iatde018 - November Coming Fire - Black Ballads MCD
November Coming Fire are
Gareth Evans - Vocals , Ruari Batchelor - Guitar , George Clift - Guitar , Ross Bones - Drums , Thom Violence - Bass

Band Info
Hailing from Ashford in Kent, but widely associated with the Canterbury hardcore scene, November Coming Fire come from a close-nit family of bands that include Canaan, The Break In Winter In June, 10.15 Saturday Night, and Urotsukidoji. Other bands from the immediate area include Jairus, Number One Defender, One Time Champion, and many more. NCF support the Underground UK HC network of bands, promoters and labels that have helped them in the two years they have been together. Over the last ten months, NCF have played none stop, touring the UK three times, and playing a combination of small DIY all-ages shows as well as bigger supports to the likes of Converge, Himsa, Terror and Give Up The Ghost. One of the few UK HC bands in the country that can fit on a bill with a group of old school HC bands one night, a bunch of metal bands the next and some noisy experimental bands after that, NCF draw their influences from all of those genres (their listening habits include AFI, Converge, Botch, Coalesce, Old Man Gloom, The Misfits and of course Samhain, whose third album was titled November Coming Fire) and use them to create something new. When asked what type of band they are, NCF will respond hardcore, but only because of their attitude, mindset and ethos, not their sound. Their sound is not one they can sum up in one word. Their debut six-track mini-album 'Black Ballads' has come out fast, hard, heavy, jagged, melodic and discordant. There is every chance the next record will come out sounding the complete opposite! In reality, NCF is the perfect sum of its parts -  all of the members come from functioning, recording, touring bands of all different types and this all collides to form a massive, in your face wall of sound which comes across perfectly on record and most importantly live. Their attitude is to try anything, if it sounds good, use it, and to give everything you have when playing live. Their shows are little short of total chaos, a band to be witnessed.

Class Of 2004 - Metal Hammer Jan 2004
November Coming Fire were quoted as being a band to crush in 2004 by Metal Hammer along side the likes of Atreyu, Doheny (ex Pitchshifter), Sworn Enemy, Walls Of Jerico, and one of only 2 UK bands to be included!!

NCF are thePRP.com's band of the month for Jan 04
The UK's November Coming Fire have gained a reputation beyond their local Canterbury as a hard working band with hardcore credentials gained through their support of the local scene. Named after a Samhain album, who later became Danzig, fortunately NCF's music is not so easily borrowed and instead they have established an eclectic mix of old school hardcore with metal influences both past and present. Their debut 6 track mini album titled 'Black Ballads' is as dark as the title suggests and its chaotic and brutal nature form the perfect bridge between the modern sharp sounds of Converge et al and the traditional fan centric shouty bands of old. One of the few acts who can fit on a bill with a group of old school hardcore bands one night, metal bands the next and experimental bands thereafter.