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Novena - Eleventh Hour (2020)

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Year : 2020
Style : Progressive Metal , Progressive Rock
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 161 mb


Bio:

Novena established itself on the UK and international prog scenes in 2016 with the release of its widely praised experimental EP "Secondary Genesis". Performing at high profile concerts like the UK Tech Fest 2016 and 2017 as well as other dates supporting Skyharbor, Vola, Sithu Aye and others, Novena has been busy as a force to be reckoned with. The guys are now preparing to release their debut album, "Eleventh Hour".The band says: "In writing Secondary Genesis, we were saying to ourselves: what could this be? With Eleventh Hour, we are saying: this is who we are.” After three years of working hard to define, write and record a new album, we are enormously excited to share our debut album with the world. It acknowledges all of the experimental roads we explored on Secondary Genesis and refines them, focuses them and directs them. Eleventh Hour incorporates all of the heavy catharsis, fragile melody, rich harmony and grand storytelling of the EP, but takes it further and casts the net wider. Still, our aim was to write and tell heartfelt stories, both true and fictitious. In doing so, we've created something that we're proud to share with you and hope you'll enjoy. We're enormously excited to be working with Frontiers today and in the future. To share a label with a number of our favourite bands is a dream. Expect so much more from us in the coming years: on record, online and in person." Novena’s music moves from the profound to the profane, from the fragile to the unforgiving and from the introspective to the utterly destructive, exploring a plethora of different genres along the way. Despite this, every song has a solid and personal identity, with choruses that dare the listener to try and forget them.Novena fully exploits the world-class skills of its talented line-up: from Ross Jennings' (Haken) unmatchable voice to Gareth Mason's (Slice The Cake) inimitable poetry; from Dan Thornton's (Ex-HAARP Machine, Ex-No Sin Evades His Gaze) blistering guitar work to Cameron Spence's (Ravenface) invariably musical drumming, deeply rooted in pop idiom and unlike anything else in the modern prog scene; from Moat Lowe's (Slugdge, Ex-NSEHG) expressive and versatile bass playing to Harrison White's (theatrical director and composer) complex and nuanced compositions. Novena delivers something greater than the sum of its parts.Fans of intelligent, engaging, emotional music will have much to indulge their mind and spirits in with this band.

Album:

One of the surprise releases in 2016 was the 3-song EP from Novena, a unique prog-metal group that had Haken frontman Ross Jennings as lead vocalist. Somewhat unexpected, the EP got great reviews and set up some expectations for what this band or side project would be. 4 years later comes the full-length debut from Novena titled Eleventh Hour, released on Frontiers Music on March 6th. For any that heard the first single “Disconnected” it came across much more accessible and less heavy than the EP, so did the band change their sound so drastically? The answer is a resounding HELL NO. The result is actually something even more impressive. Eleventh Hour is 72 minutes of borderline insanity when absorbed as a whole, and a definite contender for many end of the year ‘Best Of’ lists.Fans of Haken will find some things familiar, certainly influenced by Ross’s unmistakeable vocal style. There are also some musical themes that would easily work on one of the earlier Haken albums like Aquarius or Visions. There are also growl vocals spread out sporadically, and elements of Latin music, Jazzy moments, ball-busting death metal grooves, and beautiful orchestration. All of this is mixed in together for an album that is highly entertaining. Without giving away too much, here is a brief glance into this album.The first main track titled “22:59” is perhaps the most Haken-esque, featuring vocal harmonies, time signature shifts and heavy guitars. This is really just getting the listener settled. The next track introduces some acoustic guitars and a little bit of the latin groove that appears on the album. Following the single “Disconnected” is the unexpected yet well-placed ballad “Sail Away”. Ross continues to surprise with his ability to fit multiple styles on an album.With the first half of the album out of the way, we hit the explosive second half kicked off by one of the album’s longer and more proggy tracks “Lucidity”. This song begins with a pretty piano motif before jumping into growl vocals, then some jazzy verses, mixed with some crazy guitar solos and that’s just the first 4 minutes. Next comes the Flamenco-styled track “Corazon”, easily one of the highlights of the album. The middle breakdown is stupendous. The diversity these musicians possess is on full display on this song especially. Meanwhile, “Indestructible” and “The Tyrant” are both really heavy tracks that also feature some melodic moments, all leading to the brilliant and epic closing track “Prison Walls” that will leave you mesmerized.This album is a must-listen not only for Haken fans but any prog metal fan in general. It is interesting, adventurous, heavy and extremely melodic as well. Novena are on to something. Let’s see where it goes from here.

Line Up:

Moat Lowe - Bass - See also: Slugdge, ex-Bleeding Oath, No Sin Evades His Gaze
Cameron Spence - Drums - See also: ex-A Deeper Dreed
Dan Thornton - Guitars - See also: Abhorrent Decimation, Crimson Throne, Defeated Sanity (live), Dan Thornton, No Sin Evades His Gaze, ex-The HAARP Machine
Harrison White - Guitars, Keyboards - See also: ex-Bleeding Oath
Ross Jennings - Vocals - See also: Haken
Gareth Mason - Unknown (2017-present) - See also: ex-Slice the Cake

Tracklist:

01. 22:58 00:59
02. 22:59 08:00
03. Sun Dance 04:35
04. Disconnected 05:23
05. Sail Away 04:30
06. Lucidity 10:28
07. Corazón 08:26
08. Indestructible 04:48
09. The Tyrant 10:31
10. Prison Walls 15:18

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