I'm basing my entire opinion of this band on 2 songs; "Ignominous and Pale" and "Epitaph". Verdict? HOLY AWESOME?!??!!

I just discovered this band earlier this week, downloaded those 2 songs and immediately ordered the cd online......miraculously enough, the cd arrived 2 days later in the mail (along with Spawn of Possession's Cabinet....also awesome). Now, despite having the cd in my hands now, i've still only heard 2 songs (i'll get into this later). I thinkof describing this band as a cross between Nile and Spawn of Possession. It's technically brilliant, the entire album being written by one guy (who played and recorded their first album alone with a drum machine). He was finally able to get a static crew to play his super-hard riffs, and the band is now a 4 piece set, with the singer/songwriter also playing guitars. It's just massively intense music with weird guitar sounds sometimes resembling a keyboard on speed. The solos are beautiful, elegant and melodic while the rest of the song is everything else. I can't stop listening to those 2 songs, they're overshadowing my whole Spawn of Possession experience and it's somehow pissing me off because everything else, EVERYTHING i own is garbage compared to Necrophagist. (i think they're from Germany)

Now, the reason why i haven't listened to the cd. IT DOESN'T FUCKING WORK!!!!!!!!!!!! FFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If anyone out there has Epitaph, what the hell are you seeing when you pop the cd in your computer? In Windows Explorer i'm getting 8 files with types i've never heard of before:
ddpid
ddpid.md5
ddpms
ddpms.md5
image.DAT
image.DAT.md5
sd
sd.md5
When it's in my computer nothing happens.....the cd drive runs for about 10 seconds and then stops. When it's in my sound system, a "CD Error" message appears. In another all-in-one sound system, track 1 plays with no sound, and i can't switch to any other tracks, only the first....can't even fast forward.

So while i'm trying to inform you all of how awesome this band is, i'm also in need of information as to if this has happened to anyone else, if it's just a fucked up cd, whether i should ask for a replacement or a full-refund. I'm thinking of all the copies printed in the world for Epitaph, the one and only Memnoch gets fucked right up the ass once again by life and is without what he needs, just some damn good music to listen to.

Now i'm off to listen to my so-so Spawn of Possession cd..... (JUST KIDDING!!!!! IT'S AWESOME!!!!!! MMMMMMMOOOOSSSSSSST!!!!!!!)

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Damn, that sucks. I wish I knew what to do. If I had a dime for every computer error message, I would buy a better fucking computer. Anyways, I always wondered if Necrophagist was any good. I went to their site looking for some mp3s, didn't find any. Do you know where any is?

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u dumb ass just download it god id hate 2 see how long it took to get order there albums down here use soulseek both albums are on there and necrophagist is old news everyone heard them god mohhamed aint apergio god for nothing

learn to use full stops.
Thats fucking weird memnoch, maybe you should contact the distro from which you acquired it and ask what the fuck is going on!

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Sounds like a printing flaw.

I'd much prefer his first album. Epitaph seems to be a little over-the-top.

The first track on Epitaph is so damn awesome. Transient has the original copy and it works just fine.

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you CANT be serious?


regarding the error message: WINAMP. get it.

muhammed suicmez is turkish. he taught himself guitar, his parents wouldnt let him play because they are muslim

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Hey thanks for the information man! It's work...idiot.

Regarding your reply: RE-READ MY FIRST ONE!!!!!!

The fucking error message is on my DVD PLAYER!!! NOT ON MY COMPUTER!!!!!! I have fucking Winamp and it does nothing. There's no audio tracks on the cd......NONE! Whether i try with Winamp, WMP, the windows CD Player; nothing works.


I'm just going to return the cd as deffective.

And to the moron who failed grade 3 english, it took 2 days from the day i placed the order online to the day i received it in the mail.

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have a cry mate , u make stupid ass threads of cause im gonna flame u . ohh and plzz tell me off for my bad punctuation. its the net moron type how i bloody well like

That sucks memnoch, i would be well pissed off if i bought a cd and that happened. good luck with getting it re-funded.

