Doom debut - remastered
Justin Gaines | Northern Virginia | 10/25/2008
(4 out of 5 stars)
"1995's Amid Its Hallowed Mirth was the debut album from Novembers Doom, one of America's absolute finest doom metal bands. The band's early sound was very similar to their European counterparts Amorphis (as in Black Winter Day-era Amorphis), My Dying Bride, and very early Paradise Lost. In fact, listening to this bleak, deathly doom metal brings to mind cold Scandinavian forests a lot quicker than it does the Chicago skyline.
It's not as refined or innovative as the band's later offerings, but Amid Its Hallowed Mirth is still an impressive doom metal release, and one that all serious doom metal fans should check out, especially now that it has been reissued.
NOTE: The End Records reissued Amid Its Hallowed Mirth in 2008. In addition to digitally remastered sound, all-new album artwork, and expanded liner notes, the reissue includes the 4-song 1990 Scabs demo as bonus tracks.
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