{"id":2608,"date":"2025-06-17T16:51:46","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T16:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/2025\/06\/17\/christian-donaldson-of-cryptopsy-on-the-riffs-that-taught-me\/"},"modified":"2025-06-17T16:51:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T16:51:46","slug":"christian-donaldson-of-cryptopsy-on-the-riffs-that-taught-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/2025\/06\/17\/christian-donaldson-of-cryptopsy-on-the-riffs-that-taught-me\/","title":{"rendered":"CHRISTIAN DONALDSON Of CRYPTOPSY On The Riffs That Taught Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Christian Donaldson<\/strong> of <strong>Cryptopsy<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/metalinjection.net\/category\/editorials\/artist-of-the-month-june-2025\">Metal Injection&#8217;s Artist Of The Month<\/a>) checks in with the riffs that taught him and changed his guitar playing with excerpts from <strong>Ministry<\/strong>, <strong>Limp Bizkit<\/strong>, and <strong>Pantera<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cryptopsy<\/strong> is set to release their new record <em>An Insatiable Violence<\/em> on June 20. On the title of the new record <em>An Insatiable Violence<\/em>, vocalist<strong> Matt McGachy<\/strong> said it came to him in a dream: &#8220;The concept for our new album came to me in a dream. When I woke up, I immediately wrote the title down on my phone. Because, you know, we all have to have our phones with us all the time&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>On the record itself, <strong>McGachy<\/strong> added: &#8220;<em>As Gomorrah Burns<\/em> was a stepping stone for our new album. We took what we enjoyed about the last album and focused on expanding it for a live setting. We wanted this album to be more groovy so that people can really latch onto these songs when we play them live.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and former <strong>Cryptopsy<\/strong> vocalist <strong>Mike DiSalvo<\/strong> performs vocals on the track &#8220;Embrace the Nihility&#8221;, which is pretty cool. <a href=\"https:\/\/orcd.co\/cryptopsyaninsatiableviolence\">Pre-orders for <em>An Insatiable Violence<\/em> are available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cryptopsy<\/strong> is set to hit the road this September and October with <strong>Nile<\/strong>, <strong>The Last Ten Seconds Of Life<\/strong>, and <strong>Cognitive<\/strong> as support. The tour kicks off on September 12 at Chapel of Bones in Raleigh, NC and wraps up on October 11 at Hi-Fi Annex Indianapolis, IN. <a href=\"https:\/\/stubhub.prf.hn\/click\/camref:1100liXbx\/pubref:nile*US-tour-06042025\/ar:metalinjection\/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fnile-tickets%2Fperformer%2F490527\">Get your tickets here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>9\/12 Raleigh, NC Chapel of Bones<br \/>9\/13 Philadelphia, PA Underground Arts<br \/>9\/14 Leesburg, VA Tally Ho<br \/>9\/16 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Monarch<br \/>9\/17 Hampton, NH Wally&#8217;s<br \/>9\/18 Hartford, CT Webster Hall<br \/>9\/19 Lititz, PA Mickey&#8217;s Black Box<br \/>9\/20 Clifton, NJ Dingbatz<br \/>9\/21 Rochester, NY Montage Music Hall<br \/>9\/22 Cleveland, OH Mercury<br \/>9\/24 Detroit, MI Sanctuary<br \/>9\/25 Hobart, IN Hobart Art Theatre<br \/>9\/26 Madison, WI The Annex<br \/>9\/27 Minneapolis, MN Studio B Skyway<br \/>9\/28 Belvidere, IL Apollo Theater<br \/>9\/29 Sioux Falls, SD Bigs Bar<br \/>10\/1 Billings, MT Pub Station<br \/>10\/3 Seattle, WA El Corazon<br \/>10\/4 Spokane, WA Knitting Factory<br \/>10\/5 Boise, ID Knitting Factory<br \/>10\/6 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge<br \/>10\/7 Denver, CO Oriental Theater<br \/>10\/9 Des Moines, IA Wooly&#8217;s (no <strong>The Last Ten Seconds of Life<\/strong>)<br \/>10\/10 Chicago, IL Reggie&#8217;s (no <strong>The Last Ten Seconds of Life<\/strong>)<br \/>10\/11 Indianapolis, IN Hi-Fi Annex (no <strong>The Last Ten Seconds of Life<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p>Season Of Mist is also reissuing <strong>Cryptopsy<\/strong>&#8216;s 1994 debut album <em>Blasphemy Made Flesh<\/em> and it&#8217;s got some seriously impressive bonus material! The new version of <em>Blasphemy Made Flesh<\/em> will feature the entire original album, a previously-unreleased 1995 live set, and a new medley called &#8220;Blasphemy Made Flesh&#8221; featuring the following musicians:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Shadow Of Intent<\/strong> vocalist <strong>Ben Duerr<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Stabbing<\/strong> vocalist <strong>Bridget Lynch<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Undeath<\/strong> vocalist <strong>Alexander Sason<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Carcosa<\/strong> vocalist <strong>Johnny Ciardullo<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Unfathomable Ruination<\/strong> vocalist <strong>Mallika Sundaramurthy<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Billy Strings<\/strong> (yes, the bluegrass musician and mega <strong>Cryptopsy<\/strong> fan) contributing a guitar solo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pre-orders for the expanded reissue of <em>Blasphemy Made Flesh<\/em> are <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.season-of-mist.com\/list\/cryptopsy-reissues\">available right here<\/a> prior to its July 18 release date.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"zox-post-body left zoxrel zox100\">\n\t\t<strong style=\"display: block;margin: 0 auto;max-width: 660px;font-size: 1.625rem;\">Want More Metal? 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