NAEVUS - Back Home
Dying Victims Productions
Doom Metal from Germany yeah you don't hear that often if at all. Which is why this release peaked my interest immediately. Just for the record NAEVUS originally started out back in early 1990's. They came out with their debut full length, Sun Meditation, in 1998. That one came out on Rise Above Records and shocker I never heard it. Fuck Me Running!
So as far as the PR info goes the band broke up but then reformed in 2012. In 2016 they released their second full length Heavy Burden. And here we are now with their third full length. Once again reading the PR info on this four piece act. They're influenced by early US Doom aka: TROUBLE, PENTAGRAM, SAINT VITUS & THE OBSESSED.
So after a lackluster one and a half minute intro I'm hearing something decent. NAEVUS's title cut is pure TROUBLE / THE SKULL worship but in a good way. Uwe Groebel (vocalist / guitarist) has those cool clean vocal chops that remind ya of Eric Wagner (RIP). As the album progresses you hear song structures that rip from memories you had of the past.
Trust me on this one, NAEVUS are not a copycat band. On the contrary they have been handed a gift of influences and proceed to follow that because the original is gone. That TROUBLE with another singer sucks. And that new SKULL / Eric Wagner tribute act is OK. They had a good album last year. But what you have here is cool as fuck.
I mean blast "The Dead Don't Sleep", "Under a Different Sky" or "Angels Never Come" and tell me that the fingers of TROUBLE era Doom don't touch you on the forehead. Yeah this album is a winner in my not so humble opinion. I'm sure Eric Wagner, where ever he is, approves of NAEVUS. I know I do. As far as the cover artwork goes I'm not a fan.
LISTEN HERE:
https://dyingvictimsproductions.bandcamp.com/album/back-home
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