Album Review – Cryptworm / Infectious Pathological Waste (2026)

A prolific entity hailing from the always visceral and grim UK Death Metal scene returns with their third studio album, pulling the listener into a sea of absolute disgust and violence.

A prolific entity hailing from the always visceral and grim UK Death Metal scene, Bristol, England-based horde Cryptworm is sinking their teeth into us all with their third studio album Infectious Pathological Waste, following up on their 2023 sophomore Oozing Radioactive Vomition while refining their sound to an unstoppable force of blunt-force trauma. Displaying a beyond gory and vile artwork by Skaðvaldur, the new offering by Tibor Hanyi on vocals and guitars, Joss Farrington on bass, and Jamie Wintle on drums pulls the listener into a sea of absolute disgust and violence, as the convulsing spew of guitars and regurgitating vocals flow like molten rot atop a crushing drum performance, being therefore a must-listen for fans of the sickest form of Death Metal.

It’s a morbid feast of gore and violence from the very first second in Gallons of Molten Hominal Goo, with Tibor’s inhumane guttural adding an extra dosage of insanity to their already vile music, whereas Maimed and Gutted lives up to the legacy of Death Metal giants the likes of Cannibal Corpse, with Jamie delivering sheer heaviness and fury through his pounding drums, being therefore perfect for headbanging and slamming nonstop. Their Death Metal machine keeps demolishing everything in their path in Drowning in Purulent Excrementia, with Joss delivering those primeval bass lines we all love in old school extreme music; and it’s time to slow things down an invest in absolute heaviness and groove in Infectious Pathological Waste, a worthy sound to carry the name of the album.

Embedded with Parasitic Larvae brings to our avid ears five minutes of nonstop savagery by the trio, with the scathing riffage by Tibor matching perfectly with the hammering drums by Jamie in a lecture in Death Metal; followed by Emanations of Corporeal Pyosis, flirting with Brutal Death Metal albeit there’s something missing in the final result, like heavier drums or crazier riffs. The trio gets back on track with the infuriated Gastrointestinal Seepage, inviting us all to dive deep into the circle pit like headbanging bastards, all led by another gruesome vocal performance by Tibor, and lastly, we see the band delivering a striking fusion of Death and Doom Metal in Encephalic Feast, ending the album on a gory, disturbing mode not recommended for the lighthearted.

Powerful drum-fills and autopsy-invoking riffs are something this band has seemingly mastered creating, because there is no shortage of this magnificent mutilating music flowing forth from the speakers to maim you in their ruthless new album, and if you want to be smashed by their music you can find the band on Facebook and on Instagram, where you can stay up to date with everything surrounding the band (including their killer live concerts), stream their putrefying creations on any platform such as Spotify, and of course purchase the venomous Infectious Pathological Waste from the Me Saco Un Ojo Records’ BandCamp or webstore (CD or LP). Because this is how primeval Death Metal should be done. Gory, violent, evil, and above all, relentless.

Best moments of the album: Maimed and Gutted, Embedded with Parasitic Larvae and Gastrointestinal Seepage.

Worst moments of the album: Emanations of Corporeal Pyosis.

Released in 2026 Me Saco Un Ojo Records/Extremely Rotten Productions

Track listing
1. Gallons of Molten Hominal Goo 3:06
2. Maimed and Gutted 4:40
3. Drowning in Purulent Excrementia 5:58
4. Infectious Pathological Waste 4:41
5. Embedded with Parasitic Larvae 5:16
6. Emanations of Corporeal Pyosis 2:57
7. Gastrointestinal Seepage 4:09
8. Encephalic Feast 4:36

Band members
Tibor Hanyi – vocals, guitars
Joss Farrington – bass
Jamie Wintle – drums

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