While browsing a fun torrent site today, I noticed that they had an album called "The Blue" from a band called Novembre in the metal section. Since there'd been such a huge length of time between Novembrine Waltz and Materia, and I hadn't heard a single thing about it despite occasionally reading their myspace, I figured it couldn't be them, but downloaded it anyway. BUT, it is them, and it pretty much is awesome. It's a LOT heavier than Materia was, it sounds more like Dreams D'Azur/Wish I Could Dream It Again than any of their other albums. There's a bunch of actual guitar solos and some of the songs have some pretty obvious old school Katatonia influence. It's awesome, in short. I dunno when the actual thing is coming out, but I'll buy this one for sure.
Just a heads-up, in case there are other fans on this board that were unaware of this impending album.
Just a heads-up, in case there are other fans on this board that were unaware of this impending album.