While a goal of this kind of music is to appear utterly chaotic, it isn't chaos that you are hearing. It is total precision on a level you are just not accustomed to.

I like Cryptopsy and this album is classic, but not what I would use to introduce death metal to someone.

Lol! This song is a fuckin' masterpiece, but man, I cannot even imagine hearing this as someone who hasn't already been introduced, and gotten into the genre already. Definitely got thrown into the deep in with this. You handled it well hahah.

As a metalhead I had to laugh. Just so you know, not all death metal is like this. The requester really threw you in the deep end hahahaha

Flo Mournier is one of the best extreme metal drummer of all time

you guys started him out on cryptopsy? lol damn thats savage.

YES!!!!!!!! Been trying to get people to react to Cryptopsy forever. You're the first that's taken the bait. This definitely takes some getting used to. In 1996 when this came out, it was probably the fastest, heaviest album ever produced. Try the song "Eaten" by Bloodbath for a good starter song for death metal. It's slower, simpler, and super catchy. Either the studio version or live at Wacken are both good versions.

DUDE!! Whoever recommended this song is awesome! This is one of my favorite Cryptopsy songs!

I sometimes forget that I like this album. They have a lot of good riffs here. I was surprised to see this on here because of how brutal they are. But yeah, I 100% second the suggestion to listen to the band "Death". They are the pioneers of the death metal genre. They aren't nearly as intense and chaotic as the kind of stuff Cryptopsy was doing here, so I imagine you'll have an easier listen. I would start with the song "Symbolic". Death is the perfect entry band into the genre.

Certified death metal classic right here, man. 😭

Most of us started off with death, morbid angel, cryptopsy is one of those you gotta get your ears ready for, because then you know what to look for, it does sound really fast, but the Beauty for metal is that is has rythmic subdivisions

Starting to listen to death metal with cryptopsy is like starting to get into spicy food by drinking an entire bottle of habañero sauce

This is awsome that you reacted to this! Lord Worms singing is amazing! He's an english teacher now... you've got a new subscriber

The band Death is unlike the genre their credited in creating. One of the only bands to have a flawless discography. Human, symbolic, and the sound of perseverance. Three absolutely incredible albums. Please react to the song symbolic with lyrics. I love your channel, it’s nice to see someone with an open mind trying new things. Rust in peace by megadeth Symbolic by Death Both are heavy, but the subject matter and musicianship is something you’ll love.

aw man, they really did pull into this, did they? This album is actually technical death metal, which is when death metal has combinations of unusual rhythm, unusual melody, unusual time signature, and/or high tempo. Take for example Necrophagist, which is slower than this, but filled with more "conversation" between the guitars. This album has another unique characteristic that isn't really found inn other tech death metal albums, and its that it actually dips its toes into brutal death metal territory. Arguably, it is THE starter album if you want to get into the likes of Suffocation, Defeated Sanity, Putridity, and Devourment. It is often argued (annd accepted) as a Brutal Death album. FYI, brutal death metal just takes every component of Death Metal and makes every single part of it heavier (that is, more oppressive.) So here we have Technical/Brutal Death metal song, and its your first time listening to it. Would you, then, being the risk taker you are, mind listening to "Artifacts of Desolation" by "Defeated Sanity"? If Phobophile is technical death metal just getting into brutal death metal, then Artifacts of Desolation is fully committed Brutal Death with huge amounts of Tech death elements. Technical Brutal Death Metal, if you will (annd is accepted as such.) Granted, its a very acquired taste, especially for the constannt time signature changes, wierd time signatures, constant shifting of the tonnal center, unusual melody (if there is one) of Tech Brute death, but I'd love to see your reaction of its sheer oppressiveness and its noncommital approach to any type of tone or rhythm (this constant shifting of rhythm is actually why you say you can't seem to find a rhythm in Phobophile. It just changes. A lot.) thank you, Dulg

Death Metal (in general) is existential commentary. It’s not promotional of any lifestyle or worldview. It’s about grappling with mortality. I’m not a fan myself, musically, but the extreme presentation is not really a characteristic of the people who listen to it. Most are kind and considerate people. It’s chaotic and wild, but so is the vast majority of the universe. Most death metalheads I’ve met are extremely gentle and quiet in all other aspects of their life. Thoughtful, as odd as it may seem.

