Mourning
Beloveth 'The Sullen Sulcus'
Mourning Beloveth is an Irish doom/death metal quintet formed
in the winter of 1992. The present line-up of the band consists of Darren
Moore (infernal growls), Frank Brennan (guitar and vocals), Brian Delaney
(guitar), Adrian Butler (bass) and Tim Johnson (drums), and the reason
we're paying attention to this five-piece is their second full-length
studio album, "The Sullen Sulcus".Recorded at the Academy Studios
in the spring of 2002 and released a few months later, this gloomy sound-creature
offers brilliant doom/death metal in the best vein of the early 90's.
Mourning Beloveth have taken the best elements from the works of bands
like My Dying Bride, the early Anathema and Cathedral, Paradise Lost's
classic album "Gothic" and stuff alike. The combination results
in six ultra-slow, scary, extremely heavy and full of deep-throat moans
compositions, spread over a time-field of 65 minutes... and that's exactly
where the only problem of this album could be found. Although, as already
written, "The Sullen Sulcus" gathers in one all the best elements
of classic doom/death metal, the 6 tracks - from the opening monster "The
Words That Crawled" to the closing ode "Anger's Streaming Arrows"
- are much too long; add to this a certain lack of originality and variety,
and you'll get the negative point of the album. Otherwise, especially
for adorers of the bands mentioned a few lines above, Mourning Beloveth's
offering is a definite must-have.
Author: [Nicki]
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