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Oh. Fuck. I wonder what those dumb fucks think of their son now. Yet again, Mohammed fucking owns all. Muslims should be praying for this Muhammed, fucking idiots.

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Er, no. This thread is not stupid at all. Memnoch has asked for help - possibly from people who may have experienced the same difficulty - in trying to get a CD to play properly.

I don't see that as a stupid reason to start a thread, although your grammar is completely unintelligible and, indeed, stupid. Fair enough, if you want to be completely misunderstood (or not understood at all as was the case in this thread), carry on writing the way you do. I don't care whether it's the internet or not: just because it's the internet doesn't mean that rank bad grammar and spelling can be understood.

Seriously, I've read writing by 4 year olds that was more comprehensible.

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John is so nice. He didn't call you a dirty fetid whore's cuntjuice, or a genetically defective pigfucker, or even just your standard run-of-the-mill three-toothed Aunty-raping Tasmanian backwoods hick douche monkey.

I officially declare everything you write to be a target for abuse, general hostility and rampant speculation about the sexuality and anal virginity of all your close relatives.

Now, I'm going to forget you exist, read the previous posts and HELP LIKE A NICE PERSON. Hugs and kisses to you, cunt.

DDPI files are CD info files... I think. This guy knows.

Have you tried accessing the data with a MP3 ripper or copying all the available data to your hard drive then trying to access it? I hope that doesn't sound like strange advice... I generally fuck around with every possible thing before I return something, it's hassle cubed.

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u have a cry 2 farbeyoninsane. read any of my post there at least good topics stupid computer geeks

C'mon Horrorscope, lets hug it out, a nice little hug will make you feel much better, and then you might stop wishing crying upon these people.. cant we all get along? Cmon now.

P.s Necrophagist fucking rule, just heard some of there material.

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Necrophagist have been around for a long time, definately some technical stuff.. but not really what im into.

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ok, so i missed that part of the post. but i did read it, i swear on my life.
sorry i couldnt help, and i was seriously trying to.

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aren't all muslims black?

i hope you are joking... I thought muhammed was german. Is it against islam to play guitar? If so, thats fucking gay.

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uh

there seems to be some confusion.... and i dont understand why

muslims arent all black (try reading something other than malcom x)
suicmez's parents were hardcore islamic and didnt like the guitar

read the interview, links from the metalarchives

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Haha, what are you, 12 years old? Go to school and brush up on your english you stupid kid. Or duyu likit wehn we all tok like dis man i am so beter den yu at ritin my ritting.

F_B_S, i've already returned the item in the mail. I tried looking up info on some of the files present on the cd and all i got was that one of the kinds (either DAT or mp5) were some type of movie file. Anyways, the company's contacted me and says they'll be shipping out my replacement ASAP, so it should all work out.

Thanks to all that tried to help......now let's continue talking about Necroawesome.

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dun lisen 2 dat dikhed memnok. st00p1d tasmanyanz r st00p1d cos dey hav 2 dix on dere hedz cos dey hav 2 heds so quite u st00p1d stinkabutt nyah nyeh stinkabutt horaskop

are u trying to be insulting , because its not working grow up fags

I believe the correct way to write that last post would have been:

"Are you trying to be insulting? It's not working. Grow up, fags."

I've highlighted the corrections so that you can learn from your mistakes. I'm not an English expert or anything, but new sentences start with a capital letter and questions, generally, are punctuated with a question mark. Also note that apostrophes are used on three occasions; 1) when letters are omitted from words; 2) when two words are shortened into one; 3) to denote ownership.

Pay attention at school and get your education while it is free as I will not be around forever to wipe your grammatical shit-shoot evertime you attempt to desecrate the English language by means of written defecation.

