NOVENA

Precocious prog metal Londoners – featuring Ross Jennings – power up.

Sneaked out with inadequate fanfare in 2016, Novena’s debut EP was a startling debut from a relatively unlikely meeting of prog-inclined minds. With Haken vocalist Ross Jennings on board, this London-based quintet; a rich and red-blooded full-length debut to savour. The band’s ongoing use of aggressive, death metal vocals aside, it’s hard to imagine what even bitter cynics could find to complain about here.