Album Rating: 3.5

Onset of Putrefaction is better than this by a longshot, IMO. It seems like the songwriting on this record is very uninspired and he's just writing the most technical riffs he can manage. Too much refrain in all the songs, too, they're very repetitive...This Message Edited On 06.20.07

Album Rating: 4.5

I downloaded "Seven" & Stabwound" from their website.I really liked it. The guitar work is real good.

Album Rating: 4.5

Pros:

-Amazing guitar work with interesting time signature

-good bass work

-good production



Cons:

-Boring vocals

-Too much technique not enough emotions<





Conclusion:

Guitar work is in a class apart, absolutely awesome

(occasional listening only)

This Message Edited On 08.19.07

Album Rating: 5.0

Speaking from an 12th year violin/viola guitar player, this album is incredible and unlike some other technical death bands the songs actually makes sense to my ears!!

Album Rating: 4.5

Necrophagist are very musical in comparison to most death metal out there.

Album Rating: 4.0

Great band live too. I've seen them twice.

Album Rating: 3.5

Alot of people complain about Muhammed's vocals, but I think his growl is incredible...

Album Rating: 3.5

this is not the best tech death band.



this album's still great though

Album Rating: 4.5

The only other tech death bands I know of are Nile, Anata, Atheist, a couple more underground ones that nobody here would know, and Psycroptic and this is leagues ahead of those.



Unless, of course, if you consider Cynic tech death. Cynic is definitely better. This Message Edited On 09.10.07

Album Rating: 2.5

I liked Quo Vadis more than these guys. Perhaps Martyr, too.

Album Rating: 4.5

Never heard either of those. I'll check them out.

Album Rating: 4.5

Well, that's just what everyone calls them.

Album Rating: 3.5

Yeah, in a certain way Cynic and Death could be considered tech death (and better than this in my opinion), they are my favorite with quo vadis and martyr too

Album Rating: 3.5

individual though patterns could be considered tech death imo

Album Rating: 4.5

this is the first album i heard from necrophagist, and it basically got me into death metal. i still like onset better though. but if it wasn't for necrophagist, i'd probably be listening to trivium.

I recently got this and I quite like it. I have already listened to Onset... and I never liked the overall sound, mainly due to the drum and bass (I hear they were all samples). This is a solid album, and the guitarwork is just extraordinary.

Album Rating: 3.5

The original version of Onset of Putrefaction had sampled drums, the bass was actually played.



On the re-release (the one with the album art shown on this website) all the drums were re-recorded by a real drummer.



I like Onset more because the riffs have more substance, the songwriting is better, and it's heavier overall. This is pretty different, but it's still thoroughly enjoyable.

Album Rating: 3.5

This band has a bright future, if Muhammed keeps going strong!

This stuff is extremely talented, but the vocals could use more diversity.

Album Rating: 4.0

Instrumentally this is an awesome album.



Vocally and lyrically it's still good but could use improvement.