Coinciding with 35 years since Novembre’s original inception and an extended period of inactivity following the release of 2016’s acclaimed ‘URSA’ album, the newly reinvigorated ITalian pioneers of atmospheric doom/death metal return with their most elaborately adorned and sonically refined opus to date in the shape of ninth studio album ‘Words of Indigo’.

Novembre’s origins date back to September 1990 in Rome, Italy, whereby brothers Carmelo and Giuseppe Orlando created their formative recordings under the name of Catacomb. These songs demonstrated a gothic and doom metal-oriented style, leading to interest among the underground. It was around 1993 that the brothers decided that a name change was in order, and Novembre was born, evolving into one of the premier European atmospheric doom bands over the years, with their debut, ‘Wish I Could Dream it Again…’ in 1994, helping to launch onto the international stage.

The new album features the single ‘Your Holocene’. Songwriter Carmelo Orlando says: “The main riff of this track is deeply rooted in the ‘80s, whether AOR or pop-rock. It’s hard to say exactly where it has spung from, but I just know it’s extremely catchy, a true earworm. This song practically wrote itself, its structure was ready withing a couple of hours. The lyrics describe a primal soul, coming from a distant era. Raw, rough, yet pure. A state of being in which many people are forced to live their existence, trapped with no way out, unaware of their rarity, purity, and yet, capacity to cause harm.”

An exquisite and finely textured display of creative prowess exploring themes of danger and innocence, fear and nostalgia, this latest journey takes us through the torrents of raging death metal and sweeping, uplifting passage of serene poignancy, all woven together as finely crafted and layered melodic epics.

Novembre features new blood for ‘Words of Indigo’, following the recent departure of longstanding member Massimiliano Oagliuso, with the introduction to the line-up of Faia Fraschini (bass), Alessio Erriu (guitar), Frederico Albanese (guitar), and Yuri Croscenko (drums). The album also notably features a guest appearance by Ann-Mari Edvardsen, known for her fromer work with Norwegian greats, The 3rd & the Mortal, on the anthemic ode to reflection, ‘House of Rain’.