Necrophagist "Onset Of Putrefaction"

Onset of Putrefaction is the debut album by German technical death metal band Necrophagist. It was recorded almost solely by the band's founder, guitarist and vocalist Muhammed Suiçmez. He recorded all the vocal tracks and programmed the drum tracks with the help of a computer. The bass and guitar tracks were mostly recorded by him, with a few being recorded by former Necrophagist members - Jochen Bittmann recorded a few bass tracks, and Bjoern Vollmer recorded a few parts of Extreme Unction's guitar solo.

The original 1999 version of the album was very difficult to obtain, due to distribution problems with French label Noise Solution Records, which owned the rights to its music and only pressed 1,000 copies. American label Willowtip Records' founder Jason Tipton described the situation in an interview:

I first heard Onset in 2000 and I started emailing Muhammed, then asking about releasing it in the US and stuff. Muhammed always wanted it to happen, but things were a complete mess. He had signed a really bad contract and his label had gone out of business and the rights to that album were sold to another company. So this company owned the rights to the CD and they were near impossible for anyone to deal with, in fact they weren't doing their job at all. They didn't really care at all about the band, didn't have the CD in press. It was a complete mess.

Despite the hardships of the situation, Willowtip eventually successfully re-released Onset of Putrefication. The re-release version of the album features new cover art as well as a complete remaster of all its songs as well as new resampled drum machine tracks. The vastly improved drum samples used by the drum machine were armed and programmed by drummer Hannes Grossmann.

Track listing

All songs written by Muhammed Suiçmez.

1. "Foul Body Autopsy" 1:55
2. "To Breathe in a Casket" 5:43
3. "Mutilate the Stillborn" 3:45
4. "Intestinal Incubation" 4:13
5. "Culinary Hyperversity" 5:06
6. "Advanced Corpse Tumor" 5:29
7. "Extreme Unction" 4:48
8. "Fermented Offal Discharge" 4:42

Total length: 35:51

2004 re-issue bonus tracks

1. "Dismembered Self-Immolation" ((Demo '95)) 3:58
2. "Pseudopathological Vivisection" ((Demo '95)) 2:38

Total length: 42:06

Recording information:

Guitars, bass and vocals recorded at the Depths of Torment in Baden-Baden, Germany.

Mixed and mastered in June, 1999.