Cryopsis

Cryopsis is a one-man project hailing from the underground of France, led by some dude who calls himself "The Entity". But because this guy seemingly has more musical vision in his nostril hairs than most people have in their entire being, he gets away with that nickname as far as I'm concerned. Veils Of Psychotic Chaos SE is actually a remastered version of his 2003 debut effort, plus his previously unreleased Perception Of Light mini-LP plus a bonus track. What we're really talking here is a concept sort of album built around the thrashy death kind of metal, but with an edge... by which I mean the music is fairly experimental and/or progressive and/or whatever the fuck else you want to call it.
Unsurprisingly, this album isn't the easiest thing to get your hand around. The tempo lines change quite frequently and the level of accessibility is by times excruciatingly low. Apart from being spiced up with harsh vocals and being drenched in keyboard tunes (of which I'm not a big fan), the music itself is actually soaked in atmospheric hiccups, trillions of other assorted sound effects and even more out of the bleu interludes that are supposed to give the album a melodic vibe. Pretty soon though, the record turns into an emotionless apocalyptic minefield where everything starts sounding the same after a while.