Cryptopsy on recording 'None So Vile,' touring it and Lord Worm eating worms | Aggressive Tendencies

Cryptopsy vocalist Matt McGachy and drummer Flo Mounier talk about how the former came to join the band and how he prepped to sing 'None So Vile' in its entirety. They both reveal their favourite songs from the effort. Mounier reflects on the process of recording the album, including the myths of Lord Worm's alcohol and worm consumption, though he doesn't remember much about the touring cycle. Both members reflect on their proudest moments accomplished thanks to the band. May 23, 2017.
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[@anthonytenkku43]

I think Flo hates talking about None So Vile, it seems like he really rejects the fact that everyone agrees that None So Vile is their best record, and it probably always will be.

[@ScoopMeisterGeneral]

Their first 2 albums are always going to be the best.

[@DrFaust-pr8vw]

@@ScoopMeisterGeneral by the first 2, you mean BMF and NSV, and not BMF and the ep, right? Lol

[@ScoopMeisterGeneral]

@@DrFaust-pr8vw Obviously.

[@BlastbeatsLOL]

@@DrFaust-pr8vw Ungentle Exhumation is a demo, not an EP.

[@braxtonfps3580]

With their current lineup none so vile will never be topped.

[@johnlynchjnr]

I saw Cryptopsy in Cork in Ireland. There was about 150 people there. It was the Once Was Not tour when Lord Worm was back with them. He had his chalice. He ate loads of worms. Two of my good buddies had a worm each. No way was I having one. They were huge and alive. One of the best gigs I've been to. Lord Worm is like a man possessed.

[@AggressiveTendencies]

That's so awesome! They played near me while touring that album but had to miss it. Goddamn.

[@dixb.floppin798]

I'm sorry to hear you passed up the chance of being given a worm by Lord Worm himself :(

[@HearthVader]

I saw them in Vancouver on that tour as well. It was insane. It was at the Balmoral Hotel which has since been shut down for being one of the most drugged out, vermin infested, dilapidated slums in the entire city. Words dont do justice just how gross this place was. The venue itself was this tiny, cramped room with virtually no stage but a riser barely a foot off the floor. Lord Worm was right up in everybody's business, doing the whole chalice bit, grabbing people by the hair pulling them up to the stage, sweating on all of us. The whole thing was so surreal honestly. One of my most memorable show experiences by far. The venue being as disgusting as it was was the icing on the cake. I thankfully never stepped foot in there again, but I'm glad I got to experience Cryptopsy there of all places.

[@doublemarvellous5525]

I was at that gig in the Cruiscín and ate a worm. I was totally obsessed with that album.

[@alancantrell7048]

@@AggressiveTendencies I was at the gig too but missed out on a worm. Was an amazing gig. I even got the bus up to Dublin the next day to catch them again in the music centre.

[@SOGNAMETAL]

*FLO, YOU CAN DEFINITELY BE PROUD AS FUCK! YOU RELEASED ONE OF THE GREATEST MASTERPIECES IN DEATH METAL HISTORY.*

[@AggressiveTendencies]

Hell yeah!

[@jamesoreilly777]

None so vile... Best album I've ever heard, massive fan.

[@Jeffmetal42]

Lord Worm fed me one of the slimy, dirt tasting worms. After a few weeks removed from that time seeing them, it was only then I thought ,"you know... I could have just spit it out." Lol, was fucking awesome. My mom and I spoke to Lord Worm for a while after the show. Super nice dude! We were talking about our love for thrash metal, especially Sepultura.

[@mgray82]

They should get a new singer named Lord Sperm

[@devoureddeath222]

Totes for real, dude

[@elfarra6660]

Lord Cum

[@ov6021]

​@devoureddeath222 Then he'd have to drink a chalice of his or someone's sperm

[@ChuggShreDiner]

Imagine if Flo was not sick at the time of recordings of None So Vile..

[@loboahriman7680]

It could have been worse. I know personally as a drummer that when I'm under extra duress, like sleep deprivation or hangover, I play even better. Just because my intrusive mind is distracted by these extra obstacles to interfere with the drumming. I've heard that philosophy from others as well. Being backed in a corner without the option flight will often give you some rad results.

[@TomN4ling]

He played the blast beat from crown of horns live at 350bpm.

[@6.thedollar415]

@@TomN4ling where

[@TomN4ling]

@@6.thedollar415 On a live footage of 1996. Its here on youtube not hard to find.

[@6.thedollar415]

@@TomN4ling found it, what the fuck

[@willlerch8394]

every comment here: OLD VOCALIST GOOD NEW VOCALIST BAD

[@greatdiosghosties2762]

Are you slow?

[@CTSHXC]

Matt has amazing vocals fry

[@ScreamingMoon]

Came to reiterate this point! Again!

[@soliderfromtf2]

Matt had a bad first impression. He's actually doing really well now. Solid 2nd best vocalist. Below lord worm but I think he's better than mike.

