how were you introduced to November Doom!?

great_kthulu · July 2nd, 2009, 07:03 PM

Yep, another thread, this one is about how people got into this awsome band. For me, i was watching metal videos On Demand and the tital "Autem Reflections" caught my eye. IT was on Fuse On Demand and i loved it. I instantly went to my favorite metal review site, the Metal Observer, and cheacked out the reviews, there were 4 reviews up. The Knowing, with a 7.5/10, To Welcome The Fade with a 9/10, The pale haunt departure with an 8.5, and the Novella Resivior with a 7.5. I then went to my local music store and had them order me the special edition of To Welcome The Fade, since it was rated highest. I throughly enjoyed it. I was now convinced that this was a band to follow and have purchased many albums since.

Will Bozarth · July 2nd, 2009, 09:56 PM

I went to the New Jersey Metal & Hardcore Fest in 2003 for Nevermore, Dimmu Borgir, Strapping Young Lad, and The Devin Townsend Band.

Pate · July 2nd, 2009, 10:07 PM

I was introduced to ND and Novembre at the same time. I got the names confused, and associated the music of Novembre (that doesn't appeal to me) with both bands. Then a few months before Chicago Powerfest '07 I decided to try ND again and was pleasantly surprised.

WiscoKid · July 3rd, 2009, 12:48 AM

I ate a box of cracker jack, and at the bottom was a Novembers Doom Tattoo!

EmeticGore · July 3rd, 2009, 02:01 AM

When I was 15, I was skimming through endless hordes of death metal bands. I almost gave up on the genre with all the absolute trash I heard coming from vocalists. Then I heard "Swallowed By The Moon" on some Metal radio stream online and almost crapped myself with how great he sounded.

oeyenjo · July 3rd, 2009, 04:46 AM

I was introduced to ND in 2005 by reading a review of TPHD by Vera Matthijsen in Rock Tribune and http://www.lordsofmetal.nl/showrevie...d=5943&lang=en
Bought my first CD(TWTF+FELTF edition) in September 2005 during a Nevermore gig in Antwerp (Belgium).
Read about a performance of ND on a Progfestival in Oct 2005, which they had to cancel.
Started buying the other CD's, and finally saw them live in the Biebob in Nov 2006.
Afterwards i saw them during the DVD-recording in Nov 2007, the acoustic gig in Antwerp (2007) at Graspop and Metalzone Summer fest (2008).
Bought my last CD(AIHM), in the summer of 2008. I've got 4 T-shirts and 2 longsleeves.

AnTz0r · July 3rd, 2009, 05:19 AM

through the Swano board, when he mixed TPHD. Went to see them a couple of months later and was hooked

Hawk · July 3rd, 2009, 05:26 AM

I got to know them because I was send a promo of " The Novella Reservoir" to review for Aardschok magazine. I had to review 7 other bands that month. After hearing the other promo's I was blown away by what I heard on "TNR". I played it every day several times for the next weeks and gave it a 96/100. Since that moment ND is one of my favorite bands. Can't wait to hear the new one!

Dragon_Unearthed · July 3rd, 2009, 06:15 AM

From the old website, MP3.com...was just browsing, and came across ND....they had 4 songs listed to download, "Amour of the Harp", "Silent Tomorrow", "Shadows of Light" and "Dark Fields for Brilliance"...and I first heard, "Amour of the Harp" and was an instant fan!

DigitalViolence · July 3rd, 2009, 07:37 AM

I read a review of The Novella Reservoir on Transcending The Mundane. Heard a couple of tracks off the net and then went out and bought TNR followed by The Pale Haunt Departure and To Welcome The Fade.

Srontgorrth · July 3rd, 2009, 09:57 AM

I mainly got into ND after talking to Lee/Pate about them in early 07 (I think) and I remember ordering the special TNR package thing which was awesome!

Rycher · July 3rd, 2009, 10:08 AM

Just before the Novella Reservoir came out. I checked out the link to download Drown the Inland Mere and was blown away. A few months later their name popped into my head and I watched a video for Pale Haunt on youtube and ordered the album (January 07)

kleo706 · July 3rd, 2009, 11:51 AM

When I met Will in New Jersey, the only thing audible over the passionate embrace was the awesomeness of ND.

