The Necromancer

:"This article is about the Rush song. For the gothic novel, see The Necromancer; or, The Tale of the Black Forest. For the character from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, see Sauron. There is also a hardstyle/jumpstyle artist of this name."

Infobox Song
Name = The Necromancer


SorA = album
Artist = Rush
Album = Caress of Steel
Released = September 1975
track_no = 4
Recorded = June-July 1975
Genre = Heavy metal, Progressive rock
Length = 12:30
Writer =
Composer =
Label = Anthem Records (Canada) Mercury Records
Producer = Rush & Terry Brown
Chart position =
prev = "Lakeside Park"
prev_no = 3
next = "The Fountain of Lamneth"
next_no = 5Infobox Single
Name = The Necromancer: Return of the Prince


Artist = Rush
from Album = Caress of Steel
Released = 1976
Format =
Recorded = June-July 1975
Genre = Progressive rock
Length = 3:52
Label =
Producer =
Last single = "Making Memories" (1975)
This single = "The Necromancer: Return of the Prince" (1976)
Next single = "Lakeside Park" (1976)

The Necromancer is an epic Progressive rock song by Rush from their 1975 album Caress of Steel and is currently their fourth longest song, behind the Cygnus X-1 duology, 2112, and The Fountain of Lamneth. This was Rush's first attempt at writing an epic piece and, along with its partner The Fountain of Lamneth, was blamed for the commercial failure of the album.

This is the second Rush song to feature the character By-Tor, the first being "By-Tor & The Snow Dog" on the band's second album, Fly by Night. This song also contains a reference to the town of the band's formation, Willowdale. The song has not appeared on any Rush live album or compilation.

Progressive metal band Dream Theater covered this song during their "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence" tour.