Editing Necrophagist (section)

=== 2004–2008: Touring and continued lineup changes ===
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 (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 (band)|Alarum]], [[Neuraxis (band)|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 (band)|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.<ref name="newdrum">{{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 }}</ref>

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 (band)|Carcass]], [[Suffocation (band)|Suffocation]], [[1349 (band)|1349]] and [[Aborted]].