Flo Mounier (born 29 June 1974 in

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) is the

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of metal band

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. He has toured Canada, Europe, Japan, Australia and the United States as a headlining act over the last 24 years, and combined record sales have reached over 300,000 copies to date. Cryptopsy Party

He is highly recognized within the metal scene, not only as a member of Cryptopsy, but also as a professional drummer and clinician. He is sponsored by

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, Sabian,

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(Canada) and Billdidit. Along with his longtime stint in Cryptopsy, Mounier has contributed to other metal projects, including collaborations with Egyptian-American songwriter

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, as well as death metal supergroup VLTIMAS, alongside former

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frontman and bassist David Vincent and former Mayhem guitarist Blasphemer.

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* http://cryptopsy.ca/the-band/ * https://web.archive.org/web/20150113050032/http://www.drummagazine.com/features/post/flo-mounier-you-shall-know-his-velocity {{DEFAULTSORT:Mounier, Flo Living people Canadian heavy metal drummers Death metal musicians Canadian male drummers Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Canadian drummers 21st-century Canadian drummers 20th-century Canadian male musicians 21st-century Canadian male musicians 1974 births