I know that this is incendiary, but I have to speak my mind because.. well i just do,and I can thanks to the glory of the internet. Paul could most likely totally beat my ass, so it's nice I can safely critique him from here behind my computer desk with a nice drink in my hand, attempting to listen to "Pale haunt.." again. Attempting....
I like November's Doom, and like a friend you see going downhill that you have to perhaps grab by the collar and shake violently, I feel ND needs a little shake.. from across the internet of course. Or maybe I just want to rant a little. In any case, I got my copy of "Pale Haunt Departure" a couple weeks ago, and all I can say is... what the hell is this? This cd is not growing on me at all, save a couple songs which I immediately liked, unlike the last two I own which I like very much.
My first experience with ND came with "Of Sculptured Ivy & Stone Flowers", a cd which I really liked and to this day still play regularly. Secondly came "To Welcome the Fade", which I wasnt very fond of at first, but then grew to really like almost as much as "Sculptured Ivy..". "Pale Haunt Departure" started out on a great note, with the title track being easily in my top 3 ND songs ever, but after that the cd goes rapidly downhill. I almost feel like I was ripped off, as the title track, which sold me on the cd, is not indicative of the rest of the cd.
I understand from what Ive read that ND doesnt want to be classified as death/doom, well you dont have to worry about that my friends, because youre steadily becoming classified as death/emo. Every song is starting to become essentially the exact same, and with the female vox totally gone now, it really is starting to show. It's boring, quite frankly and actually embarassing when it all starts sounding like Cookie Monster totally moaning and groaning over and over again about how absolutely pathetic he is. Hey, I didnt say it, YOU DID.
Here is the new November's Doom song, I havent heard it yet, but this is the new unreleased track. Maybe it's not exactly it, but it's close-
"Im sorry. Im guilty. Im a Failure"
"Ive finally come.... to reeealiiize- Im sorry. Im guilty. Im a shadow of the cookie monster I was before."
"Ive just now come to finally unnnnderstand, Im dirt. My little angel, you mean the world to me, and Im so sorry, so sorry Im a failure.
"I can finally reeeealize.. All you can do is watch me destroy myself, because well... Im dirt"
"When Im dead, just try and remember me, even though Im nothing but shit. I cant sleep at night. This sucks"
"Im sorry!!! (echoes) Im a FAILURE! (echoes)"
It's just the same fucking thing over and over again, I finally just start snickering, it's unbearable. I like extreme vox, most of the stuff I listen to could affectionately be termed "cookie monster". I like it, paul has a great cm voice, but if i hear cookie monster groaning about how he "realizes" one more time, Im gonna hurl. I also listen to depressive, doomy metal constantly, it's my favorite genre of metal, I dont like power or happy shit, period. I can tell you this, early Anathema was easily one of the most miserable bands ever.
However, they were even able to switch things up a little lyrically, as was Katatonia, MDB, Paradise Lost, even November's Doom used to. "Of Sculptured Ivy.." showed great lyrical depth and diversity, it was and still is an interesting cd to listen to. "To Welcome.." was the big dive into "Im such a failure"-ville, but it tended to work because:
A. it was musically, very strong and well-executed,
B. the emo crap hadnt been done to death thematically yet.(come to realize yet again,failure,loved ones,pathetic,sniffle)
C. Yes, the female vocals helped, and with their loss went
D. the bit of romance that was a nice aspect of the lyrics of that particular cd
Pale Haunt Departure has practically none of what worked, and a total redux of the pretentious emo shit. One long drone besides a few nice segments, such as the strong opener, and suprisingly Autumn Reflection is pretty cool. After that it's:
"Ive come to reeealize... blah blah blah" My kid is so wonderful, little angel, how could she love such a pathetic ogre such as me. Im all alone now, everyone hates me. I failed you. I failed me. Hell, I even failed the friggen Sparkletts guy, i couldnt even answer the door on time. Wahh!"
Dont dare call us Doom/Death, were DEATH EMO!!
COOKIE MONSTER WITH A RAZOR BLADE! GROVER WITH A GINSU!
