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.

Background

Release and 2004 re-release

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:
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.
;2004 re-issue bonus tracks

Reception

Personnel

Necrophagist
Production