You know, f_b_s is right: I am too nice to the arse-avengers who insult established members of the forum. Dropping anchor in Poo Bay, it seems, is just not enough for these people as they also find the need to wantonly prove their ancestral links to Indonesian gibbons. The only thing though, is that I'd wager that the said primate would be able to construct more worthwhile sentences than the rampant, effluence-effusing buffoon in this thread.

Oh, and I've heard one Necrophagist song and the technical fret wizardry completely blew me away. I was also under the impression that Muhammed was from (or at least lives) in Mexico. However, I could be wrong.

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you are wrong..... check metal-archives.com! theres only two interviews with him, but both are good.


and isnt DAT a kind of tape used in the recording process?

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yeah, dat tape recorders cost a shitload too.

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I got the cd the day it came out from a music store and mine works fine on the computer. And like Def said, I also perfer the first album, but "Stabwound" is by far the best song they have recorded.

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i think foul body autopsy or fermented offal discharge are their best.

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Haha, John funny.

The only reason i thought Muhammed was from Germany is because i had read somewhere that the band is/was based out of Germany. Maybe he just moved there earlier in his life.

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i never thought he was black, but i didnt know he was muslim, except for that muhammed kinda led me to believe.

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He is from Germany. The 20th century saw a mass immigration of Turks to Germany, leading to Germany having some of the most stringent citizenship requirements outside the Caymen Islands.

Everyone should read the article Transient pointed out. It's not only interesting for the simple fact of who's interviewed, but also what issues are touched upon. The interviewer's a clever guy. Thanks for the heads up on it.

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Don't start on Tasmanians, cunt.


Not Def. ME!

Muhammed, as far as I know, is fully German. Necrophagist have been together since 94-95, they were a full band back then also. As heard on their demos. They all decided to leave, so Muhammed did 'Onset..' by himself.

As far as I know, I think the members of necrophagist all live in different places around southern Germany. I think its Hannes (Drummer) who lives in Nuernburg. Muhammed writes the songs and sends them to the other members via e-mail or something. They barely even practise together! (I think Meshuggah do this as well)

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i think that was all done using powertabs

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Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's what I read. I wish he'd release more of his powertabs (don't we all) but apparently he wont for copyright reasons or something like that.

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the demos on the rerelease of onset are amazing, less tech solos and more brutal vocals...great stuff

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btw, last night i had a dream i was playing "foul body autopsy" and doing the vocals at my talent show at school. that was AWESOME

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whoops. sorry niggles.

shit son, i didnt know where to get epitaph so i dl'd it off soulseek.

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i dled it, and then bought it, i use soulseek more to try music out than steal it.

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My friend found a bootleg Necrophagist video of them playing "Extreme Unction" live. If anyone wants it, pm me here and ill send it to ya via AIM.

i think i have that movie... does muhammed make all these metal faces and the other guitarist plays a solo too?

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yeah, i have been waiting for a necrophagist video and i finally got one! do you have any others?

no, thats it, it was on his forum though, so its probably not bootlegged since he didnt take it off.

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another thing i noticed in the video was the black guy with the from and a old dude with a bald spot in front... necrophagist must really be popular.

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what an amazingly talented person muhammed is. and he doenst look like a complete scumbag either, he looks clean and happy

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he looks like a brown haired version of me... with a better guitar and gear setup.

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I've noticed a few clips with a token black dude, Immortal's 'Call Of The Wintermoon' for example.

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Suffocation videos have two black dudes in em... but thats by default.

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yeah, and whos gonna say anything to mike smith?that guys BUILT

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Haha, yeah, but Terrence Hobbs is so non threatening with his small stature and giant glasses. He still beats my ass at guitar.

For clarification, yes, Muhammed is the son of Turkish immigrants to Germany. I read an interview where he was asked how he felt 'racially' in Germany, and he says basically that he has friendly acquaintances that are German but no really close friends and that he would like to move somewhere else at some point. A lot of people there are very xenophobic, and he addresses that at the end of the interview. I was smiling in hopes that he would move to the US. I doubt it will happen, though.

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Yes, Terrance is a fucking madman, so much thought behind their music.

