Necrophagist#Members

Necrophagist's debut album Onset of Putrefaction has been out of print for years. The percussion on the album was handled by a drum machine. Eventually, a new edition with drum samples recorded by Hannes Grossmann was created. All of the old guitar, bass guitar and vocal tracks were mixed along with the brand new drum samples. The re-release also features two songs from Necrophagist's 1995 self-titled demo tape. The whole album was also engineered by long-time Necrophagist engineer and producer Christoph Brandes at The Iguana Studios. It was mastered by Bob Katz at "Digital Domain", Orlando, Florida. The re-release was issued in 2004 by Willowtip in the United States/Canada and Relapse in the rest of the world. In August 2001, Necrophagist performed at the Brutal Assault open air festival in the Czech Republic. The band also returned to perform in the years 2003, 2005 and 2010.

On 10 February 2006, it was announced that Christian Münzner had departed the band due to scheduling conflicts. Later on, he joined the death metal band Obscura. A replacement guitarist was found, Sami Raatikainen, who is from Helsinki, Finland. Sami also plays in the band Codeon.

In 2006, the band undertook an American tour called "Carving North America's Epitaph". Necrophagist was joined on this tour by Arsis, Alarum, Neuraxis, Ion Dissonance, Cattle Decapitation and Thine Eyes Bleed. They, along with Dying Fetus, supported Cannibal Corpse on their U.S. tour in the fall, which also included some Canadian venues.

In 2007, the band announced on its Myspace profile that after the 2007 California Metalfest, drummer Hannes Grossmann would leave the band. Hannes stated that he was unable to commit to the band's full-time touring schedule. Marco Minnemann (who has played with Paul Gilbert, Terry Bozzio, Chad Wackerman) was the official permanent replacement for Hannes.

Necrophagist was a headlining act for The Summer Slaughter Tour in 2007, which featured a wide variety of other extreme metal bands including Decapitated, Arsis, The Faceless, Cephalic Carnage, As Blood Runs Black and Cattle Decapitation.

In April 2008, Necrophagist announced that Romain Goulon would be joining the band as their new drummer, replacing Minnemann, who would still be working with Suiçmez on a side project.{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=95592 |title=Necrophagist Announces New Drummer |date=24 April 2008 |website=Blabbermouth.net |access-date=5 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202114948/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=95592 |archive-date=2 February 2009 }}

Necrophagist played in the "Pillage the Village Tour" in 2008 from 26 August 2008 to 10 September 2008 with death metal bands Dying Fetus and Beneath the Massacre. Shows in some areas also included Carcass, Suffocation, 1349 and Aborted.

In 2008, Necrophagist began work on its next album with new drummer Romain Goulon.{{cite web |url=http://www.necrophagist.de/Seiten/necrophagist_main.html |title=Romain Goulon joins Necrophagist |work=Necrophagist.de |access-date=22 August 2010}} According to rumours, two possible names were "The Path to Naught" and "Death to the Faithful". Suiçmez stated that the band would be using seven-string guitars on the album.{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=104552 |title=NECROPHAGIST Frontman Talks About Forthcoming Album |work=Blabbermouth.net |access-date=27 December 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202114548/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=104552 |archive-date=2 February 2009 }} Muhammed himself will be recording with a new custom shop Ibanez Xiphos guitar with seven strings, as well as 27 frets.{{cite web|url=http://www.myspace.com/necrophagistde |title=Necrophagist on MySpace Music |work=MySpace |access-date=22 August 2010}} Sami Raatikainen is an Ibanez guitar endorser, using a 7 String RG-Series guitar on stage.

As of 2012, it was unknown if Necrophagist were still active, or had plans to release a follow-up to Epitaph. This had led to a large amount of speculation on the part of fans, bewildered by the album's long wait. However, in a statement made in August 2012, former drummer Marco Minnemann stated there was indeed progress on a new album, saying "I know people are waiting for the new Necro album so bad. Muhammed is a very close friend of mine and I know he's really concerned about delivering the best album possible. But I personally know there's progress....hang on in there, I'm sure he'll deliver the goods."

On 11 September 2013, drummer Romain Goulon issued a statement that Necrophagist were still active and attempting to record a new album, however, there was no indication of when it would be released.{{cite web|url=http://www.metalinjection.net/finally/actual-update-new-necrophagist-album|title=An Actual Update On A New NECROPHAGIST Album|publisher=Metal Injection|date=11 September 2013|access-date=13 August 2014}} Then on 4 April 2016, Goulon replied to a Facebook comment and stated "We're looking for a coffin to mourn the dead", saying that Necrophagist would not be moving forward as a band, and thus were done.{{cite web|url=http://www.metalinjection.net/latest-news/bummer-alert/necrophagist-drummer-says-the-band-is-dead-needs-a-coffin/amp|title=Bummer alert, Necrophagist drummer says the band is dead and needs a coffin|date=19 April 2016 |publisher=Metal Injection}}

Final lineup

• Muhammed Suiçmez – guitar, vocals (1992–2010)
• Stephan Fimmers – bass (2003–2010)
• Sami Raatikainen – guitar (2006–2010)
• Romain Goulon – drums (2008–2010)

Former members

• Jochen Bittmann – bass (1992–2001)
• Jan-Paul Herm – guitar (1992–1995)
• Matthias Holzapfel – guitar (1995–2000)
• Raphael Kempermann – drums (1992–1995)
• Daniel Silva – drums (1995–1998, 2001–2003)
• Shahram Naderi – drums (1998–2001)
• Mostafa Karami – guitar (1998–2001)
• Mario Petrovic – guitar (2000–2001)
• Slavek Foltyn – drums (2000–2001)
• Björn Vollmer – guitar (2001–2002)
• Julien Laroche – bass (2001–2003)
• Christian Münzner – guitar (2002–2006)
• Heiko Linzert – bass (2003)
• Hannes Grossmann – drums (2003–2007)
• Marco Minnemann – drums (2007–2008)

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Studio albums

• Onset of Putrefaction (1999)
• Epitaph (2004)

Demo tapes

• Requiems of Festered Gore (1992)
• Necrophagist (1995)

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