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In the true spirit of doom metal this album ranges over more
than an hour with just five tracks. What struck me at first was the very high
sound quality of this recording. It actually sounds as if it was produced and
released by a major label like Metal Blade or someone else. That is mighty
impressive from a band currently unsigned, which will probably not be the case
for very long. Mourning Beloveth has been noted before and their second demo
"Autumnal Fires" was chosen as the demo of the year in the German Moondance
Magazine in 1998. The reason for the almost perfect production is that the
album was recorded at the well-known Academy Studios where the Peaceville
producer Mags resides. With such close links to the My Dying Bride environment
it might not come as a surprise to you that they are one of the main
influences on the band. Mourning Beloveth is an Irish band that has managed to
combine the melancholy and sadness of modern My Dying Bride with the
tormenting brutality that they showed earlier on in their career. The song
structure is very strong and built up as most doom metal music with slow,
driving yet heavy rhythms and occational faster more technical riffing. What
separates Mourning Beloveth from many others, apart from the mature song
writing, is the use of some very effective clean vocals. The growling/clean
duet singing on the first track sounds particularly nice. On their earlier
recordings the band have apparently also used piano and I wish they had on
this one too because that is an instrument I like a lot (if done well of
course...). Ireland now has a doom metal band to be proud
of.
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