NECROPHAGIST Interview at Maryland Deathfest on Metal Injection

Interview with NECROPHAGIST at Maryland Deathfest.
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[@AgainstEmpyre]

Shots fired at Relapse get rekt

[@chrismontante7543]

Muhammed sounds like a really down to earth guy, awesome interview.

[@martinparidon9056]

According to some sources, he's kind of not so easy to deal with personally. He wants to write everything himself and he is very critical. Again, that is according to several interviews and other sources about him. So not first hand experience. But in the end, there must be a reason why they just stopped existing.

[@reav3rtm]

@@martinparidon9056 I also think his ego contributed to ultimate demise of the band. Onset of putrefaction was from the beginning Suicmez solo album, only with Epitaph he started opening up a bit. But just for Muenzner. Drummer didn't get any creative input and was supposed to play pre-programmed drums like on OoP. Today he could just release entire album online, perhaps just invite musicians to record real drums, without the need to have a band to support it with live shows.

[@marcfabregat8601]

Necrophagist is the best metal band I’ve ever heard

[@MetalDeathHead]

You havent heard beneath the massacre or nile then

[@guitargeek1984]

check out EVILE

[@JulianEmdon]

He tabs the music and gives it to the band members. Thats an interesting process for a band - more like a classical composer writing for an orchestra than some guys jamming. Fucking works!

[@freddieelias6794]

Why wont they come back

[@meshzzizk]

i think this is pretty common. i mean, it’s what my high school prog metal band did 😂. complicated songs take too long to teach to each other band member in person, esp if you have a job, school, family, etc taking up most of your week

[@JulianEmdon]

@@meshzzizkcommon 15 years ago? 🤔

[@meshzzizk]

@@JulianEmdon i mean, i am 37 so we were doing this 20+ years ago. how is that relevant? there was easily accessible guitar tab and music notation software available then and honestly you can just type up tabs in notepad with dashes, it’s not that hard.

[@meshzzizk]

@@JulianEmdon i, the other guitarist, and the drummer all wrote songs by ourselves, which we’d then transcribe into software like finale to convert it to midi, then print copies of the notation/tabs and burn cds of the midi track for the other band members to take home and learn for the next band practice

[@moneybaggjo6234]

So badass he called out their label

[@jfpbman]

-"why are you guys so awesome??" WORST QUESTION EVER!!!

[@jbasti227]

Yeah I could NEVER stand this guy. I'm so glad they finally decided to get rid of him. Frank Godla is a way better interviewer and overall personality.

[@BlessedCore]

This guy is so humble. Most people would agree that Necrophagist is a technically and musically superior band than Slayer, but he would still rather open than head a tour with them. Shows how much he respects metal's roots.

[@josemiguelcastiblancogomez7723]

Being tecnichal dont make you good by default. The success of music is in hooks, melody a groove.

[@InfiniteDesign91]

I think opening and headlining is more about size of fanbase, not music quality.

[@arbabasukalsar4361]

@@josemiguelcastiblancogomez7723 would that make Taylor Swift the greatest musician of all time?

[@josemiguelcastiblancogomez7723]

@@arbabasukalsar4361 nope but look how successful were Prince or James Brown and they were brilliant songwriters and entretainers 😉

[@KeremcanBuyuktaskin]

Lol, this is one of the silliest comments I read on KZbin. Slayer is massive because of their excellent songwriting, technicality doesn't make a band automatically superior.

[@knuppelgast]

The half life 3 of metal. What an awesome guy!

[@vonervalvonervalovich882]

"I want to stop my career after death". But he alive and well. Where is the new album?..

[@keremaltun2622]

Vonerval Official ı think he is talking about the band death

[@doom-mantia]

"....after that"*

[@alk3603]

@Godmachine 999 now both bands are gone :(

[@mcamarena]

i love this guy. he makes me realize how far i have to go in my playing

[@PyroShredder982]

But you’re making moves now right Mario? Lmaooooooo

[@user-pu4kr4lm4r]

brooooo mannn I LOVE CHON TOO

[@Knosferatu]

Insane. Can't believe this is 14 years ago and now look where he is.

