By 1996 death metal started to become stale and stagnant, with a wave of copycats looking to replicate the success of the genre’s heavyweights. As we’ve covered in previous episodes, extreme music had flirted with the major label world, but did not quite achieve the lofty expectations that were unfairly placed on its gore obsessed shoulders. A return to the underground was the (left hand) path needed and it led to the Great White North. After unleashing their more traditionally-minded demo and full-length debut, Montreal’s Cryptopsy welcomed new additions to their lineup that not only sparked a change in sound but also a change of pace. The songs became faster, catchier, more technical and… grotesque. This week on Riff Worship, Austin & Dylan are rejoined by their longtime friend Justin Swindle to celebrate the disgusting, genre defining classic None So Vile

Recommendations:

• Restraining Order - Locked In Time
• Ringworm - "Thought Crimes"
• Mort Garson - Journey to the Moon and Beyond
• Archspire - Bleed the Future
• Beneath The Massacre - Dystopia
• The Gaslight Anthem - "History Books (feat. Bruce Springsteen)"
• Dying Wish - "Watch My Promise Die"
• Mizmor - Prosaic
• Incantation - "Homunculus (Spirit Made Flesh) IX"
• NECKBOLT - "Fung Wah or Lucky Star"

For all updates on the show, follow us here:

@distortion891 on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, & ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠

Tune in LIVE to Vocal Distortion, Mondays at 6PM CST on FM89, ⁠⁠⁠⁠WONC.org⁠⁠⁠⁠, & the ⁠⁠⁠⁠iHeart Radio app⁠⁠⁠⁠

RIFFS ON REPEAT PLAYLIST: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37W4wEyb5ELf2y0YYlhRy2?si=8529ae1e880d442c