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NECRONOMICON - Constant To Death - Reviewed By heavymusichq ! Check it out here at this link: https://heavymusichq.com/heavy-music-hq-album-reviews-week-of-april-28-2023/

Constant To Death, the latest effort from the veteran German band Necronomicon, has some warlike thrash tendencies to it. It is a very brash album that has the right level of aggression to entice, wreaking havoc with machine gun riffing and drumming. The songs are very straight forward and don’t do anything really interesting.

Still, this is guns blazing thrash that still burns down the terrace at a high frequency and really excites. The thrashtastic riffing is catchy and pulls you into the experience. It doesn’t really sound fresh, but it is effective musically. Some thrash fans will find something to like here. The album has the destructive tendencies to make you take notice. I just wish it tried to be something more than it is. heavymusichq

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