# Once Was Not

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***Once Was Not*** is the fifth album by Canadian [technical death metal](/source/Technical_death_metal) band [Cryptopsy](/source/Cryptopsy).

*Once Was Not* is the first album to feature original vocalist [Lord Worm](/source/Lord_Worm) since 1996's *[None So Vile](/source/None_So_Vile)*, and would be his last with the band.[1] It is also the first album not to feature original guitarist Jon Levasseur (Levasseur does however perform a featured appearance on opening track "Luminum").[2]

Unlike previous albums, where Lord Worm's lyrical content consisted of [gore](/source/Graphic_violence), [blasphemy](/source/Blasphemy), and [sex](/source/Sex), his lyrics on *Once Was Not* dealt with topics that affect the human race, such as war, famine, plague, and death.[3]

A [digipak](/source/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".[4]

## Personnel

### Cryptopsy

- [Lord Worm](/source/Lord_Worm) – vocals
- [Alex Auburn](/source/Alex_Auburn) – guitar, backing vocals
- [Eric Langlois](/source/Eric_Langlois) – bass guitar
- [Flo Mounier](/source/Flo_Mounier) – drums, backing vocals

### Additional personnel

- [Jon Levasseur](/source/Jon_Levasseur) – guitar on "Luminium"
- François Quévillon – artwork, design
- Martin Lacroix – artwork, illustration
- Ange E. Curcio – [engineering](/source/Audio_engineering) (drums)
- U.E. Nastasi – [mastering](/source/Audio_mastering)
- Sébastien Marsan – [production](/source/Record_producer), engineering, [mixing](/source/Audio_mixing_(recorded_music))
- Filip Ivanovic – booklet cover, back cover illustrations

## References

1. ["Pardon, Please: The Deciblog Interview With Lord Worm"](https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2014/08/25/pardon-please-the-deciblog-interview-with-lord-worm/). *Decibel Magazine*. 2014-08-25. Retrieved 2021-05-23.

1. Islander. ["Jon Levasseur Archives"](https://www.nocleansinging.com/tag/jon-levasseur/). *NO CLEAN SINGING*. Retrieved 2021-05-23.

1. ["Once Was Not by Cryptopsy"](https://genius.com/albums/Cryptopsy/Once-was-not). *Genius*. Retrieved 2021-05-23.

1. ["Cryptopsy – The Pestilence That Walketh in Darkness (Psalm 91:5-8)"](https://genius.com/Cryptopsy-the-pestilence-that-walketh-in-darkness-psalm-91-5-8-lyrics), retrieved 2021-05-23

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