[@foxns7]

@@PyroShredder982 Perhaps now he's a surgeon or someone who maintains the Linux subsystem or anything that sounds promising to your parents. Living a peaceful life with 3 kids. Who now enjoys playing mellow rock tunes from Journey or Toto or Styx.

[@guitarist8688]

No-one appreciated their music? As a guitar player, how could you NOT.

[@adeptusmechanicus1029]

Exactly.

[@DeathMetalThrasher]

Tech Death Eminem lol

[@dio007]

Lmao

[@lenol0315]

Lmfao⚰️

[@tweed0929]

Guess who's back?

[@weswalker4822]

Muhammed has more talent in his pinky finger....

[@barad-dur9236]

What made his music finally break through was his implementation of groove without losing the integrity of his technicality and ingenuity. Great artist

[@GuitarG2]

wow he talks fast, he's like a overexcited kid sitting on santa's lap: "And then I want a toy train and some chocolate and a basketball and then a..."lol Anyway, Muhammed seemed cool

[@SharkAttack37]

His last name means: "He drinks no water". Hell yeah, turkish is really funny sometimes. I'm so fuckin' proud of him, because I'm from Germany too and I'm turkish!

[@kdiffin903]

BIG W BRO!

[@haroldgarling1063]

Move to Turkey unless you are White like Muhammad

[@lardar21]

necrophagist is the best technical metal band ever!!! 10/10

[@cometothepartay]

the energy from this guy is electric

[@molotov001]

I had no idea Muhammad wrote all the parts. He's a musical genius.

[@desolateroom]

LOL "I listened to Leprosy and I was like "Holy shit I've gotta play this shit!"

[@duffmckaganvr1]

For those who are still curious as to why a new record has yet to come, the answer is at 4:00.

[@AriochStarr]

So it's a grudge, then. Stubborn gits aren't they? xD And, from what I've read on Relapse's Wikipedia page, Necrophagist is still associated with them.

[@PHIllip324]

+Samuel Evans Holy shit, if I had known this would happen 9 years ago when I first discovered Necrophagist, I would've paid more attention to that snippet.

[@aaronlietz]

Still one of the greatest metal bands of all time.

[@CaptnShred]

I still believe ):

[@knoegell]

its over dude, roman said the band is dead now

[@adnanrawashdeh3965]

:/

[@getbig666]

lets wait for another 13 years then we can stop believing

[@Martell276]

still waiting 😂

[@tweed0929]

2024 report: still no Necrophagist in sight.

[@iericnierman]

So cool. Love this band.

[@Decapitat0r]

I seriously hope this band is still alive. Onset of Putrefaction is one of my all time favorite albums.

[@Alexander_Tronstad]

There's some murmuring about a third album I think.

[@rashaunkelley6496]

Years later, still waiting for the new album.

[@danmcleod1938]

Saw them in Hollywood on the Epitaph tour, they were awesome!

[@zakariaemoul-el-ksour744]

its 2021 and i am waiting for their new album that will never be released lol

[@pr0llyn0t]

Same

[@zakariaemoul-el-ksour744]

@@pr0llyn0t 2 months later: still waiting

[@el.pibedelrock]

This is the half life 3 of metal except this was announced and its said its almost ready

[@dio007]

Same

[@rongo9467]

2024 ... Now I stop waiting. Just listen the 2 album and sleep peacefully. No more expectations.

[@KronkJuce]

He's so cool ha I write all the music and these guys are so good they just take the tabs and play it. Dam I love this band. They need to make some more music!! Come own!! Come to Chicago!

[@joshuadecarlo2580]

Fuck yea. Still listening 13 yrs later

[@HellShredder713]

yeah it came out in 04. i ordered it from Barnes & Nobles as a custom cd order, and the guy read it out to me when i told him the title. it suprised me as well. but Onset of Putrefaction is hands down their best so far.

