CRYPTOPSY - None So Vile cassette

Dissonant Tapes release

CASSETTE REISSUE OF THE BRUTAL DEATH METAL MASTERPIECE "NONE SO VILE" BY CANADIAN LEGENDS CRYPTOPSY. ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN 1996. ONE OF THE GREATEST ALBUMS OF ALL TIME!!!!

Officially licensed by Season of Mist and with approval by Cryptopsy

Limited to 400 copies
Includes: 7 panel insert

None So Vile is regarded as one of the most influential death metal albums of the 1990s, inspiring many later acts and musicians in both the technical death and brutal death metal subgenres.[17] Metal Hammer contended that the album is a "must-have for any extreme metal fan’s collection" and William York of AllMusic called the album "near perfection" by the genre's standards.[18][19] In congruence, Ultimate Guitar senior editor David Slavković called the album "technical perfection," and expressed his belief that Cryptopsy drummer Flo Mounier could be one of the greatest death metal drummers of all time.[20]

In 2016, Travis Marmon of Vice referred to None So Vile as "32 minutes of arguably the most brutal, technically demanding metal ever made." He said: "This group of high-caliber musicians created something completely savage: a combo of brutality and technicality that few could touch before or since, with a distinct image and theatricality that separated them from the likes of Suffocation or Cannibal Corpse. Along with their more avant-garde contemporaries Gorguts, Cryptopsy set the bar for extreme metal in Quebec. The province has become a tech-death haven in the past two decades, producing bands like Neuraxis and First Fragment, who have pushed the instrumental skill of their forefathers even further. But even beyond eastern Canada, any slam death band who can make music with actual replay value must have None So Vile on heavy rotation."[16]

In 2022, Metal Hammer named None So Vile as one of the greatest metal releases of 1996. The site's staff wrote: "It's impossible to talk about technical death metal without mentioning this second album from Montreal’s Cryptopsy. Sit back and revel in the twisted lyricism of vocalist Lord Worm - served via an unholy torrent of inhuman gutturals and demonic shrieks - whilst the hyper blasts of 'Crown Of Horns' and 'Slit Your Guts' disturbing tremolo picking offset by relentless breakdowns pound your cranium into ruthless submission. Brutal and beautifully chaotic, None So Vile remains the pinnacle in the band's discography and is a must-have for any extreme metal fan’s collection."[21] In 2025, Joe DiVita of Loudwire named None So Vile as the best death metal album of 1996, saying: "This is death metal at its most untamed."[22]