CRYPTOPSY: Jon Levasseur sits out tour, Youri Raymond fills in, "THE BEST OF US BLEED" COMPILATION DUE OUT 11/20/2012 ON CENTURY MEDIA

Canadian death/grind legends CRYPTOPSY have announced guitarist Jon Levasseur of Canadian extreme metal veterans CRYPTOPSYwill be forced to sit out the band's dates in support of their new, self-titled album. Filling in for him will be former CRYPTOPSY member Youri Raymond. 

Raymond left CRYPTOPSY in December 2011, explaining in a statement that "it's in the best interest of both the band and I to part ways." He added, "As a musician, moving from guitar to bass was a great challenge, but honestly, I never really felt comfortable in that position and my motivation in general was stagnating."
CRYPTOPSY shall unleashed their self-titled 9/11/2012 and November 20th as well through Cryptopsy/Defen Society in association with Revolution Harmony/Candlelight Records.
CRYPTOPSY shall also unleash "The Best Of Us Bleed", a 2 CD best of set from Cryptopsy spanning their career, complete with demos, live renditions and 3 exclusive new tracks (written with Youri Raymond and Eric Langlois) is being put together by Century Media.

"Cryptopsy" track listing: 

01. Two-Pound Torch
02. Shag Harbour's Visitors
03. Red-Skinned Scapegoat
04. Damned Draft Dodgers
05. Amputated Enigma
06. The Golden Square Mile
07. Ominous
08. Cleansing The Hosts 


FROM CRYPTOPSY:
For all of you who have been wondering about The Making Of Documentary:

We are currently editing it, this do it yourself business
turned out to be a bit of a headache in some areas. As soon as its done we will email it to all presale participants.

Thanks for your patience,
Cryptopsy

A 2-CD best of set from Cryptopsy spanning their career, complete with demos, live renditions and 3 exclusive new tracks (written with Youri Raymond and Eric Langlois) is being put together by Century Media.

Due out November 20th, the set will be titled “The Best Of Us Bleed” and comes with extensive new liner notes written by Decibel Magazine‘s Adrien Begrand. You can check out the track listing and the cover artwork, done by Toshihiro Egawa (Suicide Silence, Abigail Williams, etc.) below:

Disc 1:

01 – “Boden“
02 – “A Graceful Demise“
03 – “Holodomor“
04 – “Oh My Fucking God“
05 – “Worship Your Demons“
06 – “Silence The Tyrants“
07 – “The Headsmen“
08 – “Carrionshine“
09 – “The Pestilence That Walketh In Darkness (Psalm 91: 5-8)“
10 – “Endless Cemetery“
11 – “We Bleed“
12 – “Soar And Envision Sore Vision“
13 – “Voice Of Unreason“
14 – “Cold Hate, Warm Blood“
15 – “White Worms“
16 – “Emaciate“

Disc 2:

01 – “Phobophile“
02 – “Slit Your Guts“
03 – “Crown Of Horns“
04 – “Defenestration“
05 – “Abigor“
06 – “Open Face Surgery” (live)
07 – “Graves Of The Fathers” / Drum Solo” (live)
08 – “Shroud” (live)
09 – “Born Headless” (live)
10 – “Slit Your Guts” (live)
11 – “Cold Hate, Warm Blood” (live)
12 – “We Bleed” (live)
13 – “White Worms” (rehearsal)
14 – “Loathe” (rehearsal)
15 – “Depths You’ve Fallen” (rehearsal)
16 – “Cold Hate, Warm Blood” (rehearsal)

CRYPTOPSY 2012 INTERNATIONAL TOUR DATES: 

October 27th 2012 - Loud Park 2012, Japan

November 22nd 2012 - Ottawa, Ontario

November 23rd 2012 - Club Soda, Montreal, Quebec

November 24th - Hamilton Death Fest, Hamilton, Ontario

November 25th - Peterborough, Ontario

December 7th - The RockPile, Toronto, Ontario

December 8th - Sherbrooke, Quebec

Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-