"The dinosaurs didn't go extinct. They went underground and started death metal.💀"

Love how the song picked was of course a song on the album that starts of classical comes into a nice bassline than goes full Brutal death in an instant 😆 loved the video🤘

I dare him...to react to Suffocation, Mortician, Nile, Devourment, Skinless, Disgorge, Deeds of Flesh, Dying Fetus & Broken Hope. & that's a double dare.

This is so wholesome, dude! Small detail: This was the very FIRST death metal record I ever bought! I was fifteen ;)

You took this like a boss.

And it's always kind of hilarious watching anyone react to really extreme metal

This made me smile! Love Cryptopsy and what a great intro to Death Metal

One of the best death metal bands of all time. This song and record is a classic. It was groundbreaking when it came. Lord worm on vocals. Doesn't get better then that. ;)

You'll eventually like it. As you get more into metal, you'll find yourself wanting songs to be heavier and more technical. I remember hearing a song from these guys last year and feeling that this was way too much. But now that I've listened to a lot of old school and technical death metal, I really enjoyed listening to this song through the video. I also strangely found some of the riffs melodic 😕. I love your content by the way. You've earned a new subscriber

As a death metal guitarist your reaction was so entertaining 😂 ❤ Listen to Death 🤘

I remember I was in a pub after my first tattoo, which was the Cryptopsy logo. The pub was supposedely a metal pub so I tricked the staff to play this and they stopped it half-way.

Actually someone is reacting to good death metal! I love your reaction!

Liked this! Even if you thought it was a jumbled mess.. Lol. Deicide is a good "beginner" death metal band, meaning you can understand some of the vocals.

Escuchar esto sin conocimiento del genero parecera solo ruido. Pero el grado de tecnicismo que tiene este tema es brutal. Todo el álbum es genial.

Major props to you for sticking it out!!! I would LOVE to see you react to something from Cryptopsy later in their career, like something off of “And then you’ll beg”, or, “Cryptopsy”. Their career has been marred by lineup changes and label woes, but they are still putting out killer, brutal death metal, with the one kinda sorta original member, Flo.

Wow, you got thrown in at the deep end lol. Cool that you had an open minded reaction to it though. Tech death is tricky if you're not accustomed to it. It definitely take time to develop an appreciation for it, but when you do, oh man, it's special stuff.

Just been talking bout this... somehow;) I know you appreciate good music.. technical skills. You have to check out death! Chuck Schuldiner the mastermind behind death was a genius. Steve digiorgino is one of the best bass players in the scene and gene hoglan the drummer, is called the atomic clock... best thrash drummer around.. they were first wave death metal, but they have outgrown that death metal thing.. call it prog death... just one of the greatest metal bands.. chuck schuldiner died in 2001 a legend You have to do anything from symbolic or individual thought patterns... pure gold

When my relationship with my fiance was new, I asked her to listen to "Benedictine Convulsions" by Cryptopsy. She did and she also laughed. She thought it was one of the most ridiculous things she had ever heard and I completely agreed with her. Death metal is and can be a bizarre form of music, but it really clicks with some people. If you ever get into it, this album is considered to be a seminal classic through and through.

This guys lit. Instead of freaking out when first hearing the craziness hes just like hey dats good

You have to love how the song just hits you in the face and DOESNT apologize at all. haha

Damn well done! Made me remember how crazy this shit is seeing another guy who isn’t as used to it! I’m subscribing and liking!

He said no rhythm. Lmao. This is possibly the most complex and most talented musical art form on earth. Pop artists gotta love em.

Not all death metal is this extreme. To get a better taste of Death metal I would suggest listening to the band Death. Or early Opeth . Spirit Crusher by Death is a classic. Rock on brother ! 🤘

One of my favorite Death Metal songs...(from a thrash fan) You've got a new subscriber.

There drummer Is fucking insane. Saw them in concert a couple times dude looks like a hummingbird when he plays lol

Dope reaction man. Thanks for keeping an open mind. I love this album. It's not worth trying to figure out the lyrics, just treat the vocals as another percussive instrument. This is "brutal death metal" and Cryptopsy is one of the greats as far as brutal death goes along with Suffocation. If you wanted to learn more about regular death metal there are much easier ways to gain entry into the genre, and yes, it's something that you do get an ear for the more you listen to it. You could probably start with "Death", one of the pioneers of death metal as a fair entry point, but maybe some more modern stuff would be a good way to jump in. It would be fun to hear a reaction to something like Archspire - Involuntary Doppleganger (check out the lyric video). I think stuff like them, and unironically Dethklok are good entry level death metal.

riffs and drums on this album are wild

all hail Lord Worm..!! Googooogaagaaarrggh..!!

