November Coming Fire - Black Ballads - CD (2004)

Labels: In At the Deep End
Review by: Tony Era

Finally, after all the crap ive listened to today this blew my fucking head off! Now I’m not a hardcore connoisseur but I know what I like and I know what’s good. I’ve heard a lot about November Coming Fire and this doesn’t just live up to it, it is even better.

This is just what I like to see and hear from a UKHC band. Awesome production, originality, rage, dischordant guitars, drums hit as hard as possible I could go on and on. They support and contribute greatly to their scene and it’s no wonder In At The Deep End picked up on them.

Vocals are shredded throughout and after the breakdowns the songs always kick back in twice as fast and powerful as before. This truly is great modern melodic raging hardcore. There are loads of ideas on here but they seem to pull them all off and perfecting these songs obviously wasn’t rushed in any way. It’s easy to hear when a band know exactly what they are doing, where to twist and turn and when to pin you backwards. When there is always enough going on to keep me interested then I cannot fail but to be impressed.

I will definitely be checking these out if they come anywhere near me and as (I think) this is only an EP it is well worth picking it up on the cheap. Sublime all black on black packaging and embossed booklet too.

Great stuff, British, angry and superb. Can’t wait to see what they do next and I don’t think it’ll be what anyone expects.