Necrophagist "Stabwound" | The Decomposer Lounge | Reaction and Breakdown

[@ryanexsus]

Necrophagist is still just on another level. Since they broke up so early they remain in like this legendary status among metalheads.

[@austinyun]

Yeah Suicmez was the main force behind Necrophagist and he's got a day job. Surprised he did so much touring actually. I think he was still in uni then.

[@fatshady5714]

Absolutely! Well said!

[@MattMajcan]

if you never got to see them live, boy you really missed a transcendent experience. i saw them in 09 at an all day metal show, lots of good acts, but necrophagist ended the evening, and it was like everyone was just in a trance.

[@fatshady5714]

@@MattMajcan Amazing! Wish I could have been there! Congrats on getting to experience some truly great music!

[@zappagorewaikato1009]

Couldnae agree more. I still listen to this record once a week. These cats are an aural textbook. Kia kaha \m/

[@stevepiotrowski-musician6908]

Sometime around 2005-2006ish, my band at the time opened for necrophagist. Muhammed said “seeck reefs, bro” and I have still been riding that high to this day

[@marceline0402]

and then everybody clapped

[@carlosvonbismarck1217]

Damn dude, what's your band?

[@GoldTitanBoa917]

Decapitated opened for necrophagist it was insane are you in Decapitated

[@stevepiotrowski-musician6908]

Voice Of Dissension. We were from Long Island NY but we broke up in 2007. Twas a fun time

[@Kackbert-zy8qk]

@@stevepiotrowski-musician6908 are you Tim, Nick, Alf, Steve or Ant?

[@matthewirizarry8467]

Muhammed Suicmez is a literal genius. Classically trained pianist, engineering doctorate, absolute guitar virtuoso, a man of many many talents. He may never make another album again, but his contribution to heavy music can never be overstated.

[@legionIAMBELIAL]

Explains how he composes his beautiful solos

[@m_b4]

@@legionIAMBELIAL Christian Muenzner wrote the solo in Stabwound along with the baseline. But in interviews Mohamed said he wrote everything which isn't true. Christian was involved in the other tracks aswell.

[@legionIAMBELIAL]

@@m_b4 ahhh ok, thanks my dude

[@DeathN0cturnal]

@@m_b4 Christian Muenzner is extremely underrated when it comes to writing. Necrophagist, Obscura, Spawn of Possession. This dude has literally played and made some of the most insane technical death metal in history.

[@R3tr0v1ru5]

@@m_b4 Suicmez wrote the best Necrophagist solos.

[@jakenbatchelor1044]

Fermented offal discharge next please!

[@datmanknow1454]

and the clarinet cover by Caleb !!!

[@vaughnblaylock6069]

I have no idea what that is, but that's an hilarious song name. The visual one gets after that is pretty epic.

[@werewolf2003002]

Fermented Offal Discharge to this day contains my favorite solo in death metal, hands down

[@Qnio]

Seconded.

[@mattjscott26]

@@vaughnblaylock6069 Haha, It's such a typical death metal song title, it's got a guitar solo on it though that made Necrophagist famous outside of their own scene. Search the clarinet cover, it's incredible.

[@ElLenadorLA]

Muhammad/Necrophagist was ahead of their time completely. This album could come out today and still be so relevant.

[@InfiniteDesign91]

Good music is timeless. If we consider pop music we are definitely behind old gems, and also classical music. Baroque still rocks hard.

[@AkerfeldtTveitan-yi4xm]

It's really really difficult for me to imagine that there would ever come a time an album this perfectly performed and mixed would be considered as sounding outdated.

[@dodgrblu]

Archspire - Involuntary Doppelganger sounds like it's about time for this? haha I didn't see this one coming

[@samirgolchha]

I'd say Relentless Mutation or A Dark Horizontal is a better choice for him, but honestly any Arcshpire song would be great

[@cristianorentroia6607]

@@samirgolchha that's right!

[@Kroschkolow]

Agreed. He has to hear this :D

[@IICJZII]

Great suggestion! Would love to hear his thoughts on the engineering. Plus his reaction to the vocals would be priceless!