[@kissmebfrsleep]

Turkiyenin gururu

[@DeathMetalBIH]

Tnx for this video man.

[@heyidkwhatever]

wow he seems really cool and honest that's great. i didnt expect him to mention slayer though. i do love slayer but they are completely different in sound.

[@dovguitar]

I would love to see Brüno (Shasha Baron Cohen) interview them

[@voronOsphere]

I've been pounding the 1st album lately. Best drum programming EVER! I usually HATE programmed drum tracks. Muhamed thinks & composes drums like a real drumming genius!

[@jacktheus2265]

Death inspired so many bands. So awesome.

[@Machinedead]

i saw them in 2007 in a little club that could barely fit all those people, crazy majestic tech death show, still have fond memories of that one.... I even have the poster of that tour.... and yes I am selling, but only for 100.000 euro ! :D

[@MultiNormal1]

HOLY SHIT Leprosy was the first death metal album I listened to as well!

[@davidblum1443]

Same :P

[@david96x61]

Fuck the label for every doubting them. If only they can just come back, the world needs this band..

[@Pooopsmith666]

Truer words have never been spoken.

[@guitar4evr30]

I love how at :05 it plays like 3 seconds of praise the lord by dying fetus

[@MittRomneyAntichrist]

I watched this when it came out

[@xnormanx5351]

he is the living legend!!!!

[@jmrocker]

yeah. i had to listen to it like 50897340857 times before i could begin to understand what was going on, but now i love it. imho, you (usually) have to be a musician to truly appreciate what's going on.

[@ArthurSchoppenweghauer]

epitaph ist so ein perfektes technical death metal album. jeder song hat charakter und ist total eingäng, wenn man sich den style angewöhnt hat. Muhammed FTW !!!

[@diwastheboss]

Still watching this

[@godica333]

dont worry man it will have to come out!

[@heresyisprogress]

I wonder if these two guys did it after this interview... "Simple question: Why are you guys so awesome?" that's some insightful journalism, there...

[@desolateroom]

I LOVE THIS GUY

[@user12x2]

I agree but its interesting to think how long classical music (and jazz) has been around and how short a time DM has had. Classical basically is the start of western music so its had hundreds of years to grow, but DMs only been around since the late 80s, so its come a really fucking long way.

[@nogreenfish]

i didn't know it was supposed to be pronounced that way. what a chill guy though

[@Henry14arsenal2007]

@AdamBlack88 Yeah, but it depends what you focuse on during practice and how dedicated you are. If someones been playing for 10+ years and is a blues virtuoso, it doeant mean he can play Necro songs. If you focus on sweeping and harmonic minor scale practice as well as just playing technical riffs in general, it is quite possible to paly their stuff. Theres a guy on youtube whos been playing for less than 3 years but covered the whole Epitaph album in entirety. I myself can play Stabwound

[@xplodingmind]

man if they played a show with sayer well there is no words to express how awsome that would be

[@InfiniteDesign91]

Relapse Recors has been still fricking over Necrophagist. I guess that's why we don't have another album.

[@somedrummer94]

Must. Release. New. Album.

[@earthpart3]

This band RULES

[@govind666sharma9]

dude where are you????we r ready

[@SwedishviKingohnoes]

no i totally agree with you sturmgeist1819. Mikael Akerfeldt is a brilliant musician and great frontman for Opeth. Opeth is one of my favorite bands (partly because they are swedish)lol

[@shygeist]

hey newport smoker, my man!! power to death metal smoking singers and guitarists!

[@righteousoctopus5837]

new album in 2007 2 0 0 7 I need it

[@SuperORION91]

Yep it's a pack of cigarettes. He's holding a pack of Newports.

[@gerooo9095]

im watching this now for the first time so sad to see him intoxicating himself, i thought he was sober since the music he writes is top level and ambitious. thats the first thing i noticed

[@HabAnagarek]

Of course it has to be ghetto cigarettes..

