Cryptopsy

Cryptopsy take over Chalk, Brighton on August 2, 2026. Formed in Montréal at the turn of the 1990s, the band carved a place in extreme metal with a fast, technical strain of death metal built on intricate structures, dissonant riffing and abrupt rhythmic turns. Across releases from Blasphemy Made Flesh and None So Vile to Whisper Supremacy and And Then You’ll Beg, their sound tightened around razor‑sharp precision and a growled vocal attack, with Flo Mounier’s hyper-detailed drumming as a driving force. After detours into more modern textures, the group refocused on streamlined technical brutality with the self-titled album and As Gomorrah Burns (2023). On stage, they push that dynamic with dense interplay and sudden shifts that keep the tension high.

Celestial Sanctuary join the bill with a UK take on death metal that leans into thick, old-school tones, weighty mid-tempo grooves and a murky atmosphere. Their set brings a rawer edge that pairs neatly with Cryptopsy’s knotty intensity, setting up a focused, heavy evening at Chalk.