Florent Mounier (born 29 June 1974) is a French-Canadian musician, best known as the

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of the Canadian

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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. 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 Nader Sadek, as well as death metal supergroup VLTIMAS, alongside former

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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