[@CripplingDuality]

@@soliderfromtf2 Listen to None So Live, Martin LaCroix is a much better vocalist than McGachy. It doesn't matter, though, Cryptopsy has been a generic deathcore band for most of their life now. For that, they have good enough hired hands and a vocalist who fits the dime-a-dozen mush they're putting out, but it's categorically false to suggest it approaches what they did in their prime.

[@ars_moriendi.official]

I miss Lord Worm. If only he'd come back again and give us that double album he had mentioned before he left again.. once was not is a very underrated album and one of my favorites

[@Breeelax]

I am sooooo stoked to see them with Dying Fetus in November. I love their music.

[@nafariousone8453]

I saw these guys in 2016 for the first time. Met Matt briefly to express my appreciation for the show and is work. Really cool guy and he does enjoy the fans to the max. He took time out to sell shirts and talk with all of us. Great show! Great band!

[@AggressiveTendencies]

He's really nice, eh? I like that he knew the band but wasn't a super fan and ended up moulding himself to what they needed.

[@andrewdow6623]

I don't care what anyone says, mat is a great performer. Met him after the show as well and he was a genuinely nice guy and he really cares about the fans. Kicked the shit out of me with his hair as I was a foot from him the entire show lol

[@biinja]

Flo Mounier is the fucking GOAT

[@alc4117]

i don't care what people say. matt is doing a great job. people need to get the fuck over lord worm. we'll always have the work he's given us.

[@AggressiveTendencies]

I saw them with Matt and thought he did a fine job!

[@NateSmith87]

LORD WORM embodied physically and lyrically what CRYPTOPSY stood for.

[@Alannaki4970]

I was at the first return of lord worm. It was the first "none so vile" tour at the old "Key Club " on sunset Blvd in Hollywood!!!! amazing.. I've been hooked on this band ever since! Especially with influences leaking into my writing style.

[@AggressiveTendencies]

That's badass!

[@chrisdeangelis4616]

That tour was IN-Sane. Just an amazing set!

[@humanice2]

Nice they mentioned Iceland, I was on that show :)

[@ulligulli3030]

Ég öfunda þig

[@jason30strange]

Hell yeah. Seems like a bad ass country to catch a good metal show. Has to be better than Louisiana for a change. Ha.

[@kennethmartinez1167]

All these comments about cryptopsy singers and no one is gonna mention Mike desolvo?

[@Joonasvarp]

first two albums are great, but i think once was not is really close being the best. it has amazing audio quality for being this kind of music, and i dont mean death metal should have great quality but on that album it was spot on.

[@JoeSamsonMedArt]

That really is a great album, I don't think there's really another death metal album like it.

[@bjornvantoorn]

Like every incarnation. Has a different vibe every time/album. Takes some strong musical skills to pull it off in every form. It would sends most of the bands back to the drawing board, not being able to adapt. Every release seems to have some kick ass songwriting and brilliant riffs and timing parts. I like bands that can keep evolving and adapt. Tip my hat to them!

[@AggressiveTendencies]

I'm with ya. Unbelievable band and evolution, despite Flo being the only constant.

[@adrienpiette6746]

I saw these guys in Ottawa when they replaced Black Dahlia Murder. Good band.

[@corpsefiend2270]

GOD BAND*

[@Sinxytlol3]

What pisses me off is how people shit on matt . I too prefer Lord worm but people have to realize that he left.

[@ridleysomeliana-lauer5814]

Matt’s been in the band for over a decade now. Y’all can quit crying whenever. Pansies

[@CripplingDuality]

'''pansies''' for liking a vocalist who doesn't write or sound like he's on the rag lmao project more.

[@forrestoellermann9462]

Cryptopsy has the most toxic fan base in metal Jesus

[@spidermancereal]

Singer remind me of the asian Dude at the end of Bloodsport movie. The buff guy.

[@bigdaddynasty69]

chong lee !!!! chong lee!!!

[@paulphoenix1669]

Saw them the other night in Dublin and they killed it! I always feel it must be strange for vocalists who came after the bands highest point. Like the new Cryptopsy album is great and they sounded great, but the crowd wanted to hear None So Vile. Must be tiring The same with Sepultura, even though Quadra was actually phenomenal , the fans still want to hear the Cavalera classics. Need to be respectful towards the band. Love from ireland x

[@isaacdissonance3967]

New shit please flo fucking beast!!!

[@ritualdeathmetal]

Flo is like 5 years older than my dad but looks 20 years younger than him

[@supermetallicman]

Whats wrong with new vocalist? Lord worm was top tier and so is the new singer. I swear this band saved my ass and got me back on my feet

[@dogfaceboye2906]

None so... well enunciated.

[@LHondrums]

0:15 says you...

[@braxtonfps3580]

He's the worst replacement they could have got. How they thought he was good is beyond me

[@ov6021]

​@braxtonfps3580, you guys are crybabies aren't you

[@DrHoChi]

Matt McGachy isn’t cryptopsy‘s vocalist, idgaf what anyone says

[@OnkelTomAngelripper1]

Then you're objectively wrong.

