Mournful Congregation - The Book Of Kings

My god is someone trying to give me a heart attack? What's with all the good releases set to come out this year?!

Here's the source: http://www.doom-metal.com/news.php?entry=1242
Also some people on Last.fm saying that it's gonna be "reminiscent of both The Monad of Creation and The June Frost" and 80 minutes long.

So this is going to be epic ... AWESOME

http://listen.20buckspin.com/album/the-book-of-kings

Streaming in its entirety. Beautifully composed, as usual.

Written by Troy Killjoy on 01.11.2011 at 02:03

http://listen.20buckspin.com/album/the-book-of-kings

Streaming in its entirety. Beautifully composed, as usual.

Cheers for the link!

Written by R'Vannith on 01.11.2011 at 03:03
Cheers for the link!

No problem, more people need to be aware of this band/album.

Best Extreme Doom Metal Album of the Year.

Written by Red_Travis on 02.11.2011 at 19:25

Best Extreme Doom Metal Album of the Year.

I'll wait for the new Esoteric to make that decision, but Mournful Congregation sure do look like a likely candidate.

Written by Slayer666 on 02.11.2011 at 19:53

Written by Red_Travis on 02.11.2011 at 19:25

Best Extreme Doom Metal Album of the Year.

I'll wait for the new Esoteric to make that decision, but Mournful Congregation sure do look like a likely candidate.

True

Written by Red_Travis on 02.11.2011 at 19:25

Best Extreme Doom Metal Album of the Year.

Best Funeral Doom Metal Album of the History in my opinion. It's fucking great.

What the piss bros, Colosseum definitely crushes any of these guys. June Frost was much better IMO. The 33 minute tracks seems kind of pointless in the end...

Written by [user id=111873] on 09.11.2011 at 18:15

What the piss bros, Colosseum definitely crushes any of these guys.

I agree with you there.

Who put that totally weird line-up there? It's totally off and should read as follows:

Damon Good - rhythm, lead and acoustic guitars, vocals, keys, bass on track three
Justin Hartwig - lead, rhythm and acoustic guitars
Ben Newsome - bass
Adrian Bickle - drums

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 17.11.2011 at 22:20
Who put that totally weird line-up there? It's totally off and should read as follows:

It's the way the site's set up to read the line-up. If a musician leaves in 2009 and one joins the band in the same year, both will appear in the line-up for any 2009 releases unless the album is edited manually.

It's quite a pain in the ass, really.

I voted for this album, despite that it is very long, if you are really concentrate is hard feeling bored, it music are intense and filled of truly "doom" sensations, beautiful and persistent harmonies and very emotional guitar solos. When you are hearing funeral doom, just think that monotony is generally in your mind because in albums like this you cannot find it

Finally the limited to 100 wooden box set of the Book Of Kings arrived today:

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 14.07.2012 at 15:39
Finally the limited to 100 wooden box set of the Book Of Kings arrived today:

Woah... that is just HOT!

This was my 2011 vote for Extreme Doom category.
It just slightly beat out Esoteric, "The Waterless Streams" was the tie breaker.

Written by X-Ray Rod on 14.07.2012 at 21:08

Woah... that is just HOT!

Yeah it is. Been stroking it since receiving it this morning until I had to leave for work and will be stroking it again when I get home hahahaha.
The gold on the album cover is embossed btw.

Oh an I oput all my Mournful Congregation vinyls in the box as well.

Written by Slayer666 on 14.07.2012 at 21:14

This was my 2011 vote for Extreme Doom category.
It just slightly beat out Esoteric, "The Waterless Streams" was the tie breaker.

It was also my vote btw and also slightly beating Esoteric

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 14.07.2012 at 21:25

Yeah it is. Been stroking it since receiving it this morning until I had to leave for work and will be stroking it again when I get home hahahaha.
The gold on the album cover is embossed btw.

Oh an I oput all my Mournful Congregation vinyls in the box as well.

Wonderful... I put Alkerdeel's debut and demo in the Morinde's box. It's nice when the boxes are extra big for that.

I would rate it 8 just because of that acoustic song. The rest of album is so damn good. Good to see a funeral doom metal band which does not sound much like the others.

For some reason it took me quite a while to realise that this is superb.

Looking forward to their new one, and hopefully it will be 2017.

Just ordered the last colored vinyl copy from 20 Buck Spin, a black/gold/aqua merge.