Once Was Not

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BW&BK	9/10
Chronicles of Chaos	8.5/10
Stylus Magazine	B+

Once Was Not is the fifth album by Canadian technical death metal band Cryptopsy.

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 gore, blasphemy, and sex, his lyrics on Once Was Not dealt with topics that affect the human race, such as war, famine, plague, and death.

A digipak 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

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Luminum"	1:45
2.	"In the Kingdom Where Everything Dies, the Sky Is Mortal"	5:21
3.	"Carrionshine"	3:22
4.	"Adeste Infidelis"	4:38
5.	"The Curse of the Great"	5:21
6.	"The Frantic Pace of Dying"	4:33
7.	"Keeping the Cadaver Dogs Busy"	5:58
8.	"Angelskingarden"	7:07
9.	"The Pestilence that Walketh in Darkness (Psalm 91: 5-8)"	3:26
10.	"The End"	2:49
11.	"Endless Cemetery"	5:20
Total length:	49:40

Personnel

Cryptopsy

Lord Worm – vocals
Alex Auburn – guitar, backing vocals
Eric Langlois – bass guitar
Flo Mounier – drums, backing vocals

Additional personnel

Jon Levasseur – guitar on "Luminium"
François Quévillon – artwork, design
Martin Lacroix – artwork, illustration
Ange E. Curcio – engineering (drums)
U.E. Nastasi – mastering
Sébastien Marsan – production, engineering, mixing
Filip Ivanovic – booklet cover, back cover illustrations