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i guess terrance is pretty nerdy looking...

but hey! i have glasses

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i have contacts, but wear glasses when im lazy.

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MOTHERFUCKING FUCKTARD FUCKING SHIT FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!

Just received the replacement Epitaph cd.......AND IT DON'T FUCKING WORK EITHER!!!!!!!! GAAAHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

I've decided just to burn it from Soulseek and get my money back. They say "3rd time's a charm", but i figure with my luck on my third attempt the company won't take my return and i'll be stuck with a 30$ plastic coaster.

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I've just ordered Epitaph from Relapse and hopefully I wont experience the same problems as you, Memnoch. Fingers crossed...

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Well atleast that will rid you of all your water rings

But seriously, that sucks man, cant beleive thats actually happening and twice?.. do you know anyone else who has the epitaph cd? and does theres work?

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I'm the only one around here who even listens to this stuff. My friends only start listening to these bands after i do.

Maybe there's some different coding on the cd or something which prevents it to be played in conventional cd players in North America. Or i got the few "bad" cds out of thousands printed.

Oh and John, do let me know if yours works. If so i might try ordering from Relapse themselves.

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I received a promo copy from Relapse, and I purchased the actual release from Relapse. Both work here.

It could be like old dvds... Regional or something...

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how do you get yourself on the list for free shit like that? i write reviews...

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I dunno, i got a promo copy of black seeds of vengeance... but i wasnt to big into it, since nephren ka wipes the floor with black seeds.

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Phew! Mine should be OK then!

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Yes, Necrophagist are very good, one of my favorites, that sucks that your CD doesn't work though. Here are some mp3's for people who really want to listen to them. Enjoy.

http://www.necrophagist.de/Seiten/n...agist_main.html

hey another thing i noticed.

the onset re release is apparently an mp3 cd. it tells me the titles when i play it in my cd player..which only works with mp3 cds. anyone else notice this?

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I went to my local metal store this weekend and they had a copy of Epitaph.......and surprise surprise, it didn't work either.

I had emailed Muhammed earlier last week and he replied with someone's email from Relapse records......he said this guy could get me anything Necrophagist, and apparently he'd make sure it works.......but i'm still afraid to order another copy.

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just get onset dude... its better.

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I smell a debate coming on...... Onset vs Epitaph.......

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dude, it is, much better production and songwriting.

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I'd go for epitaph, its more beefier, and the drums are real.

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onset has the bonus tracks....a demo which rivals anything released after

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onset has much better music too though.

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Ahh i feel differently, i think Epitaph is better, that classical piece in 'Only ash remains' is just beautiful, and the rest is just amazing.

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yeah that classical part does rule

what song is it?

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Not entirely sure..

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somebody find it... i know its on the net somewhere

i saw on the forums they were all doing classical requests before epitaph was released

maybe its in there

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Well gooo look!!

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What the hell classical part are you talking about? The ending perhaps?

Anyways......i'll be getting both cds redardless of whichever one is considered better amongst you all......either cd is far superior to just about 98% of bands i can name, so they're both worth owning and buying....AS LONG AS THEY WORK!!!!!!!!!

I only wanted Epitaph now because i'd heard most of it (all of it now) and i'm in love with it the way a little boy likes his Donatello figurine and will never part with it......unless it's for Raphael.

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98% dude? Necrophagist is good, fucking great at that, but i can think of alot of better bands, imo.

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Guacamole! Michaelangelo does it for me Mem

Well I'm going to add my 2 cents.

Onset and Epitaph.... no possible way I could decide. I listen to both just as much. I like epitaph drums and bass better, as well as the production, yet Onset is just so brutally tech. I heard those demo songs and fuck, they're a bit different but they absolutely rule. Without a doubt my favourite band. Every song is pure bliss.

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Well, i guess im more of a brutal metaller than you guys... Whatever.

