With all they hype surrounding this band; you’d think it felt like you got laid after listening to Epitaph or even the previous album and recent Willowtip reissue of Onset Of Putrefaction. Is death metal that stagnant or is the band that good? Various webzines and print sources have touted this as a phenomenal album. In the immortal words of Flava Flav, don’t believe the hype. Instead of full on intercourse, it feels like a weakly spirited handjob. Don’t get me wrong, the guitar playing is great and the man is bursting with talent. But on the other hand, sheer playing prowess does not mean you can craft a good song, I’m looking at you Yngwie you fucking douchebag. The first few listens are great as the guitar playing runs up and down your spine and throughout your listening capabilities. Repeated listens become comical with the little squeals of guitar, fretboard gymnastics (mmm, foreign gymnasts. That Russian chick sure was a rude cunt after she blew the gold medal. And they say Americans are rude, ha ha.) and generally don’t create a solid, memorable tune. It’s almost wankery for the sake of wankery and technical wizardry. The vocal performance is truly atrocious and sounds like it was sampled from a stock selection of death metal vocals. The drumming has very little life to it and sounds processed.

One big complaint some people had about Onset Of Putrefaction was the use of a drum machine and hoped to hear Necrophagist with a live drummer. Frankly, the guy should have stuck with the drum machine because that’s one less band member to pay. You’d think a band with the word "necro" in its name would sound pretty fucking evil but that’s not the case. You should have signed Immolation, Relapse, for shame. This is the type of death metal album I could play for my grandmother and she’d probably enjoy it. She’d probably call it fancy and that’s how I feel about it. Fancy.

Written By: GruntCunter