[@TheNigotube]

@@samirgolchha A Dark Horizontal would be way more interesting tbh

[@aaronbennack714]

Appreciate that you can give this kinda music it's due, many people can't get past blast beats and death growls. Seeing you review this gives me hope you might one day do Earthborn Evolution by Beyond Creation. Upvote please? Anyone?

[@myaltaccountmert]

I would also suggest Fundamental Process by Beyond Creation. Both tracks are standouts!

[@wouterteunissen3773]

Yess please!! 🎸🎸

[@motopolak]

Heck yeah. Beyond Creation has several excellent choices for a review!

[@MellonVegan]

I'm voting for Earthborn Evolution, that one is my favourite!

[@TheMjolnirsMight]

Definitely second Earthborn Evolution.

[@almost.sweettalk.caffeine]

haven't heard this song in over 10 years thanks for the reminder hahahaha

[@Tranquilz0r]

Same

[@Scootman]

Same, and they still only have two albums out, maybe one day

[@theMemphisSnuggler]

Damnit, we got old...mission failed

[@markwonder8168]

Oldie but goldie

[@No-cg9kj]

How do you go even just a year without listening to this song?

[@thewall1982]

Their best track is "Fermented Offal Discharge". You wouldn't guess from the name, but it holds the most iconic and beautiful guitar solo ever played.

[@tweed0929]

Yes, agreed.

[@kennyvdh]

foul body autopsy

[@seanrees97]

year late but yeah FOD has the best tech death solo ever made and its not super close

[@Edgein694]

Yes correct,amazing solo guitar❤

[@ThyArtIsMetal]

Imma have to agree that fermented offal discharge is the best tech death solo of all time.

[@WeIsDaTyrantz]

Obscura - Septuagint. The lead guitarist and drummer of Obscura on that record were also the drummer/lead guitarist on Stabwound.

[@dasel1n]

christian muenzner was lead in epitaph?

[@Henry14arsenal2007]

@@dasel1n Only on certain tracks.

[@spoonerluv]

@@Henry14arsenal2007 Yeah he contributed two solos if I remember correctly. Muhammed wrote pretty much everything for both records, drums and bass included.

[@tluangasailo3663]

Hell yeah this song is soo good

[@austinyun]

Yooooooo Necrophagist is one of the reasons I got into death metal lol Started off ignoring the vocals because I'd heard Muhammad Suicmez was a sick guitarist and eventually just kinda got used to it.

[@caspervanhout]

I think a lot of people getting into death metal do that, I know that I did.

[@DbeatPR24187]

He's not the one it's chris

[@R3tr0v1ru5]

@@caspervanhout Why would you listen to aggressive music with clean vocals lol.

[@metalswifty23]

@@R3tr0v1ru5 Why not? Opeth are/were proof that you can make clean vocals work incredibly well with aggressive backing (cleans over the blast beats in The Lotus Eater a great example). Sure, Mikael growled as well, but not always, and many of their best heavy moments came whilst having him singing instead of growling. Let's also not forget that thrash metal exists, which is aggressive music, and many vocalists employ clean singing (Hetfield, Belladonna, Mustaine etc.). Regardless, that's not the point they were getting at, at all. They obviously didn't like harsh vocals at the time, but loved the musicianship on show in these insane tech and prog death bands. When you get a band like Necrophagist who came along, with guitarists like Muhammed and Christian, people will want to hear how good they are, so they'll tune out the vocals in order to focus on the guitar work.

[@AnnihilationXable]

He's the vocalist too 😃

[@lashedandscorned]

Oh boy, one of my favorite bands on here. Do Apparition by Spawn Of Possession next, please. Or anything off of Obscura's Omnivium.

[@atleast400demogorgons3]

Seconding Spawn of Possession. Apparition would be a good pick.

[@IrrelevantPlease]

Deus Avertat and The Evangelist too

[@francischimenti1374]

Third..ing? 🤔🤘

[@lashedandscorned]

@@atleast400demogorgons3 It's their best song imo. Tied with Scorched, of course.

[@andrewsmith4198]

Any spawn of possession track would be awesome . On another level than Necrophagist imo. I love Necro but it’s true.

[@shreddykrueger7641]

Elite musicians. They took me from radio metal to death metal with this exact song. I needed more

[@gongal]

They took me with Seven

[@Virvum_Juggernaut]

At least we have DEEDS OF FLESH and ARCHSPIRE to carry on the cerebrally gifted instrumentalism of tech-death at this God-tier level.

