Review: Necrophagist – Onset Of Putrefaction

Posted by Goshuggist on Mar 23, 2012 in CD Reviews | 1 comment

NECROPHAGIST
Onset Of Putrefaction (1999)

Germany, Noise Solution Records, Technical Death Metal

Anyone who’s followed my reviews knows that one of my very first contributions was a pained critique of *THE* album that turned me into a technical death metal fanatic, Necrophagist’s ‘Epitaph’. Based on some of the flak I gave Muhammed Suicmez and crew, many of you are no doubt throwing your hands up and saying ‘This fuckin’ guy has no mercy! First Epitaph and now Onset of Putrefaction? What’s next, is he gonna piss on Chuck Schuldiner’s grave?!’

Review: Necrophagist – Epitaph

Posted by Goshuggist on Nov 17, 2011 in CD Reviews | 0 comments

NECROPHAGIST
Epitaph (2004)

Germany, Relapse Records, Technical Death Metal

Why must you torture me like this Necrophagist? It’s true that I wouldn’t be the tech-death fanatic I am today without you, but since discovering bands like Gorguts, Cynic and Fleshgod Apocalypse, I’m put into a quandary; should I overlook the quibbles I have with your music or be the critic I am at heart and show the bit of tough love you won’t get from anyone else? YOU’RE TEARING ME APART MUHAMMED SUICMEZ!

In all seriousness however, Necrophagist was the band that demonstrated how wonderful tech-death and indeed death metal itself could be when I was a confused pseudo metalhead. When I first listened to “Epitaph”, I was convinced it was the epitome of musicianship; Necrophagist being surpassed was unthinkable.