[@arpegio88]

Well one thing is for certain and that is somewhere at a secret time, place, & venue Necrophagist must've opened for Slayer because his career has definitely STOPPED!...(prove me wrong Muhammed)

[@alexparadise91]

Lmao I just realized he was smoking during this interview

[@HellShredder713]

agreed to both comments.

[@thefreezingmoon1]

@bencol123 One of todays best Hardrock/metal guitarists we have today. If Chuck Norris played a duel with Muhammed... Chuck NOrris would beg for mercy

[@UltimateGuitarWorkout35]

who are still waiting for the new album in 2020!!

[@lenol0315]

I still wear my shirt that I bought in 2008 and enjoy the music frequently

[@Antarath]

"I write songs, then we record it" Kinda the reason Christian quit.

[@Annihilatorin]

Awesome awesome band :O

[@creiGnn]

Yes, i agree. I pronounce it that way too. But i think it's kinda funny when you consider the beginning.

[@hobodoctor]

That's the way I've always pronounced it and heard it pronounced. I think his point in the beginning was that the greeks would pronounce it that way, so it doesn't matter anyway, but the band and most of the fans pronounce it the way he did at 1:38

[@marvmalloww]

Did they actually ever open for slayer?

[@ThatBlackGuy1337]

4:33 hahahaha "holy shit, i gotta play this shit"

[@lenol0315]

😂😂

[@pungentzeus]

i love how he says its pronounced with a hard g and then refers to the band as soft-g necrophagist shortly after

[@iDARKMAGE]

O pergunta é: como ele tornou tudo isso real em um mero disco?

[@Soulreaper066]

haha. When he says 'Legally' and 'Big Time'

[@bobbytannam8824]

LOve how the interviewer gets the pronunciation wrong at the very end.

[@uffffda]

seems like a really cool dude

[@desolateroom]

@Henry14arsenal2007 Psyopus and Blotted Science are WAY more technical, but in a different way. It doesn't mean they're better but their music is a lot more complex and unusual, which I think means it's more technical. I prefer Necro though I like the way they sound more than the aforementioned.

[@jibanez]

"we hope for a release date in summer 2007" hahaha

[@eliphas333]

i wish i see necrophagist and slayer... its like a fucking dream man!

[@DonHichot]

Please MS come back to us

[@desolateroom]

Maybe you should take another listen at Necrophagist because you pretty much just described them. And yes, they use quintuplets... I mean really, all of Necrphagist's songs have a new, different recurring theme that the previous song doesn't have. They are all written in different tempos and just have a completely different sound... I WOULD agree that the solos do lack a bit of variety, but if you take a hard listen to Necrophagist, I think you'll understand what I mean.

[@theSchnitzel67]

come back plz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@killzoomer]

Necrophagist is AWESOME!!!

[@oguzalpcim4771]

I heard he played with Marco Minneman and before I see Marco with only guitar legends.

[@yourlifeisfalse]

Death fans skip to 4:28

[@rogerivy2919]

thanks. man! i didnt notice :))

[@alxk78]

you hear that boys, fuck'n SLAYER!

[@ubershredder1989]

oh ye and what brand is he halding in his hand?

[@TranslucentPlenum]

Listen to Blotted Science and tell me I don't know technicality. Anyway, Every solo on the album epitaph(the only album I cared to get) contains triplets.

[@dogoven.]

SHOUTOUT TO RELAPSE RECORDS FOR ENDING NECROPHAGIST!!

[@TheMiraclePeople]

i am done personally BIG time lol love that accent

[@ubershredder1989]

soon they will be on mtv

[@sixstringking6]

@LeXdOVideoz Good job at spelling Necrophagist correctly.

[@erkpalm]

BIG TIME!

[@psymonsays511]

i dont think so, epitaph was released 2004 and suicmez talked about a 2007 album that hasnt come out yet

[@Coldwallbar]

Interesting guy

[@luke-da-duke]

i was wondering how you pronounce it yesterday

[@strangehands89]

grosso muhammed,i fuckin like necrophagist,they keep the metal faith alive,fantastic musicians and developers of a genre