November is Doom- Bog Wife : "From Ashes"

 

To hail from Denmark, this band summons up a deep friend vision of swamp rock.  It is their third album, so they have had plenty of time to perfect it. Yes, it does fall under the banner of stoner rock, so maybe it is the magic plant medicine that takes them to this blues place you might think could only come from the Southern regions of America, but they pull it off with conviction. The second song brings a harder rock bombast. The vocals feel a little more like Pink Floyd. Not that they really capture David Gilmore's husky butter, but more of Waters' urgent plea. It winds around as the arrangement begins spawning more riffage.,

The things break down into a more melodic blues shuffle for "No Church". They give the vocals plenty of room to help build the dynamics of the song as it ebbs and flows back and forth in the structure. The more stoner rock moments of Corrosion of Conformity might be a fair point of reference here as well. "Light of Day"  has a little more groove. The plaintive vocals provide the needed melodic accents to create a proper narrative. This one is a little closer to what you expect from doom metal, though not plodding in depression. There is enough of a casual jam session vibe to be consistent with the genre and make for a fun live show. 

As expected, "Heavy Burden Blues" is in fact blues, though by way of Pink Floyd's more rock n roll side, thanks to the vocals, there is little in the way of synths to give the trippy atmosphere. 'Ages' runs of a more sinewy rock tension. I prefer this to the previous song as it rocks harder. Has kind of a 90s post-grunge feel. 'Agony" has a more ominous, almost Tool-like slither to the verse riff. Their drummer works hard on this one despite not being a Danny Carey. Comparisons could also be drawn to Kyuss here. The seven-and-a-half-minute closing song is more melodic and moodier, with greater nuance in the guitar lines. It's also a little darker, though overall, to have doom leanings, this band is not as dark as the majority of the metal bands I cover here. When it ebbs back down from the more rocked out clima of the chorus, the guitar solos flow easily. I will give this album a 9.5, as they excel at what they are doing here and are not just a Black Sabbath cover band but pull from other influences to create a vital chapter in today's stoner rock scene. 

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