Tips Zum Selbstmord

by Necronomicon

Overview

With a title that means "How to Commit Suicide," Necronomicon's one album, from 1972, featured bleak progressive garage rock with long instrumental passages. With wailing acid guitar solos, dark organ swirls, and angst-ridden singing in German, Necronomicon has created a dark and powerful vision that blends psychedelic and progressive music with a proto-punk garage band sensibility. They throw in some operatic vocals on several of the tracks; these are most effective in a couple places on "Requiem der Natur" to make the music sound almost like the Slovenian band Laibach. The same piece also offers an industrial droning beginning, some great walking bass soloing, bass and keyboard dueling, and a couple of melancholic folksy interludes. The title track combines proto-punk rhythmic energy with angry guitars and new wave-ish organ tones. The sound quality of this album is a bit rough, but that adds to the charm of the raw energy and despair of this underground Krautrock classic. ~ Rolf Semprebon

Product Details

Release Date:	12/09/2022
Label:	Best Prehodi / Guerssen Records
UPC:	4040824091767
Rank:	60073

Tracks

1. Prolog
2. Requiem Der Natur
3. Tips Zum Selbstmord
4. Die Stadt
5. In Memoriam
6. Requiem vom Ende

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Necronomicon   Primary Artist,Primary Artist
Fistus Dickman   Vocals,Synthesizer,Organ
Norbert Breuer   Guitar,Vocals
Harald Bernhard   Drums
Bernhard Hocks   Vocals,Bass
Walter Sturm   Vocals,Guitar