Civerous' "Maze Envy" isn't death doom metal
I have to admit that I'm not hearing enough doom metal in Civerous' sophomore album to justify the dual tagging that seems to be the consensus across the web. The atmosphere, tone, vocals & the majority of the riffs are much more heavily weighted towards death metal in my opinion with only the closing track justifying a doom/death primary for mine. For that reason, I'd like to see Civerous' 'Maze Envy' album removed from The Fallen while remaining solely in The Horde.
Once more I have to agree, Daniel. There are certainly death doom passages, but not really enough to justify a primary - a secondary tag absolutely, but not a primary. I must admit that when I first listened to it, I was surprised that Ben had nominated it for The Fallen as it didn't exactly scratch that Fallen itch for me, very good record that it is, though. I also recognise that my review focusses on the death doom aspect, but given my well-publicised preferences, I guess that isn't much of a surprise to long-time Academy members!