[@ScoopMeisterGeneral]

But he literally is though.

[@SpiralDream]

Shitty deathcore vocalist. Should have booted him after that Unspoken King fiasco

[@marcoabreo6506]

Get over it bitch

[@cameron5367]

@@SpiralDream for one deathcore vocalists have 50 times more range than dm vocalists, secondly it wasn't matt's choice on the new direction, the band wanted to do something different and matt happened to fit that, thirdly his vocals on their two new ep's and their self titled were excellent.

[@SamirSiqueira]

I saw them for first time here in Brazil in 2014 with Matt , it's fuckin insane but i wish it was with Lord Worm....fortunately they played almost whole None so Vile!!

[@AlienInvasionDefenceSystem]

@3:15 Flo gets rudely interrupted by this other dude. Wtf - dude not cool. Flo was trying to talk about some OG shit. Cool story bro

[@ov6021]

Dude, he did remember the worm thing when flo mentioned the chalice, so hey, he got a little overexcited

[@SkenGMD]

Benedictine convulsions is so good

[@billywiththebulgingbaloonb5105]

AND THEN WE FUCKED IT.

[@pablotepa13]

Bring back Lord Worm.

[@jeanlefebvreGenX]

Fuck no

[@Admiral_Bongo]

He left the band because of bad health and it doesn't really seem like he wants to be back in the band, too. Get over it, he didn't write the music anyways, only the lyrics.

[@KnjazNazrath]

He didn't have nodules, he just said that so he had an excuse to leave and join Rage Nucleaire.

[@shredfactor7]

He was terrible so... no

[@ogskywalker5669]

if you dont like lord worm why listen to the band you weirdo fuck😆😆😆😆

[@battousai12]

Does Flo even age???

[@zaharijamclovin5517]

Hahaha how old is he exactly? Dude looks like he's in early 30s XD

[@battousai12]

@@zaharijamclovin5517 Flo is 49, now. Still blasting the fucking beats after 30+ years.

[@The667tony]

No lord no cryptopsy. That's the fucking truth!

[@ov6021]

That ain't the truth

[@The667tony]

@ov6021 not saying the band sucks without him but imagine guns and roses without Axl on vocals. Suffocation is an amazing band but it isn't as good without frank on vocals. Some people are irreplaceable.

[@ov6021]

@@The667tony while that maybe some people have reasons to leave either accept or don't and cry about

[@The667tony]

@@ov6021 face to face,I'd give you a slap. Fool

[@Michael_Michaels]

0:12 let's agree to disagree on that...

[@KreuhmanO]

Matt McGachis, sans avoir rien contre lui néanmoins, mais pas pour Cryptopsy !

[@trias2398]

rather decent cryptopsy singer ... xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[@gustanoid]

Lmao

[@rahorakhty13]

Eating worms like spaghetti!

[@redcorn666]

Lord worm cryptopsy the best ever The new singer just plain sucks bring back the worm / old school cryptopsy

[@williamestrada8936]

↗️⬆️↗️⬆️

[@thegreathambone]

Matt is the superior vocalist. Maybe wasn’t as an oddity on stage but he’s definitely the better performer and artist

[@ethanwhittaker798]

False

[@thegreathambone]

@@ethanwhittaker798 the beauty of opinions…. Amirite?

[@ethanwhittaker798]

@@thegreathambone urite :)

[@galileogalilei6936]

@@thegreathamboneno

[@thegreathambone]

@@galileogalilei6936 yes

[@bubudread]

Never a fan of lordword. I did like a lot DiSalvo and I like the new one too.

[@alexanderqbe]

Fuck everything.. unspoken king was awesome 👏

[@hedonisticmisanthrope]

Hire me as your new singer. I can own all your material and I have far more stage presence.

[@benodell7906]

Bullshit, I've seen him twice... and my god, he is way better live than on record.

[@KnjazNazrath]

Hire this guy!

[@Cenot4ph]

Cryptopsy is shit now, Levasseur was one of the key members when it came to creativity and song writing. The band is dead

[@ogskywalker5669]

exactly i dont see how anyone could disagree with that😆😆

[@braxtonfps3580]

Makes me feel bad for Flo. Amazing drumming but used in a shit band. Oli and Flo are the best thing about cryptopsy now.

[@ov6021]

​@braxtonfps3580 you're all pansies

[@gustanoid]

So why would you start playing shitty teenager deathcore if you are proud of old albums?

[@victor_rm2]

I don’t like this vocals sing 🎤

[@fredrezfield1629]

sell out

[@Avarice21]

Probably one of the worst bands I've seen live.

[@user-xo1jb5nr4g]

Avarice21 really? must be be a dynamic live band because I've seen some amazing performances.

[@nackskott12]

Yeah, I saw them in late 2016 I think, and Cryptopsy were fucking amazing live then. Tight as fuck.

[@The667tony]

You’re a fucking idiot! Go watch winger you jackass!