Cryptopsy - None So Vile

Lord Worm (Dan Greening) provided the vocals for *None So Vile* before leaving the band, though he would later return for their 2005 album *Once Was Not*. His intensely guttural delivery became a defining characteristic of this specific record. The album also features Flo Mounier, whose extreme drumming speed is widely celebrated in the death metal community.

*None So Vile* features the fretless bass work of Eric Langlois, which gave the album a distinct, clanky low-end sound. Langlois joined the band for this 1996 release and was notably featured wearing a jockstrap in the album's liner notes. His playing style added a layer of rhythmic complexity to the band's technical death metal approach.

The intro to the opening track "Crown of Horns" features a line spoken by the demon Pazuzu from the 1973 horror film *The Exorcist*. Director William Friedkin's voice famously delivers the line, "Your mother sucks cocks in hell, Karras." This sample perfectly set the blasphemous and dark tone for the rest of the brutal death metal record.

No, *None So Vile* did not spawn any official music videos, as Cryptopsy was strictly an underground phenomenon in 1996. The album gained its legendary status through word-of-mouth and tape trading within the extreme metal underground. It wasn't until years later with albums like *Whisper Supremacy* that the band received wider exposure on platforms like MTV.