current_members associated_acts years_active label article_title past_members background genre origin name
frank pucci steve lehocky damien matthews shawn slusarek scrimm pantera , down , sigh , numb & number 1983 -- 1987 , 1997 -- present red stream , season of mist , new renaissance necrophagia
 larry fabra jared faulk dustin havnen mirai kawashima frediablo opal enthroned maddison undead torment boris randall anton crowley -lrb- philip anselmo -rrb- wayne group_or_band death metal wellsville , ohio , united states necrophagia
necrophagia

necrophagia is an american death metal band .
the group was assembled in wellsville , ohio , in 1983 and is credited as being one of the very first musical groups to be classified within the death metal genre .
the group was founded by frank pucci .
the band name is derived from the act of cannibalizing , or eating a corpse ; the word is crafted from the two greek words `` nekron '' -lrb- corpse -rrb- and `` phagein '' -lrb- to eat -rrb- .
necrophagia is one of the earliest death metal bands , along with others such as possessed , master , death , morbid angel and obituary .
however , they are quite often overlooked .
the band is noted for vocalist killjoy 's vast variance in vocal talents as well as the instrumental differentiation between each album , as well a fair amount of band member changes over the years ; many of which also highly esteemed in the extreme metal genres .
necrophagia remains a favorite among extreme metal fans and holds high importance in the death metal subgenre foundation .
