A compilation track for Pavement Music soon followed. Shortly thereafter, the band had a lineup change, which would include Jim Bresnahan of Contagion, Cianide, Kommandant fame and a new two song demo was recorded, Her Tears Drop. The two songs would lead to the release of the band's full-length debut CD, Amid Its Hallowed Mirth on Avant Garde and Nuclear Blast in early 1995. This recording was heavy, combined with moods of darkness and despair. An early 7-inch record deal with Regress Records, of Italy, allowed Avantgarde Records to hear the band. By 1991, the band was getting noticed in the metal underground for their dark heavy music on early demos (such as the 'Scabs' demo, which was re-released as part of the Amid Its Hallowed Mirth remastered CD released in 2008).Įxploring and expanding, the band added female backing vocals and continued its thick, eerie brand of metal. Gradually, the band began to change their sound towards a heavier, slower style, at which point the name Novembers Doom was adopted as the band members felt it more suited their current direction. Novembers Doom formed in 1989 as the death- thrash metal band Laceration.