Sorry fellas, just had to say it. Maybe let someone else do some writing or something. Your music all sounds the same now, youve become a completely boring bunch of navel-starers to listen to, and that's a fucking shame.
I like November's Doom, and like a friend you see going downhill that you have to perhaps grab by the collar and shake violently, I feel ND needs a little shake.. from across the internet of course. Or maybe I just want to rant a little. In any case, I got my copy of "Pale Haunt Departure" a couple weeks ago, and all I can say is... what the hell is this? This cd is not growing on me at all, save a couple songs which I immediately liked, unlike the last two I own which I like very much.
My first experience with ND came with "Of Sculptured Ivy & Stone Flowers", a cd which I really liked and to this day still play regularly. Secondly came "To Welcome the Fade", which I wasnt very fond of at first, but then grew to really like almost as much as "Sculptured Ivy..". "Pale Haunt Departure" started out on a great note, with the title track being easily in my top 3 ND songs ever, but after that the cd goes rapidly downhill. I almost feel like I was ripped off, as the title track, which sold me on the cd, is not indicative of the rest of the cd.
I understand from what Ive read that ND doesnt want to be classified as death/doom, well you dont have to worry about that my friends, because youre steadily becoming classified as death/emo. Every song is starting to become essentially the exact same, and with the female vox totally gone now, it really is starting to show. It's boring, quite frankly and actually embarassing when it all starts sounding like Cookie Monster totally moaning and groaning over and over again about how absolutely pathetic he is. Hey, I didnt say it, YOU DID.
Here is the new November's Doom song, I havent heard it yet, but this is the new unreleased track. Maybe it's not exactly it, but it's close-
"Im sorry. Im guilty. Im a Failure"
"Ive finally come.... to reeealiiize- Im sorry. Im guilty. Im a shadow of the cookie monster I was before."
"Ive just now come to finally unnnnderstand, Im dirt. My little angel, you mean the world to me, and Im so sorry, so sorry Im a failure.
"I can finally reeeealize.. All you can do is watch me destroy myself, because well... Im dirt"
"When Im dead, just try and remember me, even though Im nothing but shit. I cant sleep at night. This sucks"
"Im sorry!!! (echoes) Im a FAILURE! (echoes)"
It's just the same fucking thing over and over again, I finally just start snickering, it's unbearable. I like extreme vox, most of the stuff I listen to could affectionately be termed "cookie monster". I like it, paul has a great cm voice, but if i hear cookie monster groaning about how he "realizes" one more time, Im gonna hurl. I also listen to depressive, doomy metal constantly, it's my favorite genre of metal, I dont like power or happy shit, period. I can tell you this, early Anathema was easily one of the most miserable bands ever.
However, they were even able to switch things up a little lyrically, as was Katatonia, MDB, Paradise Lost, even November's Doom used to. "Of Sculptured Ivy.." showed great lyrical depth and diversity, it was and still is an interesting cd to listen to. "To Welcome.." was the big dive into "Im such a failure"-ville, but it tended to work because:
A. it was musically, very strong and well-executed,
B. the emo crap hadnt been done to death thematically yet.(come to realize yet again,failure,loved ones,pathetic,sniffle)
C. Yes, the female vocals helped, and with their loss went
D. the bit of romance that was a nice aspect of the lyrics of that particular cd
Pale Haunt Departure has practically none of what worked, and a total redux of the pretentious emo shit. One long drone besides a few nice segments, such as the strong opener, and suprisingly Autumn Reflection is pretty cool. After that it's:
"Ive come to reeealize... blah blah blah" My kid is so wonderful, little angel, how could she love such a pathetic ogre such as me. Im all alone now, everyone hates me. I failed you. I failed me. Hell, I even failed the friggen Sparkletts guy, i couldnt even answer the door on time. Wahh!"
Dont dare call us Doom/Death, were DEATH EMO!!
COOKIE MONSTER WITH A RAZOR BLADE! GROVER WITH A GINSU!
Sorry fellas, just had to say it. Maybe let someone else do some writing or something. Your music all sounds the same now, youve become a completely boring bunch of navel-starers to listen to, and that's a fucking shame.