Lamers5150 · July 3rd, 2009, 12:57 PM

about a week after TNR came out a buddy of mine and I were cd shopping and he picked it up because he read a review that said something about for fans of Opeth. we listened to the cd on the way home and after the first 2 tracks I turned around so I could buy the other copy :P

BalanceofPower · July 3rd, 2009, 01:09 PM

A year or so before TWTF came out a buddy of mine told me about ND and said to get the Knowing. I bought it and really dug what I heard. I got TWTF as soon as it came out, and was really blown away.

Arline · July 3rd, 2009, 01:42 PM

I married the singer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Phoenix5 · July 3rd, 2009, 04:13 PM

Haha, it was actually the name and the cover art of TWTF that got me interested.

Death Delirium · July 3rd, 2009, 06:50 PM

I was in FYE and noticed The Novella Reservoir and it looked appealing to me and just bought it for the hell of it.

Dragon Of Earth · July 3rd, 2009, 09:23 PM

well, usually i'm on www.gamefaqs.com 's metal section of the message boards & ask for recs (or i some how come across an interesting band while browsing the board) and i go to a P2P program, download some songs (or i use a band's myspace page (or a fansite with samples) or if neither option yeilds results, i check the bands official site. if i like the band, i buy the CD(s)

Jasonic · July 4th, 2009, 07:38 AM

ND are local for me, so I have heard the name for MANY years.
I know they played Milwaukee Metalfest one year I went, though I couldn't tell you 100% if I saw them live or not, because when you literally lay your eyes on 50+ bands in one day, it's hard to remember them all.

I have to be honest, I had a misconception for many years that ND were a gothic metal band.

Around 2004, I received The Knowing in a CD trade and was pleasantly surprised.
I then picked up Pale Haunt when it came out, and then went to see them live for the first time in the summer of 2005.

I have been a big fan ever since.

beast from the east · July 4th, 2009, 10:58 AM

I was just browsing bands online one day a couple years ago and I came across this album called "The Pale Haunt Departure". I thought it was one of the coolest album titles I had ever heard, and then I saw the artwork, and my jaw hit the damn floor. I pulled up a review of the album (don't remember the site), which was overwhelmingly positive, so I took the plunge and went to Tower Records and bought the fucker. It has since shown itself to me as one of the greatest metal albums of all time!

Just sheer fucking brilliance.

BloodSword · July 4th, 2009, 02:48 PM

Looking on the internetz for "new" bands. Stumbled upon some site that had a review for TPHD, it had just been released. So, like Beast, I picked it up from The End Records in 2005. Dam, already 4 yrs ago. Anyway, TPHD became one of my all-time favorite metal albums. Yeh, that's how I broke my cheery.

TENTH DREAMER DECEIVER · July 5th, 2009, 05:58 PM

I was ordering cds from TER back in 2002 and decided to give TWTF a chance. Hmm... almost every subsequent ND album I have ordered from TER (those package deals with the book, t-shirt etc). With the exception of the remasters (Vancouver HMV) and the new one.

The Spirit Seed · July 5th, 2009, 06:30 PM

Back when The Knowing came out, I was online in a chatroom, and people were talking about them. They were all saying how awesome the CD was..and I figured I'd give it a shot. I think I ended up buying it without even hearing a note beforehand (I got the slipcase cover..no poster though) I then got their back catalog, and the rest is history.

To this day, they're one of my favorite bands, and I can STILL buy their CD's without hearing a note, and I know I'll be impressed. I own the entire catalog, the DVD, a TWTF longsleeve....now all I need to do is see them live, and life will be complete.

Brensly · July 5th, 2009, 07:50 PM

Last.fm, I was listening to "bands like Katatonia"-radio when Rain (I believe) started playing!

July 2nd, 2009, 07:03 PM	#1 (permalink)
great_kthulu Greater Evil Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 278	how were you introduced to November Doom!? Yep, another thread, this one is about how people got into this awsome band. For me, i was watching metal videos On Demand and the tital "Autem Reflections" caught my eye. IT was on Fuse On Demand and i loved it. I instantly went to my favorite metal review site, the Metal Observer, and cheacked out the reviews, there were 4 reviews up. The Knowing, with a 7.5/10, To Welcome The Fade with a 9/10, The pale haunt departure with an 8.5, and the Novella Resivior with a 7.5. I then went to my local music store and had them order me the special edition of To Welcome The Fade, since it was rated highest. I throughly enjoyed it. I was now convinced that this was a band to follow and have purchased many albums since.

