Band: Necrophagist
Genre: Technical Death Metal
Discography: "Onset of Putrefaction" (1999), "Epitaph"
(2004)
What
happens when talented musicians mix brutal death metal vocals with
neoclassical/technical guitar playing and progressive bass and drums? To find
the answer one just needs to listen to the twisted german band Necrophagist.
Resting comfortably in the elite of death metal, Necrophagist is one of the
more influential bands around when entering the technical field. With only two
demos and two studio albums at their behalf, they raised the standard line so
high that nothing less than great musicians can say they play technical metal.
What makes
Necrophagist´s music so unique is the amount of soloing in display. Definitely
a blast for any guitar lover, the unstable and ever-shifting rhythm guitar and
the neoclassical elements in the soloing leave the listener with his/her jaw hitting
the ground in amazement. Add to that the mighty bass lines, short convulsing
bass solos plus inhuman drumming and you have a supernatural encounter with the
underworld.
Maybe a
band that will not be enjoyed by the mellow tunes lovers and the newbies in
metal, the fact is that it does not get any much better than this. In my
opinion, Necrophagist is only topped by the unbelievable australian band Psycroptic in the technical metal arena and a lot of metalheads will disagree
with me in this one because often Necrophagist is mentioned as the best
technical metal band in existence today. A matter of taste at the end, the fact
is putrefaction, gore and sickness will take over your stereo...let the scourge
begin!...
Download Necrophagist´s discography here
Song: "Stabwound" from "Epitaph"
Invisible blades penetrate
whereas stabwounds are not detectable.
Stabwound
The blade that stabs a back,
unsuspecting, forms the symbolic...
stabwound
There is no shield to protect from
attacks led by the ones one used to trust.
Stabwound
The blade that stabs a back,
unsuspecting, forms the symbolic...
stabwound
