My Dying Bride - The Angel And The Dark River
| Release date: | 22 May 1995 |
| Style: | Gothic doom metal |
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Disc I
01. The Cry Of Mankind
02. From Darkest Skies
03. Black Voyage
04. A Sea To Suffer In
05. Two Winters Only
06. Your Shameful Heaven
07. The Sexuality Of Bereavement [digipack bonus]
08. Your River [Live at Dynamo '95] [digipack bonus]
09. A Sea To Suffer In [Live at Dynamo '95] [digipack bonus]
10. The Forever People [Live at Dynamo '95] [digipack bonus]
Disc II [Live At The Dynamo '95 (1996 re-issue)]
01. Your River [live] [bonus]
02. A Sea To Suffer In [live] [bonus]
03. Your Shameful Heaven [live] [bonus]
04. The Forever People [live] [bonus]
Top 20 albums of 1995: 9
Top 200 albums of all time: 97
01. The Cry Of Mankind
02. From Darkest Skies
03. Black Voyage
04. A Sea To Suffer In
05. Two Winters Only
06. Your Shameful Heaven
07. The Sexuality Of Bereavement [digipack bonus]
08. Your River [Live at Dynamo '95] [digipack bonus]
09. A Sea To Suffer In [Live at Dynamo '95] [digipack bonus]
10. The Forever People [Live at Dynamo '95] [digipack bonus]
Disc II [Live At The Dynamo '95 (1996 re-issue)]
01. Your River [live] [bonus]
02. A Sea To Suffer In [live] [bonus]
03. Your Shameful Heaven [live] [bonus]
04. The Forever People [live] [bonus]
Top 20 albums of 1995: 9
Top 200 albums of all time: 97
Review
Lyrics Recorded and mixed at Academy Studios Dec/Jan 1994/95
Produced by Mags & My Dying Bride. Cover and photos by Aaron.
Released on cassette by Metal Mind.
Released by Megarock Records on picture disc vinyl with no sleeve in 1997, limited to 500 copies.
Reissued by Peaceville in 2001 and Soyuz Music in 2002, restoring the original cover art and track list.
Remastered and reissued in 2003 by Peaceville as a single disc digipack (using the black version of the cover) with four bonus tracks, including "The Sexuality Of Bereavement" and Live at the Dynamo '95, excluding "Your Shameful Heaven" which appeared on that year's reissue of Turn Loose The Swans.
Reissued in 2010 by Peaceville in a super jewel box CD/DVD package, with entirely new cover art. The CD is the same as the 2003 reissue and the DVD is For Darkest Eyes (originally released on VHS in 1997).
Rating:
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Rating: 10 |
After the exceptional and mourning aesthetic of "Turn Loose The Swans" My Dying Bride returned with another opus of emotional intensity and esoteric feelings, "The Angel And The Dark River". I don't know how the fans of "As The Flower Withers" and "Turn Loose The Swans" expected their successor to be back then, but they were not expecting it to be like "The Angel And The Dark River" for sure, as far as I am concerned. This time My Dying Bride remain heavy and powerful, yet not aggressive. A more fragile and gentle approach is overrunning their sound and this is not something that shines only through the music, but from the vocals as well. Aaron Stainthorpe, the dramatic persona of My Dying Bride, this time chose to express himself only through his wailing clean vocals, pouring his soul to his personal and beauteous lyrics, leaving behind the grunting way of expression and thus lending a more poetic approach to the sound of My Dying Bride. Read more ›› |
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| ramin Posts: 15  |
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| Tiglath Pileser Posts: 9  |
I've never heard a better Gothic song than The Cry for Mankind. It's the most melancholic song imaginable!
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| MelancholiaC Posts: 153  |
Written by [user id=135634] on 25.03.2013 at 22:56 Funny, after years I still think The Angel And The Dark River is the better of the two. As for the vocals, I always thought they're just good enough to suit the mood of the music - to be honest I never felt the vocals are exceptionally spectacular, but they're not a nuisance either; there are better vocalists in and outside this style. The atmosphere on this album showcases MDB at their zenith though, and that's why this is my favourite album of theirs.
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62021  |
One of greatest MDB albums ever, maybe best, so melancholic, awesome song titles and violin fits perfect together whit Aarons vocals ... its damn awesome,
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| The Melting Snow Posts: 674  |
Two Winters Only is heart-wrenching. anyone know the idea/story behind it?
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| Redel Moderator Posts: 2250  |
 Up there with Turn loose the swans and Like Gods of the sun. MDB's holy trinity. Untouchable. Cry of mankind one of the best songs ever written.
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| Polaria Posts: 248  |
Listen to Cry of Mankind once, you'll never forget it.
---- Life is all the pain we endeavour.
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| ickoriss Posts: 345  |
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| nonZero Posts: 1334  |
The Cry Of Mankind is definitely the stand-out track here. From Darkest Skies, A Sea To Suffer In and Your Shameful Heaven are also great IMO. 8.9/10 from me - Easily My Dying Bride's best album.
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| Samot Posts: 208  |
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| GhostOfPerdition Posts: 26  |
This and TLTS are both doom metal perfection and therefore 10s.
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| Maldone Posts: 34  |
Only heard this in its entirety today, even though I consider myself a MDB fan. I just never could with the vocals here... which is such a shame, this could be a 10, maybe even their best. And no, I don't need growls, cleans could do just fine, if only they were at least somewhat decent
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| Sidney's Phone Posts: 24  |
While I prefer "Turn Loose.." this album is also top tier! Even without growls, everything just works. A consistent album full of their trademark misery and melancholic goodness. The Cry of Mankind is the standout though.
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