And Then You'll Beg (And Then You'll Beg - Cryptopsy)

Member Name: Frankingsteins

Product:	And Then You'll Beg - Cryptopsy
Date:	15/06/08 (23 review reads)
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Advantages: More technical.

Disadvantages: Less extreme.

Entering the new millennium with a desire to show off their technical abilities more than their more extreme side, Cryptopsy make the full turnaround to progressive metal band here, retaining their death metal foundation but doing nothing to expand upon it. Sadly for prog fans, the 'technical' element here means much the same thing it does for other technical death metal bands, which extends to fast drums, deliberately chaotic time signatures and that ever-so-repetitive style of freeform guitar playing that makes all these bands sound essentially the same.

Mike DiSalvo's yelled vocals are still annoying, but at least he's relegated to the background for extended periods here, as the instruments are permitted to take over. This makes the comparatively short 'My Prodigal Sun' and 'Soar and Envision Sore Vision' a lot more enjoyable, to the point that I wonder whether the album would be more successful as an entirely instrumental affair. Of course, considering the band's lack of original ideas through much of its duration, these select samples are probably the best they could produce.

The time changes and prominent guitar noodling draw far too much attention to themselves for anyone hoping for a death metal release they can enjoy on any kind of simplistic level, but the band's technical abilities still keep this above much of the competition, at least within their select sub-genre.

1. ...And Then It Passes
2. We Bleed
3. Voice of Unreason
4. My Prodigal Sun
5. Shroud
6. Soar and Envision Sore Vision
7. Equivalent Equilibrium
8. Back to the Worms
9. Screams Go Unheard

Summary: Cryptopsy's fourth album (2000).