Sculpted Ivy & Stone Flowers [Extra tracks]

Novembers Doom | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 27, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks
• Label: The End Records
• ASIN: B0017V7HFM
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #290,866 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yet another unsung classic..., May 21, 2005

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Tom Z "Crucible Of Steel" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Of Sculptured Ivy & Stone Flowers (Audio CD)

Releases like this that have made me lose all faith in the American music industry. Now don't get me wrong, I mean that in the best way possible. Its just so disheartening to see bands with so much talent like Novembers Doom scorned for stuff like Linkin Park, Staind, Slipknot...etc.

I could lament the unjustice of the recording industry all day, but I'll get on with the review. Of Scultured Ivy And Stone Flowers may just be the quintessential Doom album of all time. It encompasses everything a Doom album should be. Sad, brooding, acerbic while still retaining a sense of elegance and a glimmer of hope. This is an album so filled with texture and emotion it takes you to another place. Every element comes together to form a darkly tranquil, profoundly human expierence.

4.0 out of 5 stars Impressive early album from the American masters of doom/death, January 16, 2011

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Justin Gaines (Northern Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Of Sculptured Ivy & Stone Flowers (Audio CD)

1999's Of Sculptured Ivy and Stone Flowers was the second full-length album from Novembers Doom, one of America's absolute finest doom/death metal bands. The band's early sound was very similar to their European counterparts Amorphis (as in Black Winter Day-era Amorphis), My Dying Bride, and very early Paradise Lost.

This album was actually my first exposure to Novembers Doom. I was getting into Opeth in a big way and ran across this album looking for similar sounding bands. Well, nothing really sounds like Opeth, but I knew Novembers Doom was something powerful Of Sculptured Ivy and Stone Flowers hit me like a ton of bricks, both in terms of the general doomy and melancholy atmosphere as well as sheer heaviness. The harsh vocals in particular just add a sense of crushing heaviness, especially contrasted to the clean vocals and occasional almost operatic female vocals. The only song I don't care for is the synth-driven instrumental "Before the Wind," which just seems out of place.

It's not as polished or progressive (and I don't mean that in a Dream Theater sense) as the band's later offerings, but Of Sculptured Ivy and Stone Flowers is still an impressive doom/death metal release, and one that I keep coming back to when I feel the need to have all the sunshine sucked out of my life one gloriously bleak minute at a time.

4 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars novembers doom a another great death/doom band from the usa!, August 13, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Of Sculptured Ivy & Stone Flowers (Audio CD)

This cd is really good, I like the way the riff are put together and the vocals as well utilizing growly and clean. If you like old my dying bride and old paradise lost, this cd is for you!!