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NECRONOMICON - Constant To Death Reviewed By Metallerium ! Check it out here at this link: https://www.metallerium.com/necronomicon-constant-to-death-2023

New album from the veteran German thrash metal band , who remain faithful to the cause of thrash and in which they try to standardize their sound with current metal, as we exposed in the review of the previous album "The Final Chapter". Necronomicon  are:  Freddy  on vocals and guitar (the only original member), Marco Lohrenz on bass, Rik Charron on drums, and Glen Shannon on lead guitar. The album was mixed and mastered by  Achim Köhler. The album generally maintains thrash metal , however this time it feels more varied, from more accessible songs like "A Voice For The Voiceless" or "Bloodrush" that are melodic, and less aggressive, and the classics full of thrash like " Constant To Death" and the speedy "They Lie" or "Children Cry Alone" , which recalls the first thrash records, although we remember that there is nothing that can teach these veterans considering that their beginnings date from the mid-eighties. In general, it is a much more varied album than the previous one, but with a more melodic stink, in which at many times Freddy 's aggressive voice saves the label of thrash metal .   In summary, once again we have a varied album by Necronomicon , now with a certain tendency towards melody, it cannot be said that it is not a classic thrash album , they are still doing their thing, and that is a good thing, since they are not They don't want to stay old or be dishonest and sound modern overnight. Metallerium

Release Date: 28.04.2023

FFO: Slayer, Megadeth, Overkill

Location: Germany

With Constant to Death, their twelfth studio album, Necronomicon embarks on an explosive tightrope walk between thrash, punk and powermetal. The hard, uncompromising characteristics of the songs have remained. New is the tidy, fat sound and the dominance of the vocals, in which songwriter and front man Freddy shows himself more vocally powerful than ever. Freddy describes 'Constant to death' as his most modern and at the same time most personal album. "There's everything in the 12 songs, from typical Necronomicon to salon-ready powermetal to my musical origins of punk." 

Title track and opener of the new album is 'Constant to death'. Thrash reloaded. Compact, a power song in which soundmaster Achim Köhler has once again done a great job and which will open the door to a wider audience for Necronomicon. Also the second song, 'They lie', a typical punk song, but in the "here and now" so Freddy, clarifies Necronomicon's new course out of the niche German Thrash Metal without however losing recognition value. 'Constant to death' is more than a loose sequence of songs, it is Freddy's journey through music as he loves it. Each track is meant to make you curious about the next one. In the sense...it makes you want to listen through the album....and then... start all over again. Early in spring, Freddy went to work on the songwriting and the album was recorded before the European tour in September / October 2022. This time the members of Necronomicon recorded and produced it in the band's own headquarters to simply have more time. 

The rhythm & melody guitars were played as always by Freddy and then Marco Lohrenz laid down the powerful , well thought out and melodic foundation bass tracks in preparation for the drum tracks to be recorded by Rik. Because the band wanted as much time as possible to record the music tracks, Rik Charron flew to Germany 2 weeks before the start of the tour to record all the drums for the new album. The former Exciter drummer AGAIN hits the skins with the speed of a machine gun and with the power, intricacies and ferocity he is well known for.

The thoughtful and flowing solo guitars were recorded by Glen Shannon at his home base in the USA. The album is being Mixed and Mastered as always by Achim Köhler. He is the only engineer for Necronomicon when it comes to the perfect sound for the band of his production excellence. Due to the worldwide events, the album title "Constant to Death" is also the main theme of the lyrics. The Russian war of aggression on Ukraine, churches and their sexual abuse, child poverty and hunger...They are very serious and socially-critical song lyrics, which turn out accordingly gloomy. Constant to Death, Constant to Thrash !

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Lineup: 
Freddy: Vocals and Melodie- & Rhythm guitar 
Marco Lohrenz: Bass 
Rik Charron: drums
Glen Shannon: Soli guitar

Track List:
1. Constant To Death 
2. They Lie  
3. Redemption 
4. Stored In Blood
5. The Guilty Shepherd 
6. A Voice For The Voiceless
7. Black Rain
8. Children Cry Alone
9. Bloodrush
10. Down From Above
11. The Blood Runs Red
12. Poverty Show

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https://www.facebook.com/necronomiconofficial
https://necronomicon-germany.de/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiEYPGuTerbs2QmpgC_b0wg