Year : 2015
Style : Thrash Metal
Country : Germany
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 174 mb
Bio:
Necronomicon is a German thrash metal band.Necronomicon was founded in 1983 by band leader Volker "Freddy" Fredrich, Axel Strickstrock and Lars "Lala" Honeck.The band originally made Punk rock, so in 1981 "Freddy" founded Total Rejection.This early Necronomicon phase was affected by bands like Discharge (band), The Exploited and GBH.Through the influence of Motörhead, Metallica and Slayer, their musical style soon would turn more into heavy metal.In 1985, the quartet signed their first record contract at GAMA Records. That was one year before guitarist Jürgen "Jogi" Weltin was engaged. The band released their debut album "Necronomicon", still dressed in punk outfits on the cover. With a mixture of hard thrash with strong Punk rock influences, they gained notoriety in the underground scene.In 1987 the second album "Apocalyptic Nightmare" was put on the market. On an Eastern Bloc tour that began in Austria and Hungary, the former Czechoslovakia to Russia, Necronomicon gained a large following.In the late 1980s the German Thrash metal reached its peak period. Bands like Kreator, Sodom (band) and Destruction with "Freddy's" childhood friend Schmier attended national and international sensation. But Necronomicon had less success in this regard due to some major setbacks: After 1988, when the third album was released at Escalation GAMA Records, it came to financial inconsistencies on the part of the label. Necronomicon then separated from the management. As the label threatened with a legal dispute, the band agreed to give up their complete rights to the songs along with the band name for ten years. Necronomicon has also been forced not to sign any other record contract.In 1993 Necronomicon was able to re-sign a new record deal. The blocking time over ten years, which was declared by GAMA Records, now successfully had been challenged. But the joy of the new contract, now at D&S Records, lasted only briefly. Although the album "Screams" was still mixed in 1994 under new management, D&S Records surprisingly reported insolvency in the same year and broke all contact with the band. In addition, a fire destroyed the rehearsal room and a large part of the equipment. Necronomicon almost broke up, especially Thrash metal was no longer needed at that time and was replaced by nu metal.In early 2000 an unexpected thrash revival broke out on the international music scene. Bands like Destruction or Exodus (band) went on tour again and produced new albums. Also Necronomicon succeeded in March 2004 when the band completed a contract with the label Remedy Records (Germany) from Hamburg and the new CD named "Construction of Evil" was brought to the market.But before that, the long-standing collaboration with guitarist Jogi had to be stopped because of his tinnitus.In 2007 Necronomicon signed a contract with the Spanish label Xtreem Music. The album "Revenge of the Beast" appeared. The CD was recorded as a special edition with a rougher mix of classic retro 1980s thrash in Neuenburg am Rhein.The European Tour in 2009 led to Greece, Spain and over to Russia. Drummer and founding member Axel Strickstrock resigned and was replaced by Klaus Enderlin.End of June 2013, Necronomicon was looking for permanent members playing the guitar and the bass. Benjamin "Ben Jay" Rogg and Marco Lohrenz completed Necronomicon. In this new formation Necronomicon played their first gig in the Czech Republic at the Aggressive Music Fest 2013 which was a full success for the new line-up.On 27th November 2015 the band released their album Pathfinder... Between Heaven and Hell on German label Trollzorn Records.
Album:
After a long intro, you finally get a glimpse of the thrash that this band plays, but once it gets going, the pace is frenetic and will get your fingers twitching and pulse starting to race.The second track of the album, “Betrayed”, is a wicked track that just gets under your skin every time you listen to it with heaps of pace and melody.“Under The Gun” is a ripper of a track with the opening riff that then goes into a cool lead with some nice low vocals creeping in to bring it to a boil nicely.“We Are The League” shows their punk influence and roots of the band as a punk band, which of course, thrash is very closely related.There are a few quieter moments and introductions that makes it much easier to listen to and gives it a little more flavor, as sometimes thrash tends to lose melody over just trying to smash your head in.“Out Of Hell” is real rocker of a track and possibly one of my favourite tracks on the album, but this album grows on you more and more each listening.One of the things I found a bit odd was some of their intros to songs. The first one clocks in at around 1 and a half minutes, while there are a few other spoken word introductions that appear to be more about promoting themselves. Maybe it was also just part of the promo for the release rather than in the proper release. I personally found it quite bizarre, but as I’m not a band member, I don’t know their true intentions for this.Hailing out of Germany, you definitely get the impression that a lot of their countrymen, such as UDO and ACCEPT, have had a rather large influence on this band; also tinges of HELLOWEEN can be heard. It’s a great mix and a lot of awesome history with those bands and the whole German Metal scene.
Line Up:
Freddy - Guitars, Vocals (1984-present)
Mike - Guitars
Marco - Bass (2013-present)
Chris Mosh - Drums (2014-present)
Tracklist:
01. Pathfinder... Between Heaven and Hell 07:14
02. Betrayed 05:55
03. Inside the Fire 05:34
04. Reborn 06:27
05. Under the Gun 05:15
06. We Are the League 04:43
07. Alone in the Dark 08:08
08. Farewell to a Friend 05:59
09. Monster 07:32
10. Out of Hell 08:49
11. Killing Pain 04:10 (Bonus Track)
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