[@Goose21]

@@Virvum_Juggernaut #staytech

[@pascalschulz5894]

going from radio friendly metal to this is quite the jump. I've been listening to metal since I remember, but didn't really get into the more technical stuff up until some years ago in my early 20s.

[@edinglaoben]

Not the song I expected you to react but sure a welcoming surprise :D.

[@edinglaoben]

Also if you were to listen to anything by Necrophagist again, I would recommend "Fermented offal discharge". That song's solo is like a beam of light coming from the heavens above.

[@dhelsgade]

@@edinglaoben that beam of divine came directly from the "Seventh" heaven

[@The_Necrogeddon]

and not forget that the mastermind Muhammed Suiçmez is of Turkish descent

[@The_Necrogeddon]

@Tapinaldo i was replying to Doran who is Turkish

[@Djcimofficial]

For those who know will know about this band!! “BLOTTED SCIENCE - Synaptic Plasticity”

[@mikolajmrz]

or The Insomniac :o

[@mvunit3]

Ron Jarzombek is nuts! (So is his brother, currently with Fates Warning for 3 albums :). Geebz needs to hear tracks from Watchtower - "Control and Resistance" (1989! Way ahead of its time).

[@joshjardim]

I remember seeing Nolly covering this, and falling in love with the sloppy drum fill just before the crazy heavy breakdown. Holy shit.

[@MrFylledal]

If you like this you should check out Spawn of Possession - Apparition

[@melkor5901]

Yesssssssss

[@liliIiliIilil]

He should read lyrics for that one, since the music mirrors the lyrics perfectly.

[@sahebchakraborty9863]

Yesssw plzzzz

[@paulburger9904]

Love Spwan of possession, but the polish on their records just isn't there.

[@melkor5901]

@@paulburger9904 on Incurso everything on there is top notch, including production.

[@PanasonicTooth]

If you're doing necrophagist then I'm obliged to suggest the band "The Faceless", anything off their album " Planetary Duality". Still my favorite tech-death album. *Edit - Ancient Covenant, Xenochrist or Planetary Duality part 1&2 would be my suggestions.

[@juhaloukaja5078]

YES. Best album of theirs, even though the newer ones did grow on me.

[@Lomaxxx53]

Tightest death metal band, only bested by Extol

[@tl_nik0n353]

Necrophagist died and The Faceless rose to take their place.

[@caseymclane1972]

Autotheism for me but yeah, altogether they're (he's) great

[@thewhorocks515]

Two days in a row a highly liked comment requesting The Faceless, love it. I'd also prefer Autotheism, but Planetary Duality is also amazing.

[@TheTrveMothlord]

Always remember Muhammed shredded AND did beast vocals live. Absolute tech death GOAT.

[@630171official]

I saw them on a festival playing after several brutal death metal bands. Necrophagist actually killed the pit in the beginning of their set because everyone was just totally in awe

[@myquest666420]

Saw them on Summer Slaughter. I knew their work but had no clue Muhammad played lead and did vocals. Blew me away when I saw it live.

[@Loendt]

Beyond Creation - "Omnipresent Perception" Another amazing Technical Death Metal example.

[@kmach1nex]

This was off their last album "Epitaph" back in 2004. They toured for a handful of years after that then started putting out statements that they were working on a new album but then went on hiatus without much known as to why. Maybe one day we'll get an album but I've been holding my breath for 17 years, I don't think it's going to happen. Granted, Liquid Tension Experiment is about to release a new album after 21 years so maybe.

[@yourmothersteve666]

I'm still waiting :(

[@richd2294]

If we're delving into tech death, lets throw Archspire into the hat. Relentless Mutation, Remote Tumour Seeker, Human Murmuration and Involuntary Doppelganger are all great tracks. Love starting my day checking this channel, keep up the good work Geebz! Awwright!

[@dregnar85]

Bangers

[@samirgolchha]

A Dark Horizontal as well

[@dimitriid]

Yep +1 on this suggestion. Specially since he seems to be reacting rather positive to it, even unexpectedly so since most people who are not metalheads usually don't take too much to extreme music even if they do enjoy other forms of metal.

