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Canadian Cryptopsy have pushed the envelope within the technical, extreme metal genre since the early 90’s and accomplished an impressive run through a total of 7 studio albums so far, gathering a loyal worldwide following as well as massive acclaim in the media and among musicians for their relentless and over-the-top musical delivery. ‘The Best Of Us Bleed’ is an extensive compilation of the band’s career so far, divide into two discs with over 135 minutes of total playing time. The first disc is titled ‘16 Stabwounds’ and covers the more recent years, opening up with 3 exclusive, newer studio tracks from 2011, before heading into some highlights selected from the studio albums released on Century Media Records since the band’s signing to the label in 1998: “The Unspoken King” (2008), “Once Was Not” (2005), “And Then You’ll Beg” (2000) and “Whisper Supremacy” (1998). The second disc is titled “Bury The Past Alive” and encompasses the more obscure and rare side of things on this collection, starting out with classic cuts from Cryptopsys two initial and more underground studio albums “None So Vile” (1996) and “Blasphemy Made Flesh” (1994), then running through live recordings from different eras and with different band-line-up’s (from 1998, 2003 and 2004) and ending up with a very raw but effective 4-song rehearsal recording from 1998, which originally got the band signed to the label. Having toured relentlessly all over the globe for many years with other genre-leaders such as Dimmu Borgir, Vader, The Black Daliah Murder, Kataklysm, Suffocation, Candiria, Six Feet Under, Poison The Well, Nasum or Nile, Cryptopsy are widely recognized as one of the most powerful live-performers within their scene. “The Best Of Us Bleed” showcases a total of 4 different singers throughout the various episodes of the bands career and the featured variety of tracks unmistakably illustrates the progression of a band that restlessly redefined the boundaries of extreme music. This jam-packed 2CD compilation album clearly stresses Cryptopsy as leaders of their genre and most of all, as a band that continuously refused to stand still in a scene otherwise dominated by compromise and overly tactical musical approach. And as Decibel Magazine’s Adrien Begrand correctly puts it as part of his liner notes for this release, “It’s been a tumultuous 20-year ride, but Cryptopsys evolution has been fascinating to witness the entire time and. As long as there are boundaries in extreme metal, Cryptopsy will always be around to see just how far those boundaries can be stretched.” Track listing: 1. Boden-previously unreleased 2011 track 2. A Graceful Demise-previously unreleased 2011 track 3. Holodomor-previously unreleased 2011 track 4. Oh My Fucking God-Strapping Young Lad cover 5. Worship Your Demons-from The Unspoken King 2008 6. Silence The Tyrants-from The Unspoken King 2008 7. The Headsmen-from The Unspoken King 2008 8. Carrionshine-from Once Was Not 2005 9. The Pestilence That Walketh In Darkness (Psalm 91: 5-8) -from Once Was Not 2005 10. Endless Cemetery-from Once Was Not 2005 11. We Bleed-from And Then Youll Beg 2000 12. Soar and Envision Sore Vision-from And Then Youll Beg 2000 13. Voice Of Unreason-from And Then Youll Beg 2000 14. Cold Hate Warm Blood-from Whisper Supremacy 1998 15. White Worms-from Whisper Supremacy 1998 16. Emaciate-from Whisper Supremacy 1998 17. Phobophile-from None So Vile 1996 18. Slit Your Guts-from None So Vile 1996 19. Crown Of Horns-from None So Vile 1996 20. Defenestration-from Blasphemy Made Flesh 1994 21. Abigor-from Blasphemy Made Flesh 1994 22. Open Face Surgery-from None So Live 2003 23. Graves Of The Fathers / Drum Solo-from None So Live 2003 24. Shroud-from None So Live 2003 25. Born Headless-live-Japan bonus track 1999 26. Slit Your Guts-live-Japan bonus track 1999 27. Cold Hate, Warm Blood-live-Japan bonus track 2004 28. We Bleed-live-Japan bonus track 2004 29. White Worms-rehearsal demo from Whisper Supremacy sessions 1998 30. Loathe-rehearsal demo from Whisper Supremacy sessions 1998 31. Depths Youve Fallen-rehearsal demo from Whisper Supremacy sessions 1998 32. Cold Hate Warm Blood-rehearsal demo from Whisper Supremacy sessions 1998