Novembers Doom

For Every Leaf That Falls MCD

Review by Miika Kuusinen

I have recently noticed with delight the rise of the american doom metal scene. Novembers Doom is probably one of the oldest and best known american doom bands. To be honest I didn’t think much of their debut album ”Amid its Hallowed Mirth” which was released quite a few years ago but this brand new MCD is a nice surprise. Perhaps the new members (Mary ex- Mythic on bass and Abbas Jaffary Ember on drums) have brought some fresh ideas to the band’s sound. Novembers Doom still play basic slow doomdeath but unlike many European bands of this style, there are no keyboards and only some female vocals to create atmosphere. The music is slow, relatively simple and heavy with growly male vocals; the lack of gothic elements makes the music rather refreshing unlike today’s many doom bands of Europe. Even though pace of the album isn't quite as slow as on the classic doom album ”Forest of Equilibrium” by Cathedral, the approach and feeling is still pretty much the same. There is rather a strong death and 80’s metal influence on this album as it is on so many american doom bands (Morgion et al) but the melancholic atmopshere persists, lurking behind the heaviness and brutality.

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