Will we ever hear a new Necrophagist album? – Not if the band’s former drummer Hannes Grossmann had his way

Many are still waiting for the German technical death metal band Necrophagist to release a new studio album. The band’s previous album “Epitaph” was released in 2004 and no new music has been released since then.

However, many are still waiting patiently for the old gang to get active again and make new music together. Rumours were circulating at least until 2019, but a new album never materialised.

In a recent podcast with Metalsucks, the band’s former drummer Hannes Grossmann gave his opinion on the matter. In his mind, the band shouldn’t release another album because he fears it could potentially tarnish the band’s output.

“But again, I would say… from my point of view I would be super interested in hearing another record. But then again, what would you expect? I mean, there’s also one voice in my head that keeps telling me hopefully there will never be another record because then this one record that I play on will be the standard and what everybody compares it to. It’s definitely a classic death metal album and, you know, how can I put it? If that’s the final album, then I’ll be the one guy that played on that album. If there’s an album with another drummer who, of course, will be fantastic ’cause he has to [be able] to play this stuff, then it’s not as exclusive anymore. [laughs]

“But that’s a very selfish thought and, well… I would say I wouldn’t expect another record though. If there was any interest by anybody to do it, then it would have been done by now. Don’t you think? It’s so long ago. I don’t think it’s happening. And the momentum is completely gone.

“If there was another Necrophagist record with a similar type of sound it would almost be a retro album in some way, from today’s perspective. And that was never the point of that band. I think it was always meant to be one step ahead of everybody else. If there was another record, the whole myth would be gone. And they’d compare that record to the old record and of course everyone would say, ‘Oh, the old record is better.’ Because it always is, even if it isn’t.”