[@hydradeity3177]

And Cytotoxin!!

[@sludgeon]

Remote Tumor Seeker! I'm curious if he'd be able to catch out 'the easter egg' of this track

[@Kerosian1]

Ooh Spawn of Possession time! Check out their song Apparition. Similar levels of godly musicianship, with a dash more classical influence.

[@francischimenti1374]

Fuke yes!! Seeing lots support for Apparition. Keep the votes coming folks!! It's a bloody masterpiece of a track which ANY composer would be blown away by, as far as I've seen anyway...

[@TheKerrby]

Whoever recommended this one is a legend

[@benrichardson7306]

How about a song by Carcass? "Heartwork" or "Unfit for Human Consumption" would be good.

[@doc3379]

Definitely Heartwork!

[@mvunit3]

Carcass - "This Mortal Coil", by far my fave Carcass track, those riffs just kill.

[@deathmetaldownhiller7874]

Unfit is such a great song to try and use to get someone into the band, just because the production level was so much higher on Surgical Steel. I've had a lot of people tell me old Carcass is hard to take in because it was so raw. Would love to see more people into the band

[@igoripsf]

You MUST react to Only Ash Remains by them

[@congregationofashes]

I'm a simple man. I see Necrophagist I leave a like. This is one of my favourite bands that shaped my music taste and introduced me to technical death metal which was the genre I was looking for in metal. Even if I'm not listening to this kind of music too much nowadays it's still in my heart and I'm really glad you reacted to this band. Also this band with it's heavyness opens new possibilities for us to recommend you new heavy bands. If you would like to listen to more of their songs I can recommend you "Advanced Corpse Tumor" or "Fermented Offal Discharge" - believe me tracks sounds better than their names.

[@imrulz1]

Are you… me? Fermented offal discharge is the best imo

[@ReaktionæreDennis]

I did not see this coming! - if you're moving into tech death I'm here for it. Necrophagist is both legends and an unfulliled act :(

[@IICJZII]

One of the greats in Tech Death. Great suggestion whoever made it. Would love to see: Archspire - Involuntary Doppleganger Rivers Of Nihil - Monarchy

[@Sinted]

If you do drivers of Nihil, you have to do Black Crown Initiate - Belie the Machine. Both bands are from the same town - Reading Pennsylvania

[@beepboop204]

dont forget Blasphemy Made Flesh/None So Vile era Cryptopsy

[@stolentechniques2519]

Spawn Of Possession - Apparition It's kinda like this but 10 times more technical and also with baroque influences. It's basically classical music written as death metal. You will love the bass by the way!

[@Vayhef]

seconding this

[@TheNigotube]

Baroque composition for daysss

[@adriancole9681]

Yes!

[@OgrimMetal]

Absolutely, I'm sure The Decomposer will love it!

[@googelle7555]

FINALLY. No ever mentions Spawn of Possession in Nercophagist reaction vids.

[@deed5811]

Necrophagist was my intro to technical death metal. ❤

[@petergjata1498]

Hey Geebz, if you liked the musicianship level in this one I suggest checking out Ad Nauseam - Imperative Imperceptible Impulse. From an engineering point of view it's very interesting given that they built most of their own instruments and recording equipment, and also self-produced their albums with an extreme effort to find a way to record the most natural, dynamic, and tridimensional sound possible. The music represents a merging of different styles, the most prominent ones being extreme death/black metal, avantgarde, jazz, post-core, doom/sludge and ambient. The composition process has been heavily influenced by 20th century classical composers like Stravinsky, Šostakóvič, Xenakis, Scelsi, Penderecki, and Ligeti to name a few.

[@infectingthecrypts]

Really going into the deep end with those Deathspell Omega type riffs, it’s wonderful.

[@chandeleurbond]

thanks for sharing dude, this album is mindblowing

[@isaackmojica8302]

Also ulcerate-cold becoming!!

[@Vayhef]

yeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaah my dude

[@MasaTheSlayer]

"they built most of their own instruments and recording equipment" Sorry, but where is this from? at least in their pictures their gear looks normal.

[@groverXIII]

Oh lord, taking on tech death is not a small undertaking. From here, you'll want to check out some Gorod (any song works, really, but I'd recommend 'Disavow Your God'). Tech death is definitely an entertaining subgenre to delve into.