Check "Flo Mornier rehearsing Phobophile" (drums cam)!!!

Man this album is outstanding. So funny that you started at THIS hahaha. Props to you for not just turning it off immediately. That's Flo Mournier on the drums he is not human

Well said brother!! You DO develope an ear for this type of metal.. respect your insight and the fact you made that comment. Cheers!

My man... You are listening to one of the earliest bands to hit an 11 on the musical harshness/extreme scale. This is technical brutal death metal. Death metal typically hits the 10 mark and even has many 9s for the more pleasant and melodic side haha. Try death, Eucharist, carcass heartwork, at the gates the red in the sky is ours, quo vadis or something else. ;)

this is why i'm not listening to nu-metal or deathcore, we have Death Metal, and it's much much better !!!! hhh

I just showed this song to my mother. And then explained the lyrics. lololololo

Thanks for picking up on the challenge, I can understand that this sound pretty weird when it's something you've never heard before. Took me a few years of being a metalhead to get into heavier stuff, like brutal or technical death metal (even though Cryptopsy prob. is more ol' school, but they have a pretty unique sound they have). Seen them once, did speak to the vocalist afterward, he's a damn nice guy! Now a days, and when in the mood, anything but some brutal death is kinda boring. All the best, and greetings from Sweden \m/

The smile on your face says it all 🤟

Yeah, the requests really threw you in the proverbial _"Death Metal _*_Deep End"_* here. 😅 Great survival, you made it through champ! 🤘

Major props my man. It is definitely crazy the first time you listen to it and it 8s definitely an acquired taste. Your ears really have to get used to listening to something like this to be able to hear the different rhythms . This is one of those songs where if you listen to it a couple of months, or years from now ( after listening to more metal) you will come back to it and be like, oh, THIS is it. Brutality and technicality, once your ear can distinguish the complex order inside the chaos, you will appreciate it that much more. Bands to check out: Death, Morbid Angel, Obituary, Kataklysm, Cannibal Corpse, Carcass, Napalm Death, Dying Fetus, hell more Cryptopsy. Thanks again bro, they don't get much crazier than this haha.

I reacted the same as you about the drummer.. That guy left his brains at the drums.. amazing..

Always start with the legends. This album is a masterpiece.

LOL. I remember the first time I listened to "Reign in Blood" by Slayer and my ears/brain just didn't know how to process it, and I had already listened to the likes of Megadeth and Metallica at that point. I couldn't imagine what it would be like to listen to freaking Cryptopsy as my first introduction to death metal. I would have zero clue how to process it. Once you train your ears though, there is so much you will be able to pick up on. This song is actually quite melodic and classically inspired as far as I'm concerned. I have always wanted to listen to a piano cover of this song just for that reason, but unfortunately that's never happened. When I heard this album for the first time the one thing that stood out to me the most was the drums. I had already listened to death metal by that point, but I had never heard drums quite as fast as I had listening to this album.

Imagine someone asks you for metal recommendations and you throw them to the sharks with this one

Death metal music as always full of energy and ultra guitar , bass and drums skills

The rhythm is there, its just 180+bpm. The key is thinking of it as half time. A great death metal song is Shadowfear by Vader. Its brutal, but you can easily hear everything

One of my favorite songs, for real

Adding this to my playlist lol

lmaooooo already of my favourite reactions to any metal songs

YES! YOU DID IT! FUCK YEAH! Watching now....

I saw them live 10 years ago . They are beast in show . Lead singer coming on stage on a coffing and eating worms from a chalice . Creepy but it was hell of an experience great band from Montréal Canada . I would suggest you some awesome technical death metal from Beyond Creation every song is a complex piece of music but not hard to dive into .

Ugh that bass at the beginning of the song..as a drummer i only practiced bass to play the intro to phobophile . Cryptopsy is iconic .

