''Once Was Not'' is the fifth album by Canadian

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band

Cryptopsy Cryptopsy is a Canadian technical death metal band from Montreal, formed in 1988. History Necrosis (1988–1992) Necrosis was formed in April 1988 by drummer Mike Atkin, guitarist Steve Thibault and vocalist Dan "Lord Worm" Greening, initially ...

. ''Once Was Not'' is the first album to feature original vocalist Lord Worm since 1996's ''

None So Vile ''None So Vile'' is the second studio album by Canadian death metal band Cryptopsy, released on 3 July 1996 by Wrong Again Records. The album was later reissued by Displeased Records Displeased Records was a Dutch independent record label ...

'', and would be his last with the band. It is also the first album not to feature original guitarist Jon Levasseur (Levasseur does however perform a featured appearance on opening track "Luminum"). Unlike previous albums, where Lord Worm's lyrical content consisted of

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, and

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, his lyrics on ''Once Was Not'' dealt with topics that affect the human race, such as war, famine, plague, and death. A digipack edition was released, limited to 10,000 copies, which comes in an embossed digipack with an entirely gold-ink-printed booklet. A video was filmed for the track "The Pestilence That Walketh in Darkness".

Track listing

Personnel

Cryptopsy

* Lord Wormvocals * Alex Auburnguitar, backing vocals *

Eric Langlois Cryptopsy is a Canadian technical death metal band from Montreal, formed in 1988. History Necrosis (1988–1992) Necrosis was formed in April 1988 by drummer Mike Atkin, guitarist Steve Thibault and vocalist Dan "Lord Worm" Greening, initially ...

bass guitar *

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drums, backing vocals

Additional personnel

Jon Levasseur Cryptopsy is a Canadian technical death metal band from Montreal, formed in 1988. History Necrosis (1988–1992) Necrosis was formed in April 1988 by drummer Mike Atkin, guitarist Steve Thibault and vocalist Dan "Lord Worm" Greening, initially ...

– guitar on "Luminium" * François Quévillon – artwork, design * Martin Lacroix – artwork, illustration * Ange Curcio –

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(drums) * U.E. Nastasi – mastering * Sébastien Marsan –

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, engineering, mixing * Filip Ivanovic – booklet cover, back cover illustrations

References

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