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My Dying Bride - The Light at the End of the World Audio CD

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My Dying Bride Band: My Dying Bride
Title: The Light at the End of the World
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Release Date: 2001-03-27
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: She Is the Dark 2: Edenbeast 3: Night He Died 4: Light at the End of the World 5: Fever Sea 6: Into the Lake of Ghosts 7: Isis Script 8: Christliar 9: Sear Me III

Flawed but still amazing
After hearing it several times it didn't improve much and I reached the same conclusion as I did initially. My first impression was after an amazing beautiful start it bogs down into mediocrity which is rare for MDB.
HOWEVER the first 3 tracks are beyond description and worth the price of admission into MDB's theater of pain where they will usher you into a world of majestic unrelenting darkness.


In depth listening
The band returns to their much heavier and "doomier" sound which was along the lines of 1993's Turn Loose the Swans. The Light at the End of the World was the next cd I got. The at the time of the recording, one of the guitarists Calvin had left the band so it was Andrew that recorded all the guitars. So for obvious reasons he probaly wrote more of the music and would make some sense why he feels this is the best MDB album.
This album I have found requires in depth listening. Not a cd you can just have in the background and catch glimpes of it here and there. Each song tells a fascinating story and the sounds of sorrow can be heard through each verse.
The mood can shift around alot on this release. From heavy to quiet, from slow to fast it has a very direct sound. Tracks "She is the Dark" and "The Isis Script" are some of My Dying Brides best tunes and have alot of firey energy and passion. "Edenbeast" is a long epic that can put you into a trance by Andrew's guitars and Aaron's sinister vocals. "The Light at the End of the World" is a story epic, a depressing journey into misery. Great keyboards on this song. "The Fever Sea" is a brutal track that sound best very loud. Sear me III is another fine track, very gothic and dark. The feel of the entire album makes me feel unassure about life and reality and nothing is far from the truth.

Another great release that took several listens to enjoy it more. So far I got all thier albums except "As the Flower Withers". Naturally, it will be next.


Back-to-the-roots type of thing
And I'd say, this is an average album of this excellent band. I am a proud owner of MDB's complete discography, followed them since they appered with their 1st full-length in 1992. Average on their scale, good all in all, makes a 4-star rating.

After losing a violinist from their line-up, and after widely (somewhat undeservingly) unpopular experimental "37. 588% Complete", Aaron Stainthorpe and his pals returned to what they had begun with over a decade ago. This is death-doom, with growling vocals, generally slow-tempo with sudden speedy breaks, with many melodic guitar parts. The attraction of this album is it's depressing mood, excellently created by Aaron's own vocal style. The disatvantage of it is that after they lost Martin Powell's violin, that used to add plenty of atmosphere to the tracks, the remaining band members seemed unsure of what to replace it with. Therefore we have certain parts here that lack development, or a spark of excitement in other parts, or that very much needed violin sound in yet another sections.

Not a bad album after all, but it could have been made better. And My Dying Bride proved their capability with an excellent successor to this record, "The Dreadful Hours".
Fans will get this CD anyway, casual listeners are better off chosing from other pages of MDB's now vast catalogue.


Errr...
I hoped that they had evolved a little more than this since the last time. This was a huge disappointment cd for me. To me this might be the worst MDB album ever. I never listen to it and probably never will again cause it is not half as good as they really used to be. Or. . that's not true is it? Cause the next album they created The Dreadful Hours once again put them back on the throne of doom. I guess TLATEOTW was a period where the band really wasn't well enough into what they where making. It seems uninspired and just boring. It pains me to say it though. But all is forgiven. . cause the next album was great and the next one coming out . . . well today. . will be even better. Of course. . I would like to hear them do an album like Opeth did like Damnation. Butbut. . My Dying Bride does their own thing. . I'm happy they are still here.


stunning
a must for all who like dark, heavy, and tragic music. the beauty and darkness of this cd blew me away.


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