I love this! My Dying Bride never seems to really disappoint, "I Cannot Be Loved" is probably my favourite track (I think that was the promo, right?).

An all round bad album.

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 30.07.2013 at 17:04

An all round bad album.

a 4 seems kind of harsh... the first 4 tracks are excellent in my opinion. What a shame the second half of the album is way less great. Overall a good album for sure, but can't measure up against pretty much everything they did before this one.

Looking at the tracklist and there's not a bad song, Thy Raven Wings and Love's Intolerable Pain are my two favorite tracks

A generic album not good, damn Ib hate when that guy is right , but I can admit 2 songs stood out Nr 3 and Nr 9 .. and Nr 3 because it fits me

Written by InnerSelf on 01.08.2013 at 19:02

Looking at the tracklist and there's not a bad song,

Indeed, man, thats the point here! Although I find Deeper Down somewhat behind the rest.

The album cant really keep up with most of the previous-century MDB work, obviously, but it is still an outstanding opus, for me. Favourite tracks, hhm, rather difficult, since most of the stuff is pretty much at par. Love's intolarable pain is the best one here. The blood, the whine, the roses, Thy raven wings, and I walk with them are also slightly better than the rest IMO, but that is really marginal. Consistent album, it follows.

Written by Redel on 16.04.2017 at 22:54

Indeed, man, thats the point here! Although I find Deeper Down somewhat behind the rest.

The album cant really keep up with most of the previous-century MDB work, obviously, but it is still an outstanding opus, for me. Favourite tracks, hhm, rather difficult, since most of the stuff is pretty much at par. Love's intolarable pain is the best one here. The blood, the whine, the roses, Thy raven wings, and I walk with them are also slightly better than the rest IMO, but that is really marginal. Consistent album, it follows.

The strange thing is it's one of my most played album by them (still behind Turn Loose The Swans, The Dreadful Hours and Songs Of Darkness, Words Of Light) even thought I will not put it in their top 5, it was the last consistant album they made.
And man, Thy Raven Wings always brings me to the verge of crying whenever I play it, not many songs do that to me!

I don't know, man. I love this thing. 'Deeper Down' slaps so hard.

This is maybe one of my favorite albums, it's so... elegant. Can't describe it otherwise.
Also recently I found a great acapella version of Thy Raven Wings:

This is another solid album. The riffs took me by surprise, it must be up there with their most melodic, but the sound is still very much doom based, and maybe structured in a slightly more gothic manner this time too instead of death doom. The songwriting is still pretty decent, and the emotion is still there, although it's not quite on the same level as their previous three albums.

There are some strong highlights on this as per usual, with "Thy Raven Wings", "And I Walk with Them", and "I Cannot Be Loved" being my favourites, but it's all round not as consistent as the previous three albums.