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Will Bozarth Everlasting Godstopper Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: New Jersey Posts: 30,836	I went to the New Jersey Metal & Hardcore Fest in 2003 for Nevermore, Dimmu Borgir, Strapping Young Lad, and The Devin Townsend Band. __________________ Basic Training: March 16, 2010

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EmeticGore Remove The Limbs Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Canada B.C Posts: 1,372	When I was 15, I was skimming through endless hordes of death metal bands. I almost gave up on the genre with all the absolute trash I heard coming from vocalists. Then I heard "Swallowed By The Moon" on some Metal radio stream online and almost crapped myself with how great he sounded. __________________ Assassin.. Sounds so exotic. I was just a murderer.. -----------------------------

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AnTz0r Crimson King Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,748	through the Swano board, when he mixed TPHD. Went to see them a couple of months later and was hooked __________________

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DigitalViolence Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: South Yorkshire, UK Posts: 105	I read a review of The Novella Reservoir on Transcending The Mundane. Heard a couple of tracks off the net and then went out and bought TNR followed by The Pale Haunt Departure and To Welcome The Fade. __________________

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Pate Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Bradley University Posts: 3,016	I was introduced to ND and Novembre at the same time. I got the names confused, and associated the music of Novembre (that doesn't appeal to me) with both bands. Then a few months before Chicago Powerfest '07 I decided to try ND again and was pleasantly surprised.

July 3rd, 2009, 12:48 AM	#4 (permalink)
WiscoKid Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 56	I ate a box of cracker jack, and at the bottom was a Novembers Doom Tattoo!

July 3rd, 2009, 04:46 AM	#6 (permalink)
oeyenjo Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Belgium Posts: 131	I was introduced to ND in 2005 by reading a review of TPHD by Vera Matthijsen in Rock Tribune and http://www.lordsofmetal.nl/showrevie...d=5943&lang=en Bought my first CD(TWTF+FELTF edition) in September 2005 during a Nevermore gig in Antwerp (Belgium). Read about a performance of ND on a Progfestival in Oct 2005, which they had to cancel. Started buying the other CD's, and finally saw them live in the Biebob in Nov 2006. Afterwards i saw them during the DVD-recording in Nov 2007, the acoustic gig in Antwerp (2007) at Graspop and Metalzone Summer fest (2008). Bought my last CD(AIHM), in the summer of 2008. I've got 4 T-shirts and 2 longsleeves.

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Hawk Metal Veteran Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Eindhoven; Rockcity! Posts: 6,058	I got to know them because I was send a promo of " The Novella Reservoir" to review for Aardschok magazine. I had to review 7 other bands that month. After hearing the other promo's I was blown away by what I heard on "TNR". I played it every day several times for the next weeks and gave it a 96/100. Since that moment ND is one of my favorite bands. Can't wait to hear the new one!

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Dragon_Unearthed Tattooed by darkness Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: New Fuckin' England Posts: 228	From the old website, MP3.com...was just browsing, and came across ND....they had 4 songs listed to download, "Amour of the Harp", "Silent Tomorrow", "Shadows of Light" and "Dark Fields for Brilliance"...and I first heard, "Amour of the Harp" and was an instant fan!

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Srontgorrth Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 1,784	I mainly got into ND after talking to Lee/Pate about them in early 07 (I think) and I remember ordering the special TNR package thing which was awesome! __________________ http://www.last.fm/user/ANGELofHELL

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Rycher Muck Fichigan! Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Northwesten Chicago Burbs Posts: 820	Just before the Novella Reservoir came out. I checked out the link to download Drown the Inland Mere and was blown away. A few months later their name popped into my head and I watched a video for Pale Haunt on youtube and ordered the album (January 07)

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kleo706 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 3,376	When I met Will in New Jersey, the only thing audible over the passionate embrace was the awesomeness of ND. __________________ Images in sigs . . . Reputation points . . . Kleo - ruining one feature at a time.

