Necronomicon

Of all the German thrash bands, Necronomicon hardly gets a mention. I personally love 'em. Not quite up to the standards of Kreator or even Tankard but I do enjoy them more than Sodom, for instance. Their first album is OK but they get better on the sophomore LP, 'Apocalyptic Nightmare.' For their third effort 'Escalation,' I think they pulled out all the stops making a flawed classic. Not perfect by any means but definitely a worthy album to the German thrash cannon, worthy enough to be mentioned with some of the best by similarly underrated German bands Darkness, Vendetta and Deathrow. Good, thrashy and catchy (like all great thrash should be). Any fans?

I've not heard these guys.

i guess the reason people don't give them much mention is the fact that they've released only like 5 albums in 20 years. plus most of the material was heavily influenced by bands like Sodom & Destruction. they were a decent 2nd tier band, but when you are hardly original & follow that up with inconsistantly recording & touring...people end up forgetting.

Construction Of Evil album was good. not really worth the 10 year wait...but you kinda expect the long break with these guys.

I like them. I don't play them a lot, and their stuff is pretty hard to come by, but I like what I have.



Arttie

I have their first three albums on vinyl and love them.

Escalation is certainly a great headbanger! Haven't heard their first 2 albums, and I haven't heard the rest enough times to give a better feedback though!

Required Fields wrote:

ultmetal wrote:

I've not heard these guys.

They're good, but nothing special.

Got the rerelases today; the first two albums sound fine, especially Apocalyptic Nightmare, but Escalation with stay my favorite Necronomicon album for sure - essential for all thrash freaks, you can get it for few bucks on ebay!!

Excellent band! Was just spinning ESCALATION today. Truly an essential if you like thrash.

ultmetal wrote:

I've not heard these guys.

Same here.

They're evil!!!! You're opening vistas of pure demonic evil!! This is serious!








Huh? Wh, wha happened? I must of blacked out! I feel dizzy but better. Let me get some water.

scottmitchell74 wrote:

They're evil!!!! You're opening vistas of pure demonic evil!! This is serious!








Huh? Wh, wha happened? I must of blacked out! I feel dizzy but better. Let me get some water.

Am I evil?

Oh, I'm pretty sure of it!

Touche!! I like your style, Wargod!!

Wargod48 wrote:

https://heartofmetal.niceboard.com/heart-of-metal-f1/necronomicon-construction-of-evil-t3014.htm?highlight=necronomicon

Too bad this thread was created before that one

scottmitchell74 wrote:

Touche!! I like your style, Wargod!!

Ha ha I thought that was killer, been done to me many times so I thought I'd return the favor!

Wargod48

Just hearing the latest Necronomicon that came out last year.  Insanely good speed metal.  Gonna review it on the ol' Rat Salad tomorrow.  But, check it out if you get the chance.  This stuff is totally up my alley!!

Checking out these guys right now. Not bad at all. Thanks uncle!

Damn, I had no idea these guys were still around. I have one of their cds called Apocalyptic Nightmare, and for some reason I never went any further with them. That song above sounds really good, I might have to give them some of my money soon.