Born in France in 1974, Flo Mounier moved to Chicago 7 years later, where at the age of 13 the ground work was laid and his drumming career started with drum teacher Tony Castelli. A year later, and now in Montreal, he continued to gather ammunition and to develop his skills. His hard work paid off as he soon became one of the most recognized drummers within the metal scene. Drummer for the band Cryptopsy (formerly known as Necrosis), he has toured Canada, Europe, Japan, and the United States as a headlining act over the last 3 years, and combined record sales have reached over 145,000 copies to date. Flo also plays for local Montrealer Rémy Langlois, who's album ‘Echo’ is making waves in the Rock Québécois scene. Wherever Flo has played, his reputation remains the same; he combines great chops with blistering speed and technical brutality. Add this to an open mind approach that embraces different musical genres, and Flo has developed an even greater ability to enhance the creative edge within his unique phrasing.
Having studied with the likes of Magella Cormier and now part time teacher Bruno Roy, his exploration of the Latin / Jazz approach has added an originality to his style which sets him apart from the rest. Flo's speed and precision apply to his live performances as well, and his playing continues to get even faster and tighter. His delivery and execution of complex fills at abnormal speeds will leave no one feeling indifferent.
Flo's style is the example to follow for the new generation of drummers who wish to find out more on what the discipline of extreme drumming is all about.
email : flo@drumanddrummer.com
CRYPTOPSY
www.cryptopsy.net
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CRYPTOPSY
BACK TO THE WORM U.S. TOUR 2005
With CATTLE DECAPITATION and THE AUTUMN OFFERING
Date : City, state or province : Venue
February 23 : FARMINGDALE, New York (NY) : DOWNTOWN
February 24 : SPRINGFIELD, Virginia (VA) : JAXX
February 25 : FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina (NC) : JESTERS PUB
February 26 : NASHVILLE, Tennessee (TN) : EXIT INN
February 27 : ATLANTA, Georgia (GA) : THE MASQUERADE
February 28 : JACKSONVILLE, Florida (FL) : THEE IMPERIAL
March 1 : TAMPA, Florida (FL) : THE MASQUERADE
March 2 : FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (FL) : CULTURE ROOM
March 4 * : HOUSTON, Texas (TX) : FAT CAT'S
March 5 * : OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma (OK) : BRICKTOWN LIVE
March 6 * : DALLAS, Texas (TX) : GYPSY TEA ROOM
March 7 * : SAN ANTONIO, Texas (TX) : THE SANCTUARY
March 8 * : ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (NM) : LAUNCHPAD
March 9 * : TUCSON, Arizona (AZ) : THE ROCK
March 10 * : PHOENIX, Arizona (AZ) : MASON JAR
March 11 * : SANTA ANA, California (CA) : GALAXY THEATRE
March 12 * : SAN DIEGO, California (CA) : TBC
March 13 * : WEST HOLLYWOOD (LOS ANGELES), California (CA) : KEY CLUB
March 14 * : SAN FRANCISCO, California (CA) : THE POUND AT PIER 96
March 15 * : PORTLAND, Oregon (OR) : MEOW MEOW
March 16 * : SEATTLE, Washington (WA) : STUDIO SEVEN
March 18 * : DENVER, Colorado (CO) : ROCK ISLAND
March 19 * : FORT COLLINS, Colorado (CO) : STARLIGHT
March 21 * : CLEVELAND, Ohio (OH) : HOUSE OF BLUES
March 22 * : CHICAGO, Illinois (IL) : HOUSE OF BLUES
March 23 * : ST.PAUL, Minnesota (MN) : STATION 4
March 24 : SAUGET, Illinois (IL) : POP'S
March 25 : DETROIT, Michigan (MI) : ALVIN'S
March 26 : PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (PA) : THE TROCADERO
March 27 : NEW YORK, New York (NY) : B.B.KINGS BLUES CLUB
March 29 : PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (PA) : REX THEATER
March 30 : ROCHESTER, New York (NY) : PENNY ARCADE
March 31 : HAGERSTOWN, Maryland (MD) : WILSON RURITAN
April 1 : POUGHKEEPSIE, New York (NY) : THE LOFT
April 2 : COHOES, New York (NY) : SARATOGA WINNERS
April 3 : BUCKSPORT, Maine (ME) : THE KAVE
April 22 : MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (NH) : BOMB SHELTER
April 23 : WORCESTER, Massachusetts (MA): THE PALLADIUM (NEW ENGLAND METAL &
HARDCORE FESTIVAL)
May 12 : TROIS-RIVIÈRES, Quebec (QC), CANADA : MAQUISART (w/ Misery Index)
May 13 : ST-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU, Quebec (QC), CANADA : SALLE LE CARTIER (w/ Misery
Index)
May 14 : BROMONT, Quebec (QC), CANADA : SALLE LA DÉCHARGE (w/ Despised Icon,
Misery Index)
May 28 : BALTIMORE, Maryland (MD) : THUNDERDOME (MARYLAND DEATH FEST)
May 29 : HARTFORD, Connecticut (CT) : WEBSTER THEATRE
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New pictures from the Halifax and Sherbrooke shows were posted on
http://cryptopsy.net. To keep you informed, we plan to update our
website with news and pictures while we'll be on tour until the end of
2004.