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Lamers5150 All Life Ends Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 214	about a week after TNR came out a buddy of mine and I were cd shopping and he picked it up because he read a review that said something about for fans of Opeth. we listened to the cd on the way home and after the first 2 tracks I turned around so I could buy the other copy :P __________________ The Dagger I Hide Wont Shed Forgiveness

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BalanceofPower My god,it's full of stars Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Palatine, IL Posts: 1,311	A year or so before TWTF came out a buddy of mine told me about ND and said to get the Knowing. I bought it and really dug what I heard. I got TWTF as soon as it came out, and was really blown away. __________________ www.marchesemusic.com www.myspace.com/vitond www.twitter.com/vitorocks www.novembersdoom.com www.divinitycompromised.com www.sage4.com

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Arline Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 82	I married the singer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! __________________

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Phoenix5 d3v4s7a710n Join Date: May 2005 Location: Nebraska Posts: 3,747	Haha, it was actually the name and the cover art of TWTF that got me interested.

July 3rd, 2009, 06:50 PM	#18 (permalink)
Death Delirium Raagoonshinnaah. Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Lake Placid. Posts: 15,093	I was in FYE and noticed The Novella Reservoir and it looked appealing to me and just bought it for the hell of it. __________________

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Dragon Of Earth Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ohio (USA) Posts: 80	well, usually i'm on www.gamefaqs.com 's metal section of the message boards & ask for recs (or i some how come across an interesting band while browsing the board) and i go to a P2P program, download some songs (or i use a band's myspace page (or a fansite with samples) or if neither option yeilds results, i check the bands official site. if i like the band, i buy the CD(s)

July 4th, 2009, 07:38 AM	#20 (permalink)
Jasonic Doom On! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: West Burbs of Chicago Posts: 10,210	ND are local for me, so I have heard the name for MANY years. I know they played Milwaukee Metalfest one year I went, though I couldn't tell you 100% if I saw them live or not, because when you literally lay your eyes on 50+ bands in one day, it's hard to remember them all. I have to be honest, I had a misconception for many years that ND were a gothic metal band. Around 2004, I received The Knowing in a CD trade and was pleasantly surprised. I then picked up Pale Haunt when it came out, and then went to see them live for the first time in the summer of 2005. I have been a big fan ever since. __________________

July 4th, 2009, 10:58 AM	#21 (permalink)
beast from the east drifting thru time Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Philly Posts: 1,524	I was just browsing bands online one day a couple years ago and I came across this album called "The Pale Haunt Departure". I thought it was one of the coolest album titles I had ever heard, and then I saw the artwork, and my jaw hit the damn floor. I pulled up a review of the album (don't remember the site), which was overwhelmingly positive, so I took the plunge and went to Tower Records and bought the fucker. It has since shown itself to me as one of the greatest metal albums of all time! Just sheer fucking brilliance. __________________

July 4th, 2009, 02:48 PM	#22 (permalink)
BloodSword Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 1,977	Looking on the internetz for "new" bands. Stumbled upon some site that had a review for TPHD, it had just been released. So, like Beast, I picked it up from The End Records in 2005. Dam, already 4 yrs ago. Anyway, TPHD became one of my all-time favorite metal albums. Yeh, that's how I broke my cheery. __________________ "Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please."

July 5th, 2009, 05:58 PM	#23 (permalink)
TENTH DREAMER DECEIVER Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,201	I was ordering cds from TER back in 2002 and decided to give TWTF a chance. Hmm... almost every subsequent ND album I have ordered from TER (those package deals with the book, t-shirt etc). With the exception of the remasters (Vancouver HMV) and the new one. __________________ 2010 Shows Confirmed Alice In Chains: Vancouver Megadeth: Calgary Rock of Ages: New York Accept: New York Y&T: San Francisco Iron Maiden: Vancouver

July 5th, 2009, 06:30 PM	#24 (permalink)
The Spirit Seed Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 85	Back when The Knowing came out, I was online in a chatroom, and people were talking about them. They were all saying how awesome the CD was..and I figured I'd give it a shot. I think I ended up buying it without even hearing a note beforehand (I got the slipcase cover..no poster though) I then got their back catalog, and the rest is history. To this day, they're one of my favorite bands, and I can STILL buy their CD's without hearing a note, and I know I'll be impressed. I own the entire catalog, the DVD, a TWTF longsleeve....now all I need to do is see them live, and life will be complete.

July 5th, 2009, 07:50 PM	#25 (permalink)
Brensly Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Märsta, Sweden Posts: 111	Last.fm, I was listening to "bands like Katatonia"-radio when Rain (I believe) started playing!