Whisper Supremacy

Whisper Supremacy
Studio album by Cryptopsy
Released	September 22, 1998 (1998-09-22)
Recorded	June 1998
Studio	Victor, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genre	Technical death metal progressive death metal[1]
Length	31:10
Label	Century Media
Producer	Pierre Remillard Cryptopsy
Cryptopsy chronology
None So Vile (1996) Whisper Supremacy (1998) ...And Then You'll Beg (2000)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Sputnikmusic	[3]

Whisper Supremacy is the third studio album by Canadian technical death metal band Cryptopsy. It is the first album to feature vocalist Mike DiSalvo and the only album to feature guitarist Miguel Roy.

On the US release the band logo is in the upper left, whereas on the German (European) release it is larger and centred.

Style

Whisper Supremacy has been described as a progressive death metal album. The album's mix has been described as "all vocals and drums," and the guiar riffs have been said to be "often buried under Flo Mounier's furious blast beats and ferocious double bass drumming". Daniel Gioffre of AllMusic suggested that the riffs "aren't the focal point," of the album so much as "Cryptopsy's desire for aural devastation." The album demonstrates brief instances of melody. Levasseur's lead guitar playing technique has been described as "conventional," though the album has been noted for its progressive elements.^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Emaciate"	5:00
2.	"Cold Hate, Warm Blood"	3:54
3.	"Loathe"	4:53
4.	"White Worms"	3:41
5.	"Flame to the Surface"	3:05
6.	"Depths You've Fallen"	3:58
7.	"Faceless Unknown"	3:19
8.	"Serpent's Coil"	3:18
Total length:		31:10

Personnel

Cryptopsy

• Mike DiSalvo – vocals
• Jon Levasseur – guitars
• Miguel Roy – guitars
• Eric Langlois – bass guitar
• Flo Mounier – drums, backing vocals

Additional personnel

• François Quévillon – artwork, design, illustration
• Sébastien Bussières – engineering
• Pierre Rémillard – production
• Annie Grenier – photography
• Lord Worm – additional backing vocals on "Cold Hate, Warm Blood" and "Loathe"

References

1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/whisper-supremacy-mw0000045724
2. Whisper Supremacy at AllMusic
3. "Cryptopsy - Whisper Supremacy (album review 4) - Sputnikmusic". Retrieved 9 November 2016.
4. Whisper Supremacy - Cryptopsy | Album | AllMusic, retrieved 2024-12-30