CRYPTOPSY to Reissue First Demo “Ungentle Exhumation” on April 11th

Though now revered as the most vile band in death metal, before Ungentle Exhumation, CRYPTOPSY were still just a whisper among the Canadian underground.

Now, three decades later, as the legendary band prepare to release the follow-up to their JUNO Award winning last album, Season of Mist is reissuing their first demo.

“Ungentle Exhumation was the first release in the band’s transition from Necrosis to Cryptopsy”, says drummer Flo Mounier. “It’s more death-metal type music. The songs have more blasts, more chunky grooves, and were recorded on good old analog, in one room, with all the musicians together!”

Season of Mist is reissuing Ungentle Exhumation on April 11, 2025.

➤ Pre-order: https://redirect.season-of-mist.com/CryptopsyReissues

After settling on a new name and several lineup changes, Cryptopsy recorded their first demo as a five-piece in 1993. While the band would go on to re-record most of these songs for their blasphemous full-length debut, Ungentle Exhumation already bore their unmistakable mark on death metal. “Gravaged: A Cryptopsy” is split open by the hair-raising screech and brutal barks of Lord Worm, while Flo Mounier flogs closer “Mutant Christ” with unhinged technical precision.

Dig back into the first demo from the most vile band in technical death metal.

Tracklist:
1. Gravaged: A Cryptopsy (3:06)
2. Abigor (3:45)
3. Back to the Worms (3:32)
4. Mutant Christ (4:24)
Total runtime 14:47

Even the most legendary heroes have their downfall. Back at the end of the 2000s, the underground had left Cryptopsy for dead thanks to an album that’s best left unspoken. But when the recent JUNO Award winners returned from critic-imposed exile in 2011, they reclaimed their crown as the most vile band in death metal with their self-titled album.

“The self-titled album brought Cryptopsy back to its true intention, which is pushing brutal death metal to the utmost extremes”, says drummer and founding member Flo Mounier. “It marks the beginning of our resurgence”.

The songs needed time to cook, but once guitarist John Levesseur and Flo Mounier started jamming, they rediscovered the right balance between jazzy experimentation and brutal technical proficiency on Cryptopsy. “Ominous” still reigns as the only song in their 36 year history with a downtuned guitar, while future set list staple “Two-Pound Torch” introduced their patented, squirming fishhook riff.

The reissued version of Cryptopsy’s self-titled album is now available on Season of Mist. Order: https://redirect.season-of-mist.com/CryptopsySelfTitled

Though it pulled them back from the brink, Cryptopsy’s self-titled album was only the beginning. The Canadians continued their brutal resurgence on the double during the mid-2010s with two neck-snapping EPs.

The Book of Suffering was always meant as a companion piece. Cryptopsy framed Tome I around the concept of those phobophiles among us who inflict suffering (including a twisted-but-true tale of a Greyhound bus trip gone horribly awry). Meanwhile, Tome II shifts perspective to those who’ve escaped their tormentors. “Sire of Sin “ – a ripping escape from a notorious religious cult – quickly turned into a staple in the band’s ever-mutating setlist.

“The band is once again at the forefront of creative brutality“, Angry Metal Guy rejoiced.

Now, for the first time, fans can own both EPs on one combined LP when Season of Mist reissues The Book of Suffering this Friday, December 13.

Order: https://shop.season-of-mist.com/list/cryptopsy-the-book-of-suffering

This summer, Cryptopsy are bringing relentless carnage all over Europe alongside Decapitated, Warbringer and Carnation.

“Europe, get ready!”, Cryptopsy says. “With over 30 dates across the continent, this tour promises relentless energy, crushing riffs and unforgettable nights”

Infernal Bloodshed Over Europe 2025
May 1 – Kopervik, NO @ Karmbygeddon*
May 3 – London, UK @ Incineration Festival
May 4 – Exeter, UK @ Phoenix
May 5 – Cardiff, UK @ The Globe
May 6 – Newcastle, UK @ Anarchy Brewery
May 7 – Glasgow, UK @ Slay
May 8 – Manchester, UK @ Academy 2
May 9 – Birmingham, UK @ XOYO
May 10 – Nottingham, UK @ Rescue Rooms
May 11 – Norwich, UK @ The Waterfront
May 13 – Lille, FR @ The Black Lab
May 14 – Enschede, NL @ Metropool
May 15 – Munich, DE @ Backstage
May 16 – Aarau, CH @ KiFF
May 17 – Lindau, DE @ Vaudeville
May 18 – Vienna, AT @ Szene
May 19 – Budapest, HU @ Dürer Kert
May 20 Prague, CZ @ Fuchs2
May 21 – Schweinfurt, DE @ Stattbahnhof
May 22 – Dresden, DE @ Blauer Salon
May 23 – Krakow, PL @ Hype Park
May 24 – Warsaw, PL @ Proxima
May 26 – Berlin, DE @ Hole44
May 27 – Aarhus, DK @ Voxhall
May 28 – Hamburg, DE @ Logo
May 29 – Vechta, DE @ Gulfhaus
May 30 – Dortmund, DE @ Junkyard
May 31 – Sint-Niklaas, BE @ Casino
June 1 – Paris, FR @ La Machine
June 3 – Frankfurt, DE @ Das Bett
June 4 – Karlsruhe, DE @ Substage
June 5 – Milan, IT @ Legend Club
June 6 – Bologna, IT @ Locomotiv
June 7 – Lyon, FR @ Lions Metal Fest
June 8 – Maastricht, NL @ South of Heaven
*Decapitated Only