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

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band

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. ''Once Was Not'' is the first album to feature original vocalist Lord Worm since 1996's '' None So Vile'', 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

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edition was released, limited to 10,000 copies, which comes in an embossed digipak 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 *

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bass guitar * Flo Mounierdrums, backing vocals

Additional personnel

* Jon Levasseur – guitar on "Luminium" * François Quévillon – artwork, design * Martin Lacroix – artwork, illustration * Ange E. 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

{{Authority control 2005 albums Cryptopsy albums Century Media Records albums