[@Osiris_24]

Decomposer just got given a whole new meaning! This band is phenomenal and as others have stated Muhammed was front man and plays one of the two guitar parts live (as well as being the sole writer in the band). If you did ever look at their lyrics, they are seemingly random, quite poetic in the way they are phrased. It is such a shame he decided to go on permanent hiatus, they had just released a live version of a new song then disappeared! Live the two guitarists take turns in the solo sections - they alternate between soloist and rhythm (quite flawlessly too). I am fortunate I got to see them live once, and they were almost studio level tight. Absolute insanity.

[@oregonwoodelf]

It warms my black heart to see anybody doing a Necrophagist reaction🤘😁 This main guy of the band, Muhammed Suiçmez, is quite the musician and goes much further beyond "generic" death metal for those who are willing to put some effort into the listen.

[@anembersarc]

It's so refreshing to hear someone who knows what they're talking about react and dissect this kind of music. Earned a sub!

[@edvardparikka9862]

Please do Gorguts - Obscura

[@lashedandscorned]

i agree

[@thebassclef626]

YESSSSSS!!!

[@spitefulwar]

Then some Obscura (An Epilogue to Infinity) and finally we go full circle on the whole Münzner shebang and finish up with Alkaloid - Funeral for a Continent

[@lashedandscorned]

@@spitefulwar Hell yeah. I fucking love Müenzer's stuff. I can't wait for the new Obscura album featuring David Diepold, Christian Müenzer, and Jeroen Thesseling as new additions. It's releasing later this year. Ekpyrosis or Ethereal Skies would be a better choice of songs from Diluvium IMO.

[@richardgamrat1944]

Oh yea! and then Ulcerate

[@pranaysingh6280]

Listen to "flesh and the power it holds" and "symbolic" by Death

[@santoslhalper6116]

Your open mindedness is very refreshing. I wish I could be like this with new things.

[@zandiskoul]

The gnarly part is when I saw em live he even sung the echoes from the record while shredding. They played down a guitarist and with a drummer that practiced 1 day with them in person... sounded so clean.

[@prisonsexdr2875]

I'd love to see you react to some Organic Hallusinosis era Decapitated. Day 69 or Invisible Control

[@Pete_-sp2bi]

Necrophagist! Love you man! Really hope you circle back and try another one. They are a unique voice in the history of metal and deserve composer treatment!

[@RDB93]

Hey Geebz! This one’s a banger! It’s off their 2004 album ’Epitaph’ and, unfortunately, we haven’t heard anything from the band since. I’m pretty sure the main guitarist and songwriter (Muhammed Suiçmez) you were admiring is no longer working on music and is now an engineer at BMW. Guy must have a huge brain, haha. Keep it up, brother 🤙🏼

[@racewiththefalcons1]

You _NEED_ to do a video of their song *Fermented Offal Discharge.*

[@johnsmith12421]

Hi Geebz, haven't heard this song in ears, forgot how crazy these guys are. You should try Nile - Lashed to the Slave Stick. It's an absolute masterpiece IMO you'd get a kick out it

[@MrTelorix]

Oh yes. Please please please do a song from Nile. The Eye of Ra or anything from that album would be great

[@guitarkoala5]

User Maat Re!!!

[@ianm1462]

YOU SHALL NEVER AGAIN SEE RA

[@livefreeprintguns]

I was lucky enough to catch them live at the New England Hardcore And Metal Fest back in 2006. If my memory serves me correct, that was the first time they played in the United States. It was absolutely amazing. My good friends who were in The Red Chord let me hang out on the side of the stage with them when they played... it was absolutely amazing.

[@melkor5901]

Okay well if you want something like this, but next level I might recommend Spawn of Possession- Apparition Nile- Unas, Slayer of the Gods

[@steev.homohumanism]

Try Fleshgod Apocalypse - The Violation with the orchesteal intro if possible

[@dodgrblu]

haha i just mentioned this to him after the Septicflesh video. Saying the drummer plays like he drank 10 cups of coffee

[@dima_r6]

Mandatory follow up

[@ChanmailleMan]

Yessssssssss

[@andystockman761]

I'll be honest here, I loved King when it came out, but always felt like their stuff was kinda mixed messy. Now I feel I can properly hear all the layers, and the composition and engineering (of Veleno particularly), has made me appreciate them that much more.

