Once Was Not is the fifth album by Cryptopsy

Cryptopsy

Cryptopsy is a Canadian technical death metal band from Montreal, Quebec, formed in 1988. The band has sold over 300,000 records.-Necrosis :...

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Unlike previous albums, where Lord Worm's lyrical content consisted of gore

Graphic violence

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, blasphemy

Blasphemy

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, and sex

Sex

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, his lyrics on Once Was Not dealt with more realistic topics that affect the human race, such as war

War

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, famine

Famine

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, plague

Disease

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, and death

Death

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A video was filmed for the track "The Pestilence That Walketh in Darkness".

It is the first album to feature original vocalist Lord Worm since 1996's None So Vile

None So Vile

None So Vile is the second album by Cryptopsy, released on the now defunct Wrong Again Records. The album was later re-issued by Displeased Records and Century Media Records....

, and would be his last with the band. It is also the first album not to feature original guitarist Jon Levasseur.

The album received mixed to positive reception from fans.

There was also a limited edition released. It was limited to 10,000 copies and comes in an embossed digipack with an entirely gold-ink-printed booklet.

Track listing

1. "Luminum" – 1:46
2. "In the Kingdom where Everything Dies, the Sky is Mortal" – 5:21
3. "Carrionshine" – 3:22
4. "Adeste Infidelis" – 4:39
5. "The Curse of the Great" – 5:22
6. "The Frantic Pace of Dying" – 4:33
7. "Keeping the Cadaver Dogs Busy" – 5:58
8. "Angelskingarden" – 7:08
9. "The Pestilence that Walketh in Darkness (Psalm 91: 5-8)" – 3:26
10. "The End" – 2:49
11. "Endless Cemetery" – 5:20
12. "Cold Hate, Warm Blood" (Live) [Bonus tracks]
13. "We Bleed" (Live) [Bonus tracks]

Personnel

• Lord Worm - lead vocals
• Alex Auburn - lead & rhythm guitars, backing vocals
• Eric Langlois - bass
• Flo Mounier - drums, percussion, backing vocals
• Jon Levasseur - guitar on "Luminium"