Mourning
Beloveth 'The Sullen Sulcus'
MOURNING BELOVETH consists of five Irishmen, Frank Brennan, guitars/vocals,
Darren Moore, vocals, Brian Delaney, guitars, Adrian Butler, bass and
Tim Johnson, drums. Having heard their previous release "Dust"
I got interested in what may come of this disc. Because who can resist
melody, doom and a mix of death and ordinary vocals? Just like the last
time around the band offers doom though their early demos with their primitive
BLACK SABBATH-feel seem a thing of the past. They've developed their sound
until it feels unnecessary to blast at full throttle to create a feeling
of doom. Album starter, the twelve-minute "The Words that Crawled"
does not feel mega heavy but lasts the distance without repetition anyway.
At times the riffs feel a bit similar too but the album as a whole is
strong enough to hold for that strain as well. Of course there's still
a tad of Tony Iommi & Co present (as with all doom bands) but MOURNING
BELOVETH have outgrown the primitive riffing. In comparison both Darren
and Frank are good singers so they've left OZZY behind in that aspect.
This is very evident in the excellent "The Insolent Caul". There
are no apparent fillers on the album but "It Almost Looked Human"
was included on "Dust" as a taster and feels like a re-run.
Otherwise there's a lot of positive features here as well as good hopes
for the future.
Miggo
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