CRYPTOPSY To Tour Europe With CATTLE DECAPITATION And DECREPIT BIRTH

Montreal extreme metal veterans CRYPTOPSY are set to embark upon a 24-date European tour with CATTLE DECAPITATION and DECREPIT BIRTH. The tour will kick off on April 12th at Helvete in Oberhausen, Germany and conclude with an appearance at the Neurotic Deathfest in Tilburg, Holland on May 5th. Dates are as follows: CRYPTOPSY with Cattle Decapitation and Decrepit Birth 12.04 - Oberhausen (Ger) "Helvete" 13.04 - Aarhus (Den) "Metal Royal Fest" 14.04 - Rostock (Ger) "Alte Zuckerfabrik" 15.04 - Berlin (Ger) "K17"  16.04 - Darmstadt (Ger) "Steinbruch Theatre" 17.04 - Vienna (Aus) "Escape Metalcorner" 18.04 - Zurich (Swi) "Dynamo" 19.04 - Pistoia (Ita) "Pianeta Melos" 20.04 - Romagnano Sesia (Ita) "Rock & Roll Arena" 21.04 - Luynes/Aix (Fra) "Le Korigan"  22.04 - Barcelona (Spain) "Apolo 2" 23.04 - Almeria (Spain) "Sala Jala Jala" 24.04 - Madrid (Spain) "Caracol" 25.04 - Barosselas (Portugal) "SWR Fest" 26.04 - Bilbao (Spain) "Sonora" 27.04 - Toulouse (France) "Le Saint Des Seins" 28.04 - Lyon (France) "Tba" 29.04 - Nancy (France) "Tba" 30.04 - Paris (France) "Tba 01.05 - Cardiff (UK) "Bogiez" 02.05 - Glasgow (UK) "Audio" 03.05 - Dublin (Ire) "the Pint" 04.05 - London (UK) "Underworld" 05.05 - Tilburg (Hol) "Neurotic Death Fest   In the fall of 2012 CRYTPOPSY made a fierce return to their tech-minded roots with the release of their self-titled album. Critics and fans worldwide praised the album, which featured the return of guitarist Jon Levasseur.    For more, visitwww.Cryptopsy.ca.    "Back to their roots and brutal as ever CRYPTOPSY is like a fine bottle of Porto, the taste is more complex and the flavor richer as the time passes."  - (Pedro Ribeiro, HeavyHardmMetalMania.net) "CRYPTOPSY is not just a return to form; it's a new entry in the pantheon of technical death metal." -(Adam Schultz, TheNewReview.net) "Cryptopsy is, once again, amongst the leaders in the exalted and exacting Montreal and Canadian scenes, and there is nothing more vile than that." -(David Perri, Bravewords.com)

Cryptopsy is an extreme metal band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada.  During the past twenty years, Cryptopsy have wreaked havoc throughout the metal genre by releasing six studio albums (Blasphemy Made Flesh,None So Vile,Whisper Supremacy,And Then You'll Beg,Once Was NotandThe Unspoken King), a live album (None So Live) and an EP (Ungentle Exhumation), which have confronted and invigorated the conventional approach to writing extreme music.  Now in 2012, Cryptopsy have returned to their roots in order to craft their newest endeavor entitledCryptopsy.  The band has said thatCryptopsywill be their most brutal, technical and dynamic offering as of yet. Flo Mounier: Drums/Vocals Jon Levasseur: Lead & Rhythm guitar Chris Donaldson: Lead & Rhythm Guitar Matt McGachy: Lead Vocals Olivier Pinard: Bass Guitar www.Cryptopsy.ca www.facebook.com/CryptopsyMetal