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Well, maybe i got caught up in the moment......but Necrophagist is a far better band all around that most of the stuff i've come accross. They're technicality and accuracy are almost unmatched in their genre.

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Yes memnoch, the ending.

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I dunno, i think the spawn of possesion cd you got with em blows it out of the water man. But yes, necrophagist is fucking great, and talented music.

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I like Spawn of Possession just as much. In fact, whatever band i happen to be listening to is my favorite. Right now it's Necrophagist, so i like em more. But in my car it's Spawn, so they'll be my favorite tomorrow morning.

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Blows it of the water? I don't think so. But don't get me wrong, SoP fucking rule, one of my other favourite bands.

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Yeah, SoP and PsyCroptic are the shit... I also really like Decrepit Birth and Severed Savior, but thats probably because im practically nextdoor to both bands.

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Severed Savior are goddamn good too......not as good as SoP, but close. Very talented band. I saw them play with SoP, and again a couple months back when Cannibal Corpse came here.

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the blood letting tour correct? Pyaemia was with em, and gorgasm... both of those bands kick mucho ass too.

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Yeah......wasn't a fan of Pyemia, and Gorgasm pretty much sucked balls. Maybe they didn't set up their sound right, but after seeing SoP, nothing compared.

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I'd take Severed Savior over Spawn Of Possession although it would be a very heartily fought battle.

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I'd take Spawn Of Possession over Severed Saviour although it would be a very heartily fought battle.

And I haven't heard Pyaemia, but Gorgasm kick arse too. mmmm Unique Leader..... Erik Lindmark is a fucking champ. And I met him!!!

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it seems both pyaemia and gorgasm are an acquired taste... i dunno why though, they both kick alot of ass with their gore soaked approach to BDM. And, im not sure who id take, SoP or Severed, probably severed since i can go and hang out with those guys on the weekend if i want.

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Hey I was just reading the discography page of the Necrophagist website, and it says this regarding the re-release of Onset:

"Completely new drum samples recorded piece by piece by Necrophagist's drummonster Hannes Grossmann, which the drumcomputer was fed with."

Does this mean he just re-programmed the drum machine, right? or does it mean something else???

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Nah. Severed Savior shit all over SoP.

Nah. Heartily fought battle.

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hahaha, it doesnt matter since both bands are on a level where they dont need to compete with anyone. Id probably take decrepit birth over all of them.

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I would think that they recorded the new drummer's parts.....but built them up from the ground up piece by piece. If you listen to a couple of the re-done tracks the drums sound much heavier and quite similar to those on Epitaph.

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Allright people, here is the answer to the original quesition. This is from the Necro website..........

"Dudes, there's been a batch of defective CDs of "Epitaph", which found its' way to stores. If you bought one of those, this might interest you. Relapse's statement on this:

"...To All Relapse Customers,
Despite Relapse's best efforts to ensure that only quality product reaches store shelves, a recent repress of Necrophagist ‘Epitaph’ (Relapse Records 6628) shipped with a defect.

The defective CDs appear as one, 37-minute track when placed in a CD player, and as eight data tracks when inserted into a PC. This is only a small portion of the CDs we pressed, though unfortunately some found their way into circulation.

If you are in possession of a defective CD please exchange it from the point of purchase for a correct copy. If this does not work, please mail the defective CD with a note containing your proper mailing address to:


RELAPSE RECORDS
P.O. Box 2060
Upper Darby , PA 19082
Attn: Jim Roman..."

Sorry about the inconvenience, but shit happens once in a while... "

There you go, Memnoch.

And on a side note, I just found out Hannes did NOT, I repeat DID NOT use triggers on Epitaph.
I am utterly speechless. He has gone up a few notches in my 'Best DM drummers' opinion, that's for fucking sure. Whoah..................


































































I still can't fucking believe it........................

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I agree, and Malcom says all blacks shall be muslins, but not the other way.
All christians are white??-----> NO. That is the same.

P.D: i´m not nor christian, nor black, nor muslin,nor Malcolm X,....

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