insision, Billy Strings and Dew-Scented, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 19 connections around Cryptopsy, reaching back through Karl Sanders and forward to Grave. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Cryptopsy is a Canadian death metal band from Montreal. Founded in 1988, the band initially consisted of drummer Mike Atkin, guitarist Steve Thibault, and vocalist Dan "Lord Worm' Greening. The band initially formed in 1988 under the name Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, releasing numerous demos before disbanding and reforming with new members Dave Galea and Flo Mounier in 1991, eventually renaming to Cryptopsy and releasing their debut album, Blasphemy Made Flesh, followed by their second album, None So Vile, which is regarded as an influential cult classic in the death metal underground. To date the band have released nine albums, two EPs, and a live album.

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CryptopsyKarl SandersImmolationGraveScarveGraveThe AmentaInsisionBilly StringsDew-ScentedSuffocationNileMorbid AngelDeathSkinlessInternal BleedingHate EternalMalevolent Creation200 Stab Wounds

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Cryptopsy connections

Cryptopsy grew out of Karl Sanders, Immolation, Grave and Scarve, shares an orbit with Nile, Morbid Angel, Death and Skinless, went on to shape Grave, The Amenta, Insision and Billy Strings. 19 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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