Artist: CRYPTOPSY
Album: THE BOOK OF SUFFERING - TOME I + II VINYL (LP BLACK)

Release date: 13.12.2024
EAN/UPS: 822603009231
Media type: LP

After three decades of ungentle supremacy Cryptopsy still make blasphemy sound fresh, but many underground metalheads trace the JUNO Award winners’ resurgence to the two EPs they released during the mid-2010s.

“This is without a doubt the best material the band has released in the new century” Decibel wrote about the opening chapter of The Book of Suffering.
“The band is once again at the forefront of creative brutality” Angry Metal Guy wrote about the second chapter of The Book of Suffering.

“The Book of Suffering - Tome I”
As expected, Cryptopsy perform open face surgery with brutal technique on Tome I. Opener “Detritus (The One They Kept)” tears between manic riffs, precision blast beats and a skull-crushing breakdown. But with this EP, the Canadian band added a sick new narrative twist. Each song is bound and gagged by a gravaged tales of the phobophiles among us who inflict unthinkable suffering, including a twisted-but-true recount of a Greyhound bus trip gone horribly awry. The Book of Suffering: Tome I was released independently back in 2015, which over the years, made it harder to hunt down. Now that the EP has been reissued on CD, fans can finally suffer in peace.   

“The Book of Suffering - Tome II”
Cryptopsy cracked open this ongoing series by recounting the twisted-but-true tales of phobophiles who inflict unthinkable suffering. Tome II does shift perspective to those who’ve escaped their tormentors, but don’t get it twisted; this EP is still plenty of proof as to why they’re the most-vile band in the sordid history of death metal. “Sire of Sin” - a torturously fast escape from a notorious religious sex cult – quickly turned into a staple in the band’s ever-mutating setlist. The Book of Suffering: Tome II was released independently back in 2018, which over the years, made it harder to hunt down. Now that the EP has been reissued on CD, fans can finally suffer in peace.   


The Book Of Suffering - Tome I:

1. Detritus (The One They Kept) (04:33)
2. The Knife, The Head And What Remains (03:30)
3. Halothane Glow (04:21)
4. Framed By Blood (04:20)
    Total play time 0:16:47

The Book Of Suffering - Tome II:

1. The Wretched Living (04:51)
2. Sire Of Sin (04:27)
3. Fear His Displeasure (03:55)
4. The Laws Of The Flesh (04:28)
    Total play time 0:17:41

    Total play time 0:34:28