Cryptopsy consists of Alex Auburn (lead guitar, rhythm guitar, vocals), Eric Langlois (bass guitar), Flo Mounier (drums, vocals), Jon Levasseur (lead guitar, rhythm guitar), Lord Worm (vocals).
Cryptopsy is an extreme brutal technical death metal band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
The band was founded in 1988 by drummer Mike Atkin, guitarist Steve Thibault and vocalist Lord Worm as Necrosis. After Mike's departure the band changed its name to Cryptopsy in 1992 when they found out that a Florida death metal band was already named Necrosis. The band quickly recruited now legendary drummer Flo Mounier, bassist Kevin Weagle, and guitarist Dave Galea. In 1993, the band released their debut demo, Ungentle Exhumation. This demo was re-issued by local label Gore Records. This earned them some attention in the death metal underground, as well as the German label Invasion Records.
The next year, Kevin Weagle was replaced by Martin Fercuson, and Dave Galea left to be replaced by new lead guitarist Jon Levasseur. This lineup recorded their 1994 debut, Blasphemy Made Flesh, on Invasion Records. This gained them a wide following in the death metal underground, and was a prime example of high-quality early 90s death metal. However, due to difficulties and disagreements with Invasion Records, the album came under the possession of Dutch label Displeased Records, who ended up collapsing because of financial problems. After successful touring in support of Blasphemy Made Flesh, guitarist Steve Thibault left the band but remained its manager for a few more years. Bassist Martin Fercuson was also replaced by the now well-known death metal bass legend Eric Langlois, whose talented style incorporated funk-style slaps into Cryptopsy's extreme metal onslaught.
Then in 1996, the lineup of Lord Worm, Flo Mounier, Jon Levasseur, and Eric Langlois released the genre-defining album None So Vile on the Swedish label Wrong Again Records. This album took the extreme and technical elements further than the last, and is now considered a benchmark of extreme technical death metal. Although Jon Levasseur handled all the guitar parts on the album, a second guitarist named Miguel Roy joined the band for the tour. After the tour in support of None So Vile, Lord Worm departed the band, focusing his career as an English As A Second Language teacher. The band had reached some musical differences as well, as the rest of the band wanted to evolve and expand more, and Lord Worm expressed a dislike for the experimental path that Cryptopsy's music was now taking.
