The new members of a resurrected NECRONOMIDOL make their first appearance in “TULIPAQ”, an MV released on the virtual eve of their no-audience livestream debut.
Sole surviving NECROMA member Himari is discovered by new disciples Shiki, Nana, and Roa who instruct her in the crafting of a tupilaq: a vengeful monster created by witchcraft, given life by ritualistic chants and then set loose into the sea to seek and destroy an enemy (thanks Wikipedia!). Continue reading
Since mid-March, in his house at R’lyeh, dead Cthulhu has been waiting and dreaming of the coming era when new dark disciples will emerge from the depths and spread madness to the far corners of the world once more.
That wait is (almost) over. NECRONOMIDOL have announced they will be resuming activities in June with three new members.
NECRONOMIDOL release their highly anticipated five-song EP, scions of the blasted heath, this Wednesday, June 16. It is their first studio recording since the graduation of beloved and iconic idols Hina and Sari, and the addition of new members back in January.
This album cover is what they call a “conversation starter”.
Being the first studio offering by the new line-up of Kunogi, Michelle, Rei-chan, Okaki, Himari and her omniscient hair makes this EP one of the most eagerly awaited releases of the year. Team Homicidols were lucky enough to be blessed with a preview copy (all it cost was my soul but I wasn’t using it much anyway). It’s a diverse set of tracks by fan-favorite songwriters exploring themes of trauma, entropy and conquest alongside the omnipresent influence of Lovecraftian terror. Here’s a sneak peak:
The NECRONOMIDOL EUROPEAN INQUISITION 2019 announcement has dropped, short on dates but full of intriguing details. For those of you within affordable travel distance of London, the one date you will certainly want to save is the mid-July weekend of HYPER JAPAN.
Ultradark idol group @NECRONOMIDOL blackens the HYPER Live! Stage#HYPERJAPAN
https://t.co/2g8cOI4pg8— HYPER JAPAN (@HYPERJAPANevent) March 25, 2019
NECROMA will be joining the distinguished ranks of former HYPER JAPAN alumni including Yoshiki and Toshi (X Japan), Dempagumi.inc, friends of Homicidols Mutant Monster and Charisma.com, and site favorite LADYBABY.
In all, Necroma confirmed eight summer gigs in six European countries, including a couple of out-of-the-way spots with some rather esoteric connections. Continue reading
Dang.
【An important announcement from NECRONOMIDOL】https://t.co/FTZfUwOXNG
— NECRONOMIDOL (@NECRONOMIDOL) October 26, 2018
These videos aren’t new, friends, but I had this guy right down here sitting there in the Weekender, and I was like, you know, it’s kind of rude to just leave this here. Remember the good ol’ days, Maniac, when you used to just about zing straight out of your clothes like in an 80s cartoon any time favorite idols of yours got a total bootleg fancam video uploaded to YouTube and you just had to blog a post? Those were good days. Exciting days! And NECRONOMIDOL was one of the most featured things in those days, before they got all big and swanky and stuff and before you realized that there were like 7,200 idol groups to cover.
I originally just published the videos for one thing, but right as that was happening came along a preview of “SAMHAIN”!
本日お披露目しました新曲③は
「SAMHAIN」
作曲：ゼロツ ( @cider02 )WITCHING HOUR作曲のゼロツさんからのご提供です。 pic.twitter.com/Mb8VZaHg6p
— NECRONOMIDOL (@NECRONOMIDOL) September 15, 2018
Back to our featured programming!
No! As it turns out, I missed that they’ve played “IN BLACK” live as well!
All hail fancam.
So anyway! Here’s “thanatogenesis”, from Necroma’s upcoming VOIDHYMN album:
Long had it been rumored, suspected, hinted at and blasphemously prophesied that darkness idols NECRONOMIDOL would soon, eventually release another record, their fairly exhausting touring schedule and requisite omnipresence in the chika scene made it unclear as to exactly when that was going to happen. Now we know!
【new release!】
大変お待たせ致しました！アルバム情報公開！
NECRONOMIDOL
3rd Album
「VOIDHYMN」ジャケットは丸尾末広先生 @maruojigoku に描き下ろしていただきました！
9曲入り¥2160(税込)
発売：2018/9/29
＊9月頭予定でしたが制作が予想より難航し9月末となります。申し訳ございません。 pic.twitter.com/wizjolPy8X— NECRONOMIDOL (@NECRONOMIDOL) August 23, 2018
Also, please tell me that’s a Beetlejuice reference in the art
Ah, yes, arguably, the main event. It’s weird, actually. This is the second time I have interviewed Necroma (and the third time Homicidols has interviewed them overall), but I was still the most nervous about this particular interview.
I can say without a doubt that NECRONOMIDOL are my favourite unit nowadays. And Sari is not just the official Homicidols oshi of 2017-2018 (well), she also shares the joint podium with GANG PARADE’s Coco Partin Coco as my personal kamioshi. I was insanely excited, but terrified, to see them again.
Well, I’m sure enough people saw my Twitter fangirling to know that it went okay. They were all lovely to see again, as always. Rei even pulled out a chair for me to sit on as we started the interview! As it was Hina’s birthday in a couple of days, I gave her a gift bag of chocolate and a Hedwig plushie, and she was happy, and then I was happy! There’s a lot really that I could babble on about. There’s not much to say about their actual performance that hasn’t already been said before; they were absolutely captivating, as always. I think Sari’s facial spider may have been powering my ability to take photos, as once I noticed that it had fallen from her face, my camera ran out of space and my phone ran out of battery. Spooky! Continue reading
Man, it’s been a while since I last did a review. In fact, the last one was … uh … well. This is getting a little awkward. Three of the last four now? Seriously?
All right. So before I do NECRONOMIDOL again, let me say that I’m also making a new year’s resolution to get more idol records and do more reviews, including some older stuff. Including something that I’m going to publish in like the next couple of days to break up this Necroma run. And then something else.
Great. On to the review!
Well, that happened
— Homicidol Maniac (@homicidols) December 21, 2017
This is all that I could muster after a night that confirmed everything that I’ve been doing about this whole idol business. In front of gods and man and maniacs, NECRONOMIDOL had not only taken the stage and wreaked absolute havoc, but had cut a very different jib in meeting with me, in person, and providing some great insights.
Oh, and Oshi put on the tiara that I gifted her, and all was well. Continue reading
