Indesinence - Noctambulism (2006)

   British doom metal has traditions since the style was formed in the UK on the side of heavy metal as it's less popular step sibling. Doom also has it's specific sound there that's not usual anywehere else but in the UK.
   This could be sensed at Indesinence too, and even though they didn't go much further than most death/doom bands, somehow their music is harder to go into. To listen over 10 mins long to the sound of extended pain and misery is nothing new in this style, but the monotonous repetitive slow themes are more effective  in Indesinence's music. That's partly because they go down even to funeral doom depths for long and it takes for a while until the speed ups shaking up the listener from the depressed dedalian coma. Therefore they cannot create enough contrast, and the scale moves down under the heavy weight of miserable suffering. The sound refers to the local classics of the style, but there are modern influences too that are not allowing to cathegorize "Noctambulism" as another typically British metal album. The influence of Northern bands like Tiamat or Katatonia (that's kind of exceptional from an English band) could be discovered. There is some reference to Paradise Lost to sense at the speed ups, but their riffings more reminds to old Sentenced. "Noctambulism" could be enjoyable for the fans of modern and old school death/doom too.