The Unspoken King

Studio album by Cryptopsy

Released

May 26, 2008

Recorded

December 2007 - February 2008 at Garage Studio, Montreal, Canada

Genre

Deathcore

Length

47:07

Label

Century Media

Producer

Christian Donaldson and Cryptopsy

Cryptopsy chronology

Once Was Not
(2005)

The Unspoken King
(2008)

Cryptopsy
(2012)

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The Unspoken King is the sixth studio album by Canadian technical death metal band Cryptopsy. The album was released on May 26, 2008 in Europe, and June 24, 2008 in the US, by Century Media Records. It was the last album to feature guitarist Alex Auburn and bassist Eric Langlois respectively. Maggie Durand was removed from the band shortly after completion. A cover of Strapping Young Lad's "Oh My Fucking God" was recorded during these sessions. A music video for the track "Worship Your Demons" debuted on MTV Headbangers Ball on June 14, 2008.^[3]

Musical style

The Unspoken King marked a shift in Cryptopsy's musical style following the departure of vocalist Lord Worm. Although still carrying their usual death metal sound, the shift in their style has been defined by the incorporation of metalcore elements such as breakdowns, clean singing vocals and keyboard accompaniments, as well as less of an emphasis on the time signature changes and polyrhythmic elements which thus lead to The Unspoken King to be widely considered a deathcore album.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Matt McGachy; all music composed by Cryptopsy.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Worship Your Demons"	2:12
2.	"The Headsmen"	5:14
3.	"Silence the Tyrants"	4:09
4.	"Bemoan the Martyr"	4:10
5.	"Leach"	4:48
6.	"The Plagued"	4:09
7.	"Resurgence of an Empire"	4:40
8.	"Anoint the Dead"	3:19
9.	"Contemplate Regicide"	5:29
10.	"Bound Dead"	6:26
11.	"(Exit) the Few"	2:31
Total length:		47:07

Personnel

Matt McGachy − vocals
Alex Auburn − guitar, vocals
Christian Donaldson – guitar
Maggie Durand − keyboard, samples
Eric Langlois − bass
Flo Mounier − backing vocals, drums, percussion

Additional Personnel

Gabriel McCaughry – vocals ("Anoint the Dead")
Youri Raymond – vocals ("Leach")
Christian Donaldson – production, mixing
Jeff Fortin – recording, engineering
Bernard Belley – mastering

References

Cryptopsy

Flo Mounier Jon Levasseur Olivier Pinard Christian Donaldson Matt McGachy Mike Atkin John Todds Steve Thibault Lord Worm Kevin Weagle Dave Galea Eric Langlois Martin Fergusson Miguel Roy Mike DiSalvo Martin Lacroix Daniel Mongrain Maggie Durand Alex Auburn Youri Raymond

Studio albums	Blasphemy Made Flesh None So Vile Whisper Supremacy …And Then You'll Beg Once Was Not The Unspoken King Cryptopsy

EPs	Ungentle Exhumation

Live albums	None So Live

Videos	Trois-Rivières Metalfest IV

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