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The Sins Of Thy Beloved - Lake Of Sorrow



8.6 | 221 votes |
Release date: 1998
Style: Symphonic gothic metal

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01. My Love
02. The Kiss
03. Worthy Of You
04. Lake Of Sorrow
05. Until The Dark
06. All Alone
07. Silent Pain

Top 20 albums of 1998: 14

Additional info
Recorded at Sound Suite Studio in August 1998.
Mixed by Terje Refsnes & The Sins of Thy Beloved.
Produced by Terje Refsnes & The Sins of Thy Beloved.

A most recent version of this album includes a bonus track called "World of Day". Not unlike the other songs of theirs, there are no lyrics officially published by the band for this track.

Guest review by
angel.
Rating:
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You may be asking "What is the point of this review for Lake Of Sorrow now, when everybody has already heard of them, or because so many other different, or similar, music exists?" I'd say, because this album in particular, needs more attention on Metal Storm. While there are still many active Gothic bands out there, I believe there are rarely albums which come close to this one.

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published 09.12.2013 | Comments (25)

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Comments: 15   Visited by: 375 users
18.02.2013 - 22:09
Rating: 10
Erik M.

One of the best (symphonic gothic) albums I've ever heard. An ultimate masterpiece.
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22.12.2013 - 17:00
HellriderRising

Another Gothic Metal diamond.
Too bad albums like this do not come out nowadays.
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13.09.2014 - 18:10
Rating: 9
NocturnalStalker
Metal Addict
Magical record. Maybe the best violin work by Pete Johansen too.
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We are who we're afraid to be"
- Lux Occulta "The Opening of Eleventh Sephirah"
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13.09.2014 - 18:48
Rating: 9
angel.
Evil Butterfly
Written by NocturnalStalker on 13.09.2014 at 18:10

Magical record. Maybe the best violin work by Pete Johansen too.

Usually there aren't many albums like this one which I've heard about 8 years ago and still I can enjoy it the same.
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The Fangirl.
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22.07.2015 - 18:30
Bad English
Tage Westerlund
Written by Erik M. on 18.02.2013 at 22:09

One of the best (symphonic gothic) albums I've ever heard. An ultimate masterpiece.


it ha sold school touch, somehow new bands don't know what it is (even I don't know )
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Life is to short for LOVE, there is many great things to do online !!!

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I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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20.07.2019 - 17:41
Rating: 9
A magic alhum. A must for any fan of dark heavy music
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02.12.2020 - 18:59
Rating: 7
Reaper_Redeemer

This is the closest I ever found to early Tristania. It is a shame this genre has not many noteworthy bands...
It is not as good as Tristania with Morten imho due to the lack of interesting melodies and the songwriting in general. They needed to add a slow first part in every song in order to make the second part good. But still I really enjoyed this, the atmosphere is right there.
Highlights:
01. My Love
04. Lake Of Sorrow
05. Until The Dark
07. Silent Pain
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02.01.2021 - 21:09
Desha
delicious dish
I really like this, maybe 2021 will be the year of goth
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You are the hammer, I am the nail
building a house in the fire on the hill
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02.01.2021 - 23:23
Rating: 8
Starvynth
i c deaf people
Written by Desha on 02.01.2021 at 21:09

I really like this, maybe 2021 will be the year of goth

You're starting from a high level and your journey is at risk of becoming a very strenous trip, full of privation, maybe even a Trail Of Tears if you don't watch your step. Because in my opinion this is the peak of (symphonic) gothic metal, the only way back is downwards. The first two Sirenia albums and maybe also Tristania's debut are roughly comparable and (almost) on a par, but that's about it.
Godspeed!
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02.01.2021 - 23:42
Desha
delicious dish
Written by Starvynth on 02.01.2021 at 23:23

Written by Desha on 02.01.2021 at 21:09

I really like this, maybe 2021 will be the year of goth

You're starting from a high level and your journey is at risk of becoming a very strenous trip, full of privation, maybe even a Trail Of Tears if you don't watch your step. Because in my opinion this is the peak of (symphonic) gothic metal, the only way back is downwards. The first two Sirenia albums and maybe also Tristania's debut are roughly comparable and (almost) on a par, but that's about it.
Godspeed!

yeah but I don't really look for an improvement, I kinda just wanna get more into it. And I'm not only talking about this symphonic variant, also something like Tiamat or even Funeral falls under the same kind of music to me and is what I'm gonna listen to more of. Thanks a lot of the recommendations, I'll check em out!
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You are the hammer, I am the nail
building a house in the fire on the hill
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02.01.2021 - 23:53
Rating: 8
Starvynth
i c deaf people
Written by Desha on 02.01.2021 at 23:42

yeah but I don't really look for an improvement, I kinda just wanna get more into it. And I'm not only talking about this symphonic variant, also something like Tiamat or even Funeral falls under the same kind of music to me and is what I'm gonna listen to more of. Thanks a lot of the recommendations, I'll check em out!

Then please also check this out and let me know what you think of it.
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04.07.2021 - 12:51
Rating: 8
AndyMetalFreak
A Nice Guy
Great album! The closest sounding album to Tristania and early Sirenia that I've heard, and really liked. It's a shame they only managed two albums. Symphonic gothic metal acts such as these seem to have been lost nowadays.
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18.07.2021 - 02:42
Bad English
Tage Westerlund
Written by Starvynth on 02.01.2021 at 23:53

Written by Desha on 02.01.2021 at 23:42

yeah but I don't really look for an improvement, I kinda just wanna get more into it. And I'm not only talking about this symphonic variant, also something like Tiamat or even Funeral falls under the same kind of music to me and is what I'm gonna listen to more of. Thanks a lot of the recommendations, I'll check em out!

Then please also check this out and let me know what you think of it.


another long gone mid 90's gothic, death doom band, what really should put out new album out, or put band to rest. I really miss the days when I did listen them.
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Life is to short for LOVE, there is many great things to do online !!!

Stormtroopers of Death - ''Speak English or Die''
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I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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18.07.2021 - 02:47
Bad English
Tage Westerlund
Velvet darkness they copied. No they did not its just same genre(I disagree its close to Tristania, maybe widow weeds eras) (another band cames in my mind is Dismal Euphony) , but Amita's voice reminds me Liv in that album. Good doom vibes, violins, influences, death metal grunts. Death doom and longer compositions what get moarnful in time when you listen it. Just an amazing album.
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Life is to short for LOVE, there is many great things to do online !!!

Stormtroopers of Death - ''Speak English or Die''
apos;'
[image]
I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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09.03.2022 - 12:41
Rating: 10
Metal Rasputin

Huh? I sure didn't expect this album to bang this hard. What a thing of beauty.
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You've got a lot of guts. Let's see what they look like!
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