𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐑𝐘𝐏𝐓𝐒 - 𝐂𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐀𝐋𝐁𝐔𝐌𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐑𝐎𝐂𝐊 & 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐕𝐘𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐀𝐋…
August 3, 2004 Necrophagist released their second and final full-length studio album, Epitaph via Relapse Records. (Apple Music or Spotify)
Background:
Unlike on Onset of Putrefaction, guitarist and vocalist Muhammed Suiçmez recorded the album alongside a full band instead of recording it by himself. Guitarist Christian Münzner wrote half of the leads as well as several basslines on the album.
The track Only Ash Remains samples the melody of Montagues and Capulets by Sergei Prokofiev.
On February 10, 2006, it was announced that Christian Münzner had departed the band due to scheduling conflicts.
Later on, he joined the Death Metal band Obscura. Sami Raatikainen, from the band Codeon was his replacement.
Almost two years after the release of Epitaph, the band undertook an American tour called Carving North America's Epitaph.
Necrophagist were joined on this tour by Arsis, Alarum, Neuraxis, Ion Dissonance, Cattle Decapitation and Thine Eyes Bleed.
Carving North America's Epitaph Tour Dates:
Apr. 28 – Worcester, MA @ New England Metal & Hardcore Festival*
Apr. 29 - Cleveland, OH @ TBA*
Apr. 30 - Detroit, MI @ The Modern Exchange*
May 01 - Louisville, KY @ Headliners Music Hall*
May 02 - Omaha, NE @ The Rock*
May 03 - Denver, CO @ TBA*
May 04 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Burt's Tiki Lounge*
May 05 - Boise, ID @ TBA*
May 06 - Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven*
May 07 - Spokane, WA @ Fat Tuesday's*
May 08 - Portland, OR @ Rock N Roll Pizza*
May 11 - Roseville (Sacramento),CA @ The Underground
May 12 - San Francisco, CA @ The Pound
May 13 - San Bernardino, CA @ California Metalfest
May 14 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Clubhouse
May 15 - Albuquerque, NM @ The Compound
May 16 - Tulsa, OK @ The Venue
May 17 - Arlington (Dallas),TX @ Phoenix Music Complex
May 18 - San Antonio, TX @ Graham Central Station
May 19 - Houston, TX @ Java Jazz
May 20 - Baton Rouge, LA @ The Darkroom
May 21 - Jacksonville, FL @ Thee Imperial
May 22 - Orlando (Winter Park),FL @ Island OasisMay 23 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ TBA
May 24 - Tampa, FL @ TBA
May 25 - Augusta, GA @ Sector 7G
May 26 - Virginia Beach, VA @ Peppermint Beach Club
May 28 - Baltimore, MD @ Sonar - Maryland Deathfest
May 29 - New York, NY @ B.B. King's
*Without Cattle Decapitation, w/ Thine Eyes Bleed
They, along with Dying Fetus, supported Cannibal Corpse on their U.S. tour in the fall, which also included some Canadian venues.
Critical Reception:
In a review for AllMusic, William York wrote:
“𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚋𝚞𝚖 𝚋𝚢 𝙽𝚎𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚑𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚜𝚝, 𝟷𝟿𝟿𝟿‘𝚜 𝙾𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝙿𝚞𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚋𝚢 𝚃𝚞𝚛𝚔𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚛 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚒𝚐𝚢 𝙼𝚞𝚑𝚊𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚂𝚞𝚒𝚌𝚖𝚎𝚣, 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚟𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚜, 𝚋𝚊𝚜𝚜 𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚛, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚛𝚞𝚖 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝚂𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚕𝚢, 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚋𝚞𝚖 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝙼𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛-𝚝𝚑𝚎-𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 D𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑-𝚍𝚎𝚏𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚜. 𝙰𝚜 𝚊 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚕𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚝𝚢, 𝚂𝚞𝚒𝚌𝚖𝚎𝚣 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊 𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚛-𝚙𝚒𝚎𝚌𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚝, 𝚏𝚊𝚜𝚝, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜.
𝙴𝚙𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚙𝚑 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚋𝚞𝚖 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚞𝚙, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍, 𝚒𝚝 𝚏𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚕𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚗-𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚞𝚕𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚡, 𝚃𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝙼𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚑𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚂𝚞𝚒𝚌𝚖𝚎𝚣‘𝚜 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚛. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚎𝚍, 𝚘𝚗 𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚕𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚕, 𝙽𝚎𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚑𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝙼𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎, 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝙰𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚊, 𝙲𝚎𝚙𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚌 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚢𝚋𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚍-𝚜𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝙲𝚛𝚢𝚙𝚝𝚘𝚙𝚜𝚢.
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚖, 𝚍𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝟹𝟸𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝟼𝟺𝚝𝚑 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚎 𝚛𝚞𝚗𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚘𝚍𝚍 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚜, 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚏𝚕𝚊𝚠𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚍𝚘𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚎-𝚋𝚊𝚜𝚜 𝚍𝚛𝚞𝚖𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚞𝚛𝚐𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚙 𝚋𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕. 𝙰𝚜 𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚋𝚞𝚖 𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚍𝚒𝚌, 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚖𝚒𝚡 𝚘𝚏 𝙶𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚐-𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚘-𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕-𝚝𝚢𝚙𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙-𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚛𝚑𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚖𝚜. 𝙼𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎, 𝚂𝚞𝚒𝚌𝚖𝚎𝚣 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚜 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚘, 𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚛𝚊-𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚗, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐. (𝙶𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚛 𝚋𝚞𝚏𝚏𝚜 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝙼𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚈𝚗𝚐𝚠𝚒𝚎 𝙼𝚊𝚕𝚖𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚗𝚘 𝚏𝚞𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛.)
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚟𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚜, 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚋𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚜, 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚌 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎-𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝙲𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚒𝚎 𝙼𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚝𝚢𝚕𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚠𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚋𝚞𝚖 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕, 𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐-𝚘𝚗-𝚛𝚘𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚙. 𝙻𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚎𝚛 𝚊 𝚏𝚎𝚠 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚎𝚍𝚐𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝙼𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚖𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚒𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝙴𝚙𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚙𝚑 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚊 𝚏𝚎𝚠 𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚜, 𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊 𝚏𝚎𝚠 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕. 𝙷𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛, 𝚏𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚞𝚗𝚊𝚙𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚃𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝙼𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚞𝚙.”
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