Amazing album! Benedictine Convulsions is an absolute favorite of mine

Hahaha man, as people mentioned they really threw you in the deep end here, but you handled it pretty damn well! I had pretty much the same reaction the first time I heard this shit, but now I love it, and by your reaction I think you'll probably grow to enjoy it more and more. Got yourself a new subscriber! You should check out some stuff by Suffocation. Funeral Inception and Blood Oath are two absolutely crushing ones.

Definitely try Death.. just be aware.. Death changed massively with each album..

I like how I knew what was coming when he was hearing the piano, funny.

these videos are great

This man needs Sepultura - Beneath the Remains. What the fuck are you doing throwing him to the wolves like this first???

Not surprised its not for everybody. Also this is like balls deep into Death Metal ain’t no beginner shit

Darkthrone - Cromlech. a good death metal song by a Norwegian band that later on became known for Norwegian black metal (which you should check out next after death metal) As for the new York style death metal: Suffocation - Pierced from within. And for the florida style death metal: Morbid angel - Dawn of the angry. For melodic death metal: At the gates - suicide nation. those are four good songs to start...remember to pull the up the lyrics as you listen, that will help lol

This video was great and so was your attitude. Cryptopsy is sick, definitely a hard listen though lol If you want to get into the more extreme realm I’d recommend some older/old school death metal to start with. Something like Pull the Plug by Death, or Spheres of Madness by Decapitated Hitting subscribe for you highlighting and giving the underground a chance. 🤘

Archspire Bleed the future reaction would be highly entertaining.🤘

At least you have a chance to a real extreme metal band. Respect.

You starting off with cryptopsy?? Very nice 😗👌

1:20 “make that Tea & Crumpets to go!”😆

Excelent Technical Brutal Death Metal album

A lot of the production quality was not that great on some of the older metal. But on top of that, digital audio file formats and their file compression schemes greatly harm metal music. If you were to listen to the original record or even the CD compared to the file that had to be uploaded to KZfaq there's a huge difference. The file compression turns guitars like this into white noise. The original MP3 file format and it's compression algorithm was optimized for just human speech. And works well for those frequencies. But anything outside of that it does terribly with. Especially drum cymbals, and distorted guitars.

The lyrics are hilarious. The band is French Canadian. Super great guys.

hahahaha My man you really got a kickstart into metal here, Cryptopsy's early works are too heavy even for most metalheads. Kudos and respect

I dare you lol to listen to Funeral hymn by Exodus or and Honey Bucket by Melvins. You ll love it. I guarantee you will

Classical and metal have more in common than you think

“Turned Inside Out” - Obituary This song shares a similar tone but is much easier to follow.

Hahah! Please do more death metal bro!!

This is one of my favorite records, I haven't started the video yet but I did pour a shot. I'm ready as hell dog.

watching this while drinking 100 proof

opening pandoras box, i like you got pumped by thw dare, try crystal mountain by death or a drummer playing death metal is just a ride!

the best brutal technical death metal

I had Death's "Spiritual Healing" on cassette back in the day, and though I love Chuck's guitar playing, I just could never get the vocals. I always have loved thrash metal. Oh, and reggae..

Ok.. I can see you've delved in a little into death metal. I'll tell you something, straight up, right now.. death metal is fuckin addictive! Yeah, it's aggressive, hard to follow at times and the genre is vast, but, like fine wine, it matures and you grow into it. Stick with it, and you'll be rewarded in spades. The musicianship of some of these bands is absolutely phenomenal! I've been listening to rock and metal since I was 14-15. I'm 44 now. My passion for it grows deeper. My tastes have gotten heavier. I even started a metal radio several years ago which ran for 5 years. .. I haven't grown out of it yet.

As you've said you develop an ear for this type of music, if you've listened to it long enough. It might sound like utter chaos, but I can definitely hear the riffs and rhythm. It's there. ;)

Good shit for diving right in to cryptopsy. Lol Usually you’d wanna ease into this with some other kinds of more “relaxed” metal, but fuck it dive in. 😂

i must say at least his first run through was some real ass shit, there is nothing like this era cryptopsy

I believe the singer is expressing his battle with pondering malthusian tactics in the contemporary upheavel of the global marketplace.

When I heard him say grindcore I knew this was gonna be interesting.

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Well thats jumping off the deep end gg