[@AgustinRodriguez-Bdm]

@@andystockman761 i agree

[@northernlefty5412]

Few can ever hope to accomplish what necrophagist did in such a short period of time. One of my all time favs.

[@francischimenti1374]

I remember when I discovered that Muhammed Suiçmez made it to top 100 guitarists in the world and thought "No surprise there" and i wouldn't be surprised if he's still there. Btw he is the vocalist as well. Couldn't imagine the skill and coordination it takes to sing like that AND play like that simultaneously. He's a freaking beast!

[@johnmurray5241]

The singer is also the guitarist. Love the reaction! This band takes me back.

[@johnmurray5241]

And to add, the drummer at one point was Marco Minnemann. He has played with Paul Gilbert and is currently in The Aristocrats with Guthrie Govan

[@DiamondLifer]

This album is still ahead of it’s time. The death metal scene is still trying to catch up. One thing constantly missed is the song writing and compositions. Glad to hear it talked about here because that’s what has always set this apart.

[@alexdew383]

Saw necrophagist play live and it was an art show. Stood there with my jaw on the floor for most of the gig. Playing was perfect. A shame we don't have more from them.

[@flobbergassy]

Best tech death band ever. Had the pleasure of seeing them in Kansas many years ago with Dying Fetus and Beneath the Massacre.

[@oscarflip8561]

Old vid, so I’m sure you’ve already heard this by now, but this is the band and album that revolutionized, and you might as well say created, modern technical death metal. This album inspired so many bands and lead the way for this genre. Some people will of course argue it, but this album still holds up to the best albums in the tech death genre/subgenre today, and it was released almost 20 years ago now in 2004.

[@gludeklis]

Necrophagist is the shiniest gem of all extreme metal music. I suggest you to check out Fermented offal discharge" and "Only ashes remain"" as next songs from their repertoire.

[@erikmaronde2244]

I love your reaction. The old masters of technical death metal. With the composer, guitarist singer and an amazingly matching band. Legends.

[@miguel213]

YES!!! This band was amazing.

[@brandonelkins2957]

The fact they composed this shit and recorded it is insane enough, but playing this and singing live on the few shows they played takes it to legendary

[@1988Jay]

Muhammed, their vocalist, is also one of the two guitarists. Even live, he holds his epic vocals while playing - unlike most vocalists who play. Their most famous Bass lines come in Only Ash Remains. You should check out that one! Won't regret it!

[@eliasaltman4439]

This is what reaction videos should be like. Not just silently watching or listening with the occasional “wow” and then a minute at the end, but pausing and actually thoroughly discussing the content. Kudos to you not only for a great video but also a great song choice

[@spitefulwar]

The kicker: there will never be another record because the bandleader rather wants to build BMWs...

[@almost.sweettalk.caffeine]

wouldn't be surprised if they're making more money building them though, still it sucks!

[@OCNmeticadpa]

@@almost.sweettalk.caffeine definitely making more money being an engineer with a PhD working for BMW than in a relatively obscure metal band!

[@chaosclg]

I'm in a band too and although we aren't as big as Necrophagist we still have quite a following. Touring we lose money, recording we lose money that we put into the band ourselves. Then there's maintaining a practise routine and balancing kids, a full time job etc. If you aren't jumping on trends to sell t shirts and letting record labels tell you what to do with your own music then you aren't getting anywhere so I don't blame him! Not to mention the hype from this album is so big he could probably never follow it up to expectation

[@OCNmeticadpa]

@@chaosclg what’s your band called? Would be cool to check you out

[@chaosclg]

@@OCNmeticadpa XisForEyes, I guess notable tracks for you to checkout would be numb populace and drown the sun. We're DIY now so the quality suffers but the love remains. Hopefully it's something you can enjoy!

[@07azrael]

one of my favorites.. technicallity and brutallity all combined together!

[@meticcio6610]

Love Necrophagist

[@MS-hy7tj]

great pick. thank you. one of the best bands from Germany.

[@fyndnflyp]

Dude, you’re going viral! I saw a link for this video on a death metal page I follow on Facebook. The people have spoken, we need more death metal reactions! My request is Death - Flattening of Emotions.

