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My Dying Bride - The Voice of the Wretched Audio CD

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My Dying Bride Band: My Dying Bride
Title: The Voice of the Wretched
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Release Date: 2002-05-21
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: She Is the Dark 2: Snow in My Hand 3: Cry of Mankind 4: Trun Loose the Swans 5: Cruel Taste of Winter 6: Under Your Wings and into Your Arms 7: Kiss to Remember 8: Your River 9: Fever Sea 10: Symphonaire Inferrus et Spera Empyrium

An exceptionally impressive live release
Peaceville Records seems to be attempting to make up for the fact that My Dying Bride, the label�s pride and glory, have only been to the States once and have been in ravenous demand ever since. It sucks to have never seen your favourite band live.

The album was recorded in March of 2001 in Holland for last year�s Peacefest concert. The track list spans the band�s entire career -- everything from a scorching return visit to the epic doom/death of �Symphonaire Infernus�� to the sweeping languid melancholia of �The Cry Of Mankind� and on through �A Cruel Taste Of Winter� from the band�s latest full-length release �The Dreadful Hours. �

I don�t know how many studio overdubs were made for this release, but the sound quality is superb and crystal clear! If the band really sounds this good live, then it is truly a crime that we have been deprived so long of experiencing it first hand. There absolutely had to have been some studio wizardry going on, but regardless, fans of the band will totally eat this up just to hear the slight differences from the studio versions.

The most notable differences appear courtesy of keyboardist Yasmin Ahmed. She does a fabulous job in filling the gaps left by the departure of longtime MDB violinist Martin Powell. Throughout the band�s earlier songs, where the absence of violin would yield a glaringly incomplete sound, she provides some awesome atmospherics. Her style is very Gothic and Ambient oriented, as she has a penchant for layers of ghostly choirs, eerie harmonized orchestral strings, and all sorts of dense and heavily reverberated gloom. Granted you can�t necessarily replace the use of a live violinist, however, instead of trying to mimic the sound of a violin, she provides something decidedly different and almost more eerie at times. Following the notes, but using her own unique synth voices, her presence here definitely makes the entire CD noteworthy to hardcore fans that would notice and appreciate such minor nuances.

Vocally, Aaron sounds fantastic. His growls are downright frightening, even harsher than they were on the recent releases where he resurrected his guttural style once again. The overall effect of the heavier and faster passages of these songs is greatly accentuated, yielding a much more raw and aggressive effect.

The same also holds true for the more romantic and atmospheric parts. The clean vocal passages are emotionally shaken and full of earnest pathos. Indeed, Aaron�s voice is that of the wretched, both that of rage and anger, as well as crestfallen, beautiful despair. All the things My Dying Bride fans expect and count on from this band.

This album is a must for long time fans, as the familiar is given a fresh and unique spin. And the album is produced so well and sounds so good, that it is also a nice collection of the band�s best material for curious newcomers to Gothic Metal�s finest and most beloved band.

* Extracted from my review at StarVox. net.


A very good live album from the british doomsters
This album was recorded in March 2001 in the Netherlands and features some of the best songs My dying Bride ever recorded performed live. Having no live albums released other than some bootlegs and the bonus CD of the "Angel and the Dark River" album this is the first official My Dying Bride live album. It is good to see that they do not forget their older songs and infact five of the ten songs are from their first albums. What's a real shame is the fact that Peaceville screwed up on the song titles and they are not presented correctly. Also the digipac version of this CD is nicely presented so try finding that if you can. What else can I say. . . the sound quality is very good, the song selection is good, the performance of all the members is good, so go and buy it. A must have for My Dying Bride fans.


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