There are at least 6 bands with this name: 1) German krautrock group
2) German Thrash metal band
3) death metal band from Canada
4) psychedelic doom metal band from Brazil
5) death metalband from Japan
6) 80s synth-pop-wave/avantgarde band from the Netherlands

1) Necronomicon were formed in 1971 in Aachen, the Western part of Germany near the Belgium and Netherlands border. With an album title (Tips zum Selbtsmord) that means "How to Commit Suicide," Necronomicon's one album, from 1972, featured bleak progressive garage rock with long instrumental passages.

Read more about Necronomicon on Last.fm.


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