Novembre - The Blue
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Finally I receive a promo from a GOOD Italian metal band. I must say that I donÂ’t know any other country that produces so many shitty metal bands, but when they do it right, itÂ’s usually a top notch band. As is the case with Novembre, a band that released quite a few albums since their inception in 1993. This is my first encounter with them.
NovembreÂ’s latest album The Blue is a record that requires time and effort to get a hold on it. Their music is a mixture of doom, death, goth but most of all progressive metal, which means there is a lot of melody, a lot of variety and a lot of layers in the music. The songs are all very epic and emotional, both the brutal and the melodic parts. Luckily the vocals arenÂ’t one-dimensional but go from clean passages to brutal grunts and screams, adapting to the music perfectly. This truly is a treat for any progressive metal lover.
Most songs are pretty long and contain a load on riffs and vocal lines. The clean vocals sound a tad whiny to me, but they are executed pretty good. They possess enough emotion to get the message through correctly. Furthermore this album is loaded with impressive solos that take the band even higher in ranking. All in all a very entertaining disc.
In the end I canÂ’t say that itÂ’s a great band for me personally, IÂ’m not that much of a proghead anyway. But I can surely recommend it to any fan of bands like Opeth, Katatonia and Anathema.
.: Reactions
You have to login to react, click here to login or create a new account| DjMarvin on Monday November 5th 2007 19:16 |  |
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| for a great italian metal band, check out Disarmonia Mundi. Amazing stuff. |
| Mindsaver on Monday November 5th 2007 20:15 |  |
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| Great band indeed, but not for DemonDust |
| Neurotic on Monday November 5th 2007 22:11 | |
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| Disarmonia Mundi is okay I think....Their last cd disappointed me a bit... |