We encourage you to give us your feedback on the website's Guestbook.
Also, a new Cryptopsy Fan Forum was opened 3 weeks ago by fans of the
band and is quite active, you can share your live experience and
interact with others on various topics at http://www.cryptopsyforum.tk
See you soon!
On August 22nd in Melbourne, Cryptopsy will headline the first international metal festival to be held in Australia. Also on the bill, the European bands Doro, Sodom and Marduk will be part of this event called Destruction Of Oz. For Cryptopsy, this trip to Australia means they are now attacking a fourth continent after playing North America, Europe and Asia.
Flo Mounier performed at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, on March 30 and 31.
Flo Mounier was invited by Matthew Barney, an American artist who from his earliest work has explored the transcendence of physical limitations in a multimedia art practice that includes feature-length films, video installations, sculpture, photography, and drawing.
Matthew Barney and the composer Jonathan Bepler put together two performances at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City. Other participants were Will Rhamer the vocalist for Mortician and Derek Roddy the drummer for Hate Eternal.
The performances at the Guggenheim featured the five-cycle film project “The Cremaster Cycle.”
NONE SO LIVE - CD
Reviewed by Metal Militia (6/17/03):
Oh my, the death metal behemoth Cryptopsy keeps pillaging ears wherever it goes. This is truly a monster of a live album showcasing everything that makes Cryptopsy a first class death metal group. First of all the new singer, Martin LaCroix, does an admirable job. No he's not Lord Worm, but he can do some of Worm's vocal tricks, and he is a huge improvement on DiSalvo's material. Second of all the track selection is impeccable. Showcasing the best material from Cryptopsy's entire catalogue, each track is an exercise in perfection. Musically tight, some of the tracks are played at almost twice the speed of their studio recordings. The musicianship is simply breathtaking.
Of course the drumming is absolutely phenomenal, to hear a song like "We Bleed" in the live setting and have it sound better than the recorded version just blows my mind. There is no doubt that Flo Mournier is the best drummer in the metal world. Everything the man does is simply incredible. In fact one of the highlights of the album is his seven-minute drum solo. Amazing.
My personal favorite tracks on the album originally come from None So Vile which also happens to be one of my top death metal albums of all time. "Phobophile" and "Slit Your Guts" are relentless, the aural equivalent of a stampeding herd of elephants, reducing everything in its way to dust. Both tracks are faster and even more brutal than their studio counterparts and the live setting creates a great atmosphere.
The bottom line: if you love death metal get this album. One of the best live albums I've heard.
In the works for 2004 will be a release of an instructional drum video tape and dvd by Flo Mounier. This well documented experience in extreme metal drumming will cover such topics as warm ups, basics of speed drumming, endurance excercises, creative rythms, and much more including different drum solos and play along segments for some of Cryptopsy’s most popular songs.
Copies will be limited so regiter now by e-mailing at FloMounierDrums@Cryptopsy.net to receive more informations regarding this video. You can also use this e-mail address to give us feedback on what you’de like to see covered as topics and play along songs so that Flo and the production team can make this as instructive and interesting as possible. Please note that we are actually collecting informations, we will contact you in a few months with more informations regarding this project.
Cryptopsy
None So Live: Montreal 2002
RATING: 8
Most extreme-metal live albums sound as if they were recorded on a cruddy microcassette machine. Yet Cryptopsy’s pulverizing presentation comes across loud and clear here, while the quintet perform in a tight and dynamic way. So feast your ears on the drumming of FLO MOUNIER, whose whirlwind style is arguably the most essential aspect of this Montreal band’s unpredictable death-metal/grindcore. Mounier plays like he’s got eight limbs. But rather than sounding too chaotic (the metal/grindcore drummer’s curse), his signature changes and various complexities are usually artful and in control. Extreme-metal drumming at its finest.
NECROSIS
'Necrosis' Independent
CRYPTOPSY
'Ungentle Exhumation' Independent
'Blasphemy Made Flesh' Invasion Records
'None So Vile' Wrong Again Records
'Whisper Supremacy ' Century Media Records
'And Then You'll Beg' Century Media Records
'None So Live (Live)' Century Media Records
RÉMY LANGLOIS
'Echo' Independent
Pearl MASTERWORKS
Bass Drum - 22" X 18" X 2
Snare Drum - 13" X 5" Sensitone
Snare Drum - 14" X 5" J. Robinson
Tom - 10" X 9"
Tom - 12" X 9"
Tom - 13" X 10"
Tom - 16" X 14"
HARDWARE : All PEARL including -
DR 500 Rack / P-2000B X 3 / H-2000 / RH-2000 / S-2000 X 2 / HA-100 / AX-25L / AX-20 X 2 / DR-503 / DR-501E / PC-50 X 10 / CH-88 X 10 / D-150S / DCL-90 X 2 / TH-100I X 5 / PC-10 X 2
SABIAN CYMBALS
A 17" AAX Medium Thin Crash
B 14" Sizzle Hats
C 10" AAX Splash
D 18" AAX Stage Crash
E 10" Max Stax
F 12" AAX Mini Chinese
G 10" HH Splash
H 18" AA Medium Crash
I 13" or 16" Hi Hats
J 10" AA Sound Control Crash
K 20" HH Ride
L 18" B8 Pro China
ROLAND SPD 20