Tips Zum Selbstmord - Necronomicon (1972) Full Album + Bonus Tracks.

NECRONOMICON named themselves after a book mainly because the themes they were touching upon lyrically were much the same as those in that book. The title of this album according to the liner notes means “Some practical ways on how to commit suicide“ and refers to what mankind is doing to the planet by exploiting and destroying it. The vocals are sung in German, and like the music they are not pleasant. The music does have that heavy garage rock sound, very raw with those violent guitar leads. “Prolog“ opens with someone humming and laughing and carrying on. Suddenly the raw guitar comes in mimicking a line he just sang. Nice. Dirty, grungy guitar melodies follow. I’m thinking Iommi 2 1/2 minutes in as he lays down some heavy licks. At one point i’m saying to myself “So that’s where Eddie(VanHalen) got that lick from“. Organ joins the fray 3 1/2 minutes in. Vocals come in as the drums crash and the guitar cranks out the blistering leads. I’m in heaven man. Check out the bass 6 1/2 minutes in as