| The Necromancers | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Poitiers, France |
| Genres | Heavy Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Progressive Rock |
| Years active | 2015 - Present |
| Labels | Ripple Music |
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The Necromancers are a heavy rock band based out of Poitiers, France. Founded in 2015, the band's sound derives into psychedelic, progressive and occult rock along with proto-metal for influences. To date the band has released three albums (Two of which through Ripple Music) and has toured with a wide arrangement of bands throughout Europe.
Biography[]
The Necromancers are a French self-described "heavy occult rock" band from Poitiers, formed in 2015. The quartet consists of Simon Evariste on bass duties, Benjamin Rousseau as the backboning drums & percussion, Robin Genais on leading guitarwork, and frontman, lead singer & rhythm guitarist Tom Cornière-David. They would sign to Ripple Music for two albums.
Their Ripple Music bio page reads as follows, "The Necromancers are so goddamn dark and mysterious they don't even have a bio. Oooooooh! " Yet, drawing from antiquated inspirations in mythology and religious, fantastical tales from European literature, as well as an obsession for classical horror cinema from last century, the Necromancers are a curious alliance of musicians hailing from a wide range of backgrounds that, together, are a strange beast to behold.
Experimenting from progressive rock to doom metal, heavy psych and the '70s early pagan proto-metal sounds from bands of the likes of Black Sabbath and Coven, their music is a condensed hybrid of muddy influences, emerging from fuzzy and mesmerising witchy riffs to metallic passion and thickened doom, altogether throw then in the urgency of NWOBHM, dousing the entire lot into lysergic illusions.
Their debut full-length Servants of the Salem Girl was released on August 18th, 2017 as the surprise occult doom record of that year, while a follow up sophomore Of Blood and Wine was released on October 5th, 2018 with all the present, same intense moods and themes, but with even better songwriting and heavier riffs, all with a mind to create an album to sound for the ages.
After a string of successful tours in 2017 with the likes of Elephant Tree and Monkey3, the Necromancers took to the road for an European tour with Belzebong, kicking off with an album release show at le Cluricaune, in their hometown of Poitiers. The band would tour twice with Belzebong and then tour solo in further support for Of Blood and Wine.[1]
The band would resurface from the pandemic in 2021 with a new singer and performing occasional shows in 2022. On 16 September 2022, The Necromancers would self-release their third album Where The Void Rose, followed by a tour in support of the album the next year.
Discography[]
Albums[]
- Servants of the Salem Girl (2017, Ripple Music)
- Of Blood and Wine (2018, Ripple Music)
- Where The Void Rose (2022, Self-Released)
Members[]
Current Lineup[]
- Simon Evariste - Bass (2015 - Present)
- Benjamin Rousseau - Drums (2015 - Present)
- Robin Genais - Lead Guitar (2015 - Present)
- Basile Chevalier-Coudrain - Guitar, Vocals (2021 - Present)
Past Members[]
- Tom Cornière-David - Guitar, Vocals (2015 - 2021)
List of Known Tours[]
- February 2017 Tour (With Elephant Tree) (2017)[2]
- Servants of the Salem Girl Tour (With Monkey3) (2017)[3][4]
- Spring 2018 European Tour (2018)[5]
- Purveyors of Dankness (With Belzebong) (2018)[6][7]
- Purveyors of Dankness European Spring Tour 2019 (With Belzebong) (2019)[8]
- Of Blood and Wine European Tour (2019)[9]
- 2023 European Tour (2023)[10]