Cryptopsy release uncensored version of 'Malicious Needs' video • GRIMM Gent

30 years since they first donned metal’s crown of horns, Cryptopsy remain insatiable as ever. The Montreal legends’ latest album, An Insatiable Violence, received their second nomination for Best Metal/Hard Music Album at this year’s JUNO Awards, a category they won two years ago. Now, as they prepare to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their Decibel Hall of Fame inducted album, None So Vile, with a headlining run on this year’s Decibel Magazine Tour, Cryptopsy are proving once more why they are the vilest band in death metal.

Today, Cryptopsy are releasing the uncensored version of the music video for “Malicious Needs”, the second single and harrowing finale of An Insatiable Violence. While initially labelled too vile for unfiltered consumption on YouTube, the uncensored video fully reveals the explicit desires feeding our digital fantasies.

“‘Malicious Needs’ is the last song that we wrote for An Insatiable Violence and right away, we were all completely enamored with it,” vocalist Matt McGachy says. “We are thrilled to finally unleash the fully uncensored version of the video, which brings the dystopian horror story behind our latest album writhing and screaming into the light! Come see us perform this song during our headline set on this year’s Decibel Magazine Tour, which starts this month!”

“Between the strength of the material on their latest release, An Insatiable Violence, and the anniversary celebration of their landmark, None So Vile, 2026 is clearly the year of Peak Cryptopsy,” Decibel Magazine’s Editor-In-Chief Albert Mudrian says. “We couldn’t be more honored to bring the band’s paramount present and potent past together to headline this year’s Decibel Magazine Tour.”

CRYPTOPSY “Malicious & Vile Summer 2026” European Tour

25 July: Steenwijk, NL @ Stonehenge Festival
26 July: Cham, DE @ LA
28 July: Brasov, RO @ Rockstadt Extreme Fest
29 July: Kosice, SK @ Collosseum
30 July: Krakow, PL @ Hype Park
31 July: Löbnitz, DE @ Full Rewind
1 August: Dortmund, DE @ Dortmund Deathfest
2 August: Brighton, UK @ Chalk
3 August: Cardiff, UK @ The Globe
5 August: Dublin, IE @ Whelans
6 August: Derby, UK @ Bloodstock Open Air
7 August: Helsinki, FI @ Hellsinki Metal Fest
8 August: Jaromér, CZ @ Brutal Assault
9 August: Vagos, PT @ Vagos Metal Fest
12 August: Trier, DE @ The Forum
13 August: Dinkelsbühl, DE @ Summer Breeze
14 August: Colmar, FR @ Spirit In Black Festival
15 August: Kortrijk, BE @ DVG Club
16 August: Carhaix, FR @ Motocultor
18 August: Martigny, CH @ Sunset Bar
19 August: Pinarella Di Cervia, IT @ Rockplanet
20 August: Spital Am Semmering, AT @ Kaltenbach Open Air
21 August: Litomerice, CZ @ Death Coffee Party

Tickets: http://lnk.to/CRYPTOPSY-EUROPESUMMER26

An Insatiable Violence, None So Vile and other albums from Cryptopsy‘s fearsome discography are now available through Season of Mist.
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Revered in extreme metal circles for such groundbreaking classics as 1994’s Blasphemy Made Flesh and the 1996 magnum opus None So Vile, Cryptopsy find yet another gear on An Insatiable Violence, which further solidifies the band’s place in the upper echelon of death metal. Coming out of the pandemic, the band dedicated themselves to staying on top of their game more than ever before, with the intention of consistently putting out a new record every two years. That started with 2023’s acclaimed As Gomorrah Burns, and continues 21 months later with An Insatiable Violence.

In addition to the effusive praise As Gomorrah Burns received from within the metal scene, the 2023 album achieved a first for Cryptopsy: earning them their first ever JUNO Award in 2024 for Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year. “We had little-to-no expectations of winning” says McGachy. ”We didn’t even go to the ceremonies because we were on tour in Europe with Atheist. On the day we found out that we won, we had a crazy 18-hour drive from Derby to Germany, plus a ferry ride. But we still partied for 48 hours. Flo bought an expensive bottle of champagne”.

Cryptopsy recognize that not every death metal band sticks around long enough to win a Canadian Grammy 30 years into their career. The cover art for An Insatiable Violence was created by the late, great vocalist Martin Lacroix. “The album artwork has got to be one of the most important things to us!”, the band says. “Martin Lacroix was one of our vocalists, one of our great friends and one of the nicest people that anyone could have the privilege to meet. We really wish he was here with us to share this moment. His perfect smile would say it all! Rest in peace brother”.

With Cryptopsy’s latest career renaissance showing no signs of slowing down, the recent accolades are only the beginning. An Insatiable Violence reached a new peak in a career loaded with them.