CRYPTOPSY Drummer Flo Mounier - "We Play Music And Aren't Very Worried About Labels..."
May 29, 2008, 16 years ago
Spain's Hall Of Metal webzine has issued an interview with CRYPTOPSY drummer Flo Mounier. The following is an excerpt:
Q: Surely you have a lot of things to say in favor of the band about the great controversy your new album is generating. With The Unspoken King you have made a twist in your sound, turning your classical technical death metal into some sort of brutal deathcore metal. Why have you take that brave decision knowing in advance it would be a quite controversial turn?
A: "We play music and aren’t very worried about labels and catagorizing our style. Lets put it this way we’ve played and still play Extreme Music. The controversy wasn’t planned, the music was.
Q: Although lots of people have labeled your new sound as commercial metal stuff I don't agree at all. It is not what I really expected from you, it sounds up to date and modern but I don't really think your new stuff is easy to listen or MTV metal music as many people have claimed. What do you think about it? Did you find your new album more commercial sounding than your previous efforts? Apart from 'Bemoan Of The Martyrs' I don't find the album something suitable for all kind of audiences.
A: "You’re right it isn’t commercial it still remains Cryptopsy, but we did incorporate very catchy parts to some songs. This choice was to play and experiment with extremes in dynamics and emotions."
Read the complete interview at Hall Of Metal.
Cryptopsy recently announced that their first headlining tour for The Unspoken King will be a cross-Canada tour with ORIGIN and THE LAST FELONY this upcoming September.
Exact dates and cities will be announced soon.
Meanwhile, Cryptopsy will be part of the Summer Slaughter Tour, which also features THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, KATAKLYSM, VADER, THE FACELESS, DESPISED ICON, ABORTED, BORN OF OSIRIS, PSYCROPTIC and WHITECHAPEL.
Dates are as follows:
June
20 - Detroit, MI - Majestic Theatre21 - Cleveland, OH - Peabody’s
22 - Louisville, KY - Headliner’s Music Hall
24 - Albany, NY - Northern Lights
25 - Philadelphia, PA - The Trocadero
26 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza
27 - Worcester, MA - The Palladium
28 - Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom
29 - Richmond, VA - The National
30 - Spartanburg, VA - Ground Zero
July
1 - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade2 - St. Petersburg, FL - Jannus Landing
4 - San Antonio, TX - White Rabbit
5 - Houston, TX - Meridian
6 - Dallas, TX - House Of Blues
8 - Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theater
9 - El Paso, TX - Club 101
10 - Phoenix, AZ - Marquee Theater
11 - Los Angeles, CA - House of Blues
12 - Bakersfield, CA - The Dome
13 - San Diego, CA - SOMA
15 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
16 - Reno, NV - The New Oasis
17 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theater
18 - Seattle, WA - Studio Seven
19 - Spokane, WA - Big Easy Concert House
20 - Boise, ID - Big Easy Concert House
21 - Logan, UT - Club NVO
23 - Denver, CO - Cervantes Ballroom
24 - Omaha, NE - Sokol Underground
25 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
26 - Milwaukee, WI - The Rave
27 - St. Louis, MO - Pop’s
28 - Chicago, IL - House Of Blues