[@mvunit3]

YES! please :D.

[@dookieshoe2905]

Ive seen them live twice and they were incredible. The first time I didnt know who they were and they did probably one of the coolest things ive seen at a live show. As they were setting up between bands with the house lights still up I was casually watching the crew set things up and I saw a guy off to the side with a guitar and I assumed it was the tech for Necrophagist getting it ready, but with no warning or cue the drummer came up and the "guitar tech" walked on stage direct to the mic and immediately went into the first song with the house lights still on. It was such a simple thing but such a wake up call, smack in the face, it was just the coolest move to witness. A lot of people there probably didnt even see since usually the lights go out before the band starts so no one was ready for it. The second time I saw them with the world class drummer Marco Minneman who isn't even known for metal but he was able to match the guitars in virtuosity. He would do the best sounding blast beat ive ever heard live using the ride symbol. He played with such intensity and his stikes to the drums had so much velocity that you could feel it in your gut with every hit. It really was a special performance that Im glad I got to witness, especially since the band is done.

[@Stewart.george]

'Only ash remains' is another great Necrophagist song.

[@lyconxero457]

I remember when I first heard this song I was just absolutely blown away that stuff like this existed and it took me down a rabbit hole of music and play styles that I had no idea about.

[@Lomaxxx53]

If you know the band Chon, they actually used this song for warming up the fingers.

[@givemeajackson]

Alex Rüdinger posted a drum cover where the Chon guys provided the guitar tracks

[@remingtongagnard4442]

Love to see it!! Can't stop listening to this album at work, such beautiful compositions and relentless energy!! Almost 20 years old and this album is still unmatched

[@Chubbz969]

Gorod - Transcendence EP It's short but has a 15 minute song you'd dig. There are also two acoustic tracks. I would highly recommend the title track or "Blackout: Renewed Souls" because it's technical death metal acoustic experience.

[@ericaf4152]

Yay! I LOVE Gorod. One of my absolute favorite bands ever.

[@alexcunhapinto]

2004 was the release year. I've also just found these guys and they're amazing. And yeah, they pulled this off live. Superhuman precision.

[@timenkraak01]

For some other technical death metal in this vein, try Obscura - The Anticosmic Overload from their album Cosmogenesis. Absolute madness.

[@jonathanthompson9068]

In this vein bc they share guitarist and drummer! Great track recommendation.

[@IllustriousCrocoduck]

Or "Velocity". First time I heard of that song, someone had stated they "just didn't understand the guitar solo" 🤯 To this day, that solo is simply cosmic.

[@Marrero1]

Ready for your mind to be blown even more? The vocalist is also the guy shredding the guitar. At the same time. Dude is unreal.

[@nathangreen5097]

Weird, I was thinking about this song yesterday and thought I’d suggest it, it’s wild. 😂 Geebz, check out The Faceless- The Ancient Covenant or Xenochrist. Cheers fren!

[@richd2294]

The Faceless is great, anything from Autotheist Movement is my jam

[@funfacts2823]

Fuck yeah, the faceless would be great!

[@kturkleson]

I was lucky enough to see this band live.. my jaw got stepped on because it was on the floor all night.. Thank you for this :)

[@TruzFest]

Vital Remains - Dechristianize Would be a good classical Tech Death song to react to

[@jimmycarlson4871]

gotta do fermented offal discharge if you're doing necrophagist.

[@ReNeeJesus]

Yeah, you should react to more Necrophagist songs: Mutilate the stillborn, The Stillborn one, Diminished to B.

[@benholton2222]

Stiiiiiiiill born one

[@ajithav2011]

mutilate is relentless, underappreciated song

[@howiejohnson7227]

Culinary hyperversity is a good one too

[@xGUANdeLUPEx]

So glad you did a Necrophagist react!! Love this band so much. Muhamad is a fucking pioneer!

[@Papachongo1972]

I love his face during the whole song hahaha Try some Spawn of Possession ( the evangelist )woo wee Obscura ( Septuagint) , Origin ( antithesis ) There’s a lot of great musicianship in tech death and alot of crazy fretless bass players .

