Members from both bands, Barry "Baz" Dunnery (lead guitar), Dennis McCarten (bass), Frank Hall (drums), and singer Bill Branch, formed a heavy progressive blues outfit they called Hot Spring Water.
They were briefly renamed Taurus before settling on Necromandus after a radio show asked their audience for name suggestions.
In 1972, after extensive gigging and a failure to release a record, they caught the ear of Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi, who began managing the group.
[5] In early 1973, Necromandus, under Iommi's guidance, recorded the album Orexis of Death at London's Morgan Studio.
[7] Dennis McCarten, Barry Dunnery, and Frank Hall were in fact the Original Blizzard Of Ozz with Osbourne in 1977.