Walloping your eardrums with a furious concoction of growling death metal ethereal Goth rock, Chicago metal veterans November’s Doom could very well be America’s answer to Opeth. The eight-track offering, produced by Swedish metal man Dan Swano, displays thunderous rhythms, atmospheric musical passages, lush arrangements, and soul crushing might, as tracks like “Autumn Reflection” and “In the Absence of Grace” dually haunt the listener through the use of brute force and eerie melody. Progressive and diverse, The Pale Haunt Departure is a dark and dynamic metallic journey that fans of Paradise Lost, Porcupine Tree, Nevermore, and Fates Warning can all agree on.