Cryptopsy Controversy

I have read a lot about this new Cryptopsy album, and before I write my review I will be determined to properly listen and assess its full merits rather than its online reputation. But I have managed to find two tracks from my online blog friend Cosmo at Invisible Oranges, who has written a great article about the online stramash that this album has created. Some of the comments on its content have, admittedly, made me feel a bit sceptical about listening to this, being a big fan of past Cryptopsy albums. None So Vile is a particular favourite, an explosion of crazed technical death metal that is part astounding, part bewildering, but all incredible. The new tracks I have been able to hear, Bemoan the Martyr and The Plagued, have confused me. Traces of the old, blasting technicality still occur but they've been streamlined into a more, dare I say, 'modern' metal album, with less of the chaotic brutality that made the older albums so vital and an awesome production that brings everything into a sharp focus. And of course the new vocalist employs clean vocals which has been a huge departure from the previous guttaral belchings of Lord Worm. However, these are enjoyable songs for me. Sure the clean vocals appear to be almost of a metalcore variety, and maybe more important Cryptopsy seem to have lost that intensity and chaos in the shiny production that fans have previously enjoyed. But one wonders whether if this was not them, would the album have received such an online slating? If this wasn't a Cryptopsy album, would it have been so derided? I feel not, as Bemoan the Martyr and The Plagued are two strong tracks that give something new to the Cryptopsy bow, and I think i'm gonna enjoy the album when I get a hold of it.