Italian atmospheric death/doom metal veterans Novembre return with new full-length album »Words Of Indigo«; first single »Your Holocene« out now!
Rome, Italy based atmospheric death/doom metal veterans Novembre have announced their new full-length album, »Words Of Indigo«, which will be released on November 7th, 2025 via Peaceville Records.
Watch a lyric video for the first single »Your Holocene« below!
Tracklist:
01. Sun Magenta
02. Statua
03. Neptunian Hearts
04. House Of Rain
05. Brontide
06. Intervallo
07. Your Holocene
08. Chiesa Dell’alba
09. Ipernotte
10. Post Poetic
11. Onde
Courtesy of Peaceville Records:
Novembre, the longstanding Italian pioneers of atmospheric and melodic doom/death metal return with new album, »Words Of Indigo«.
Coinciding with 35 years since Novembre’s original inception under the Catacomb moniker, and after 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«, set for release on 7th November. The band has also shared the first single from the album, titled »Your Holocene«.
Speaking about the new track, songwriter Carmelo Orlando comments: “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 sprung from, but I just know it’s extremely catchy – a true earworm. This song practically wrote itself – its structure was ready within 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.”
Photo credit: Giacomo Mearelli
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 passages of serene poignancy, all woven together as finely crafted and layered melodic epics.
Novembre also features new blood for »Words Of Indigo«, following the recent departure of longstanding member Massimiliano Pagliuso, with the introduction to the line-up of Fabio Fraschini (bass), Alessio Erriu (guitar), Federico Albanese (guitar), and Yuri Croscenko (drums). The album also notably features a guest appearance by Ann-Mari Edvardsen, known for her former work with Norwegian greats, The 3rd & The Mortal, on the anthemic ode to reflection, »House Of Rain«.
Mixing and mastering work was carried out by legendary producer extraordinaire, Dan Swanö (Opeth, Katatonia, Bloodbath) at Unisound Studios. Artwork for »Words Of Indigo« was created by renowned artist Travis Smith (Opeth, Katatonia).
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The seeds of Novembre were originally planted in September 1990 in Rome, Italy by the brothers Carmelo (guitars and vocals) and Giuseppe Orlando (drums). Then known as Catacomb, their early recordings of unusual gothic doom metal were to quickly gain the band interest. It was around 1993 that the brothers decided that a name change was in order, and Novembre was born, with the band soaring to the top of the atmospheric death/doom metal mountain in due course.
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well