[@dusanjanek4422]

g like gate, for example. it´s latin word. main composer and guitarist studied classical piano. muhammed recorded also bass on this lp. you can hear it. it´s more guitar playing than typical bass playing.

[@paul-emilefrancois3731]

I'd love to ear your opinion on Inferi Behold the bearer of light or Onslaught of the covenant

[@Esoteric_Order_ov_the_Riff]

Aeons Torn!

[@MattMajcan]

oh damn. This is one of my favorite songs ever. shame necrophagist doesnt get more attention. i was blessed to see them live shortly before they disappeared. incredible experience. I never even thought to request this band as most people arent willing to try or cant handle the music. Thanks so much. if you ever wanna do more, my favorite song from them is "to breathe in a casket" not their most popular song but always special to me.

[@stvntbyd]

Death - flesh and the power it holds

[@a2g2u2s.t.d]

yes please

[@Torturantula]

Just going to go ahead and throw another vote in for Apparition - Spawn of Possession. You'll love how well it's organized/arranged

[@vaporreads5095]

Check out Crimson by Edge of Sanity. It's got the spirit of an epic opera and is really well composed.

[@Reginaldbust]

Got tier

[@mvunit3]

With "Mikael Akerfeldt" guest vocals with Swano! And Guitar. CLASSIC Death Metal album \m/.

[@silentdecay]

once again, huge appreciation for the legit stoke in reaction to skill and vibe here. so refreshing

[@1984xeper]

Just a genre ;-) called tech death. Beyond Creation, Archspire, Obscura and Spawn Of Possession just to name a few that are like that.

[@yourdaddy9622]

BC is the closest we’ve come to new necro

[@freshskittles92]

still honestly some of my favorite instrumentation. this band was so so so good.

[@andrewcairns3163]

I’d love to hear you breakdown Selkies: The Endless Obsession by Between the Buried and Me. This channel is great. Keep up the awesome work!

[@AllCopsAreBigchungus]

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[@sommelierofstench]

awesome you covered this song. prime technical musicianship displayed here. i have some stuff that would be interesting for you to check out: aquilus - night bell (classically trained multi instrumentalist). obsequiae - ceres in emerald streams (baroque inspired metal). a silver mt. zion - what we loved was not enough (dramatic melancholic post rock with strings). mgła - exercises in futility V (awesome unique drumming). light bearer - primum movens (beautiful atmospheric metal with violin).

[@cephalicwasteland3504]

Give me a technical Death Metal band that gets even close to Necrophagist Theres nothing alike, there's nothing that doesn't suck in comparison to them, tell me what you want Advanced Corpse Tumor and Fermented offal discharge are fckng brain busting, the guitar solos are by far the best in this genre that have been written It breaks my heart that Muhammed doesn't release the new album

[@ranatha]

have you heard a band called DeadSquad?

[@JDUBBY08]

Old Psycroptic is crazy technical

[@g0ing1nsane]

Archspire would be a close call, I consider them on the same level, a little different but not worse in any department

[@Imfreehowaboutu]

Necrophagist is at least partially responsible for starting the tech metal sub genre and for bringing back an emphasis on guitar solos in death metal. They also put Engl amps on the map in the US. Several members went on to play in Obscura and I highly recommend checking out their song Ethereal Skies.

[@markblaauw4961]

Archspire: Involuntary Doppelganger is a must hear when you liked this. Do the lyricvideo (for fun)....

[@TorePMA]

What a pleasant suprise from one of my favorite youtubers.. one of my all time favorite metal bands. Caught these guys live in Norway 2007, without knowing about them and my jaw instantly dropped to the floor. Been a huge fan ever since. Great choise!

[@IXINineIXI]

Now react to Necrophagist - Fermented Offal Discharge (Clarinet cover with SOLO)

[@veteran_of_pain]

I fell in love with this band when Louis Paul Gavereau made his appearence on Canada's Got Talent...Montreal/Quebec edition and did this song. It was sick af hahaha

[@PK--ITA]

Great respect for you for trying out with bands like Necrophagist. Others tried but after 20 seconds the water in their tap boiled ... Either you are immune because in Hawaii the water does not boil or you are good at what you do, for me rather the second version ... Regards! Sponsored by :)

[@PrimoSchnevi]

Good Pick, a classic Band with two classic records. Forever unmatched.