Epitaph (Necrophagist album)

Epitaph

Released

3 August 2004

Recorded

"The Depth of Torment", Baden-Baden (guitars); "The Iguana Studios", March-Hugstetten (drums, vocals); "Aexxys-Art", Schwandorf (bass)

Length

32:56

Onset of Putrefaction
(1999)

Epitaph
(2004)

Epitaph is the second and final studio album by German death metal band Necrophagist released by Relapse Records on August 3, 2004. Unlike on Onset of Putrefaction, guitarist and vocalist Muhammed Suiçmez recorded the album alongside a full band instead of just himself. Guitarist Christian Münzner, who later departed the band and joined Obscura, wrote both half the leads as well as several basslines on the album.^[5]

Track listing

All songs written by Muhammed Suiçmez except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Stabwound"	2:48
2.	"The Stillborn One"	4:24
3.	"Ignominious and Pale"	4:01
4.	"Diminished to B"	4:59
5.	"Epitaph"	4:15
6.	"Only Ash Remains"	4:11
7.	"Seven"	3:44
8.	"Symbiotic in Theory" (Münzner, Suiçmez)	4:35
Total length:		32:56

The ending guitar solo on "Only Ash Remains" is derived from "Dance of the Knights" of Sergei Prokofiev's ballet Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev). The same excerpt can be heard during the opening credits of Caligula.
The song "Seven" was used in the promotional video for Ibanez's unveiling of Muhammad Suicmez's new Signature Series guitar.
The song "The Stillborn One" contains the opening riff for the song "Für Elise" briefly.

Muhammed Suiçmez - guitar
Christian Münzner - guitar (Credited as band member in the booklet but not credited as recording guitar in the credits section)
Stephan Fimmers - bass guitar
Hannes Grossmann - drums (Credited as band member however recorded drums are credited to "Christoph Brandes")

Christoph Brandes - drums, vocals, mixing (Credited as recording the drums and vocals in the credits section)
Bob Katz - mastering

↑ York, William. "Epitaph Review". Allmusic. Macrovision. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
↑ Begrand, Adrien (3 January 2005). "Epitaph Review". PopMatters. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
↑ Begrand, Adrien (3 January 2005). "Epitaph Review". PopMatters. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
↑ Begrand, Adrien (3 January 2005). "Epitaph Review". PopMatters. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
↑ http://christianmuenzner.com/interviews/

Necrophagist
Muhammed Suiçmez Stephan Fimmers Sami Raatikainen Romain Goulon Jan-Paul Herm Raphael Kempermann Daniel Silva Mario Petrovic Slavek Foltyn Björn Vollmer Julien Laroche Christian Müenzner Heiko Linzert Hannes Grossmann Marco Minnemann Hudson Cole
Studio Albums	Onset of Putrefaction Epitaph
Labels	Relapse Willowtip

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