Another poll - best Necrophagist album

[rbarreira]

Do you prefer Necrophagist's oldest album or the new one? Don't vote unless you know both albums well, of course :)

[Cloaca]

Ahhhhhhh! Can't decide! eenie-meenie-miney-mo......

[AIDS Muppet]

No question, Onset wins.

[DawnOfFlames]

there is no comparison. apples and oranges. but, to each his own. i could never decide one over the other.

[fuckedinthehead]

i can't even listen to "onset" anymore just because of the fact that epitaph exists. epitaph by a longshot

[marduk1507]

Epitaph it is. The more I listen to it, the more I find, as Cloaca said somewhere, other stuff "relatively" boring.

[Northern Darkness]

both are awesome and keep blowing my mind with every listen! :D

[Cloaca]

Well, I've decided. Epitaph by a nanometre. Reason: The real drums on epitaph.

[Glutton]

It is hard to compare them. But I'll try anyway. Onset for me, has more of a death metal appeal than Epitaph, the songs have a less "epic" feel to them. Epitaph, loses some of its death metal appeal to me because of its overt melodies (generally), but I can appreciate it more of musician level, the way the guitars play off eachother especially. The trance like rythym driving the solo(also breifly around the 1:38 mark) in "The StillBorn One" is something that I would of thought uncharacteristic of Muhammed's writing, yet very appealing none the less. That being said, the albums loses points in comparison to Onset, because of what I found to be an overemphasis on the soloing ( I know I know a huge part of the Necrophagist character), I would of liked to hear more focus on the riffing in general. But they didn't make this album for me. :(


After all that, it's still hard to decide, but one thing tips the scales towards Epitaph....a 12 -fingered bassist!!:p

[marduk1507]

Yeah, the bass on Epitaph is the work of a genius. Add awesome drums, two extraterestrial guitarists and you have the THING that Onset simply lacks - the chemistry of four soulmates - the outcome is simply unbelievable. I too prefered Onset after listening to Epitaph a couple of times, but that was not enough. Now, after listening to it A LOT, theres no other way. Yet Onset will always be as special as Epitaph to me.

[vilemortis]

My friend actually introduced me into you guys by showing me both cds, Epitaph had just been released. I was keener on Onset in terms of individual songs, but have since grown to like Epitaph much more and I can appreciate musically its on a higher level than the first....both killer cds never the less.

[SatanicA]

I voted Epitaph because I only know this band through this album for only 3 day's :(

[marduk1507]

Try to get Onset, it is really worth the effort