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Like Gods Of The Sun

My Dying Bride - Like Gods Of The Sun Audio CD

A fair review of the My Dying Bride "Like Gods Of The Sun" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all My Dying Bride reviews here, or go back to the My Dying Bride tabs.

Band: My Dying Bride
Title: Like Gods Of The Sun
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Release Date: 2006-12-25
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Like Gods of the Sun 2: Dark Caress 3: Grace Unhearing 4: Kiss to Remember 5: All Swept Away 6: For You 7: It Will Come 8: Here in the Throat 9: For My Fallen Angel 10: It Will Come [Nightmare Mix][*] 11: Grace Unhearing [Portishell Mix][*]

A Classic Gothic Metal Album
. Take all that raw energy found in the Metal Music scene and slow it down and add a couple of good musicians and then add one final devastating touch, the wretched vocals of Aaron. The musicians are certainly a step above the typical level of musicians in this style. Aaron is an absolutely master at delivering pure emotional power through his voice. You will live his life, love, death and dark perception of his world.

For those of you who are new to MDB you should know that MDB's style can change widely from album to album. I love the Goth Metal Gloomy Type Albums but still do listen to the other more traditional Death Metal Albums. I enjoy both but feel that without a doubt it is this bands and Aarons ability to slow down their music and cross the divide between the gothic and metal styles that makes this band special.

Another thing I love about this band is that they don't play a concert when they don't want to. They tour far less than other bands simply because they don't want their performance & their enjoyment of it to be anything less than 100%. RESPECT. This album is a must have. I would also recommend the anthology of MDB part I and II *Meisterwerk * This will give you an excellent introduction to MDB but also only half the picture. I must say I rarely play some of there less gothic albums because why would I when I could put on one of their others. You might also try the new one, Songs of Darkness, Words of Light as it is similar to Like Gods of The Sun being more accessible then there other albums if you are coming from a non-metal background. WARNING if you only like Doom metal or Death Metal rather invest in some of MDB's other albums, this one is not for you. All I can say is this album is brilliant. . . the BEST that My Dying Bride has to offer. Just writing this is making me want to go and play it right now. It is like Portishead, for those of you who know, in the respect that it is a classic.

The album is erotic and dark drowned in the beautiful and haunting vocals of Aaron. Another thing which makes this album so accessible is the Aaron's decision to use clean vocals. You can actually hear what he is saying. Don't you ever get tired of such harsh vocals where you are not even sure if the guy can sing because the vocals are so harsh? After a while I did and that makes Aaron and this album like a breath of fresh air. Finally someone has done it right.

Don't forget you can click on the comment button to leave me a comment about this review.
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Masterpiece
It was everything and more I hoped for. I just got it in the mail a couple of days ago and I'm memerized by it. Somewhat on the same lines as Angel and the Dark River in sound, it is different in the way there are more songs on the album with shorter and more melodic tracks. The guitar sound is also very different. It is a very processed sound with very clean distortion and has more treble then bass. . Reminds me of a early 90's band "Anacrucsis". The voilins and keyboards are well played and the bass guitar is excellent. My favorite track on it is "A Kiss to Remember". One of the best songs I've heard from this band. The whole cd is good. There is not one average part in any of these songs. They glare right at you in the face and with passion.

Like true meal gods they slay!
As far the other two reviews, completely disregard them, as they are wrong. I have no idea why there are only two reviews of this masterpiece, when it's been out since 1996. This album is a masterpiece, with only a few, tiny flaws, that can be easily overlooked and forgotten. It was the last album with the original line-up, and was a progression of their earlier efforts. Some have described it as goth, yet MDB never identified themselves as goth; nor was it their intention. It is a brooding, melodic, raging, guitar-driven, heavy metal doom album, with organ, piano, and violin to give it a funereal and sometimes romantic, yet depressing ambiance that some have wrongly described as being gothic. If you've never had the priviledge of hearing MDB, start here. And where are my fellow brothers? Why only two reviews? Speak up! Speak up!.

Not that bad... not that good, either...
When I finally took the plunge and bought their first four releases in 1993, I was absolutely dumbfounded because here there was finally a band that a) made real music and b) didn't feel the need to repeat themselves every ten seconds. I have been a fan of My DyING BRIDE since hearing them on late-night radio numerous times between 1991 and 1993. To paraphrase Jello Biafra, here was a band that wasn't dedicated to destroying what was left of your imagination.

So where did it go wrong on this album? Well, the My DyING BRIDE of old felt this pressing need to get an album out every year, regardless of what internal pressures they might be facing. After criticisms of their previous album for being drawn out and badly produced, they decided to make this album a) cleaner-sounding and b) shorter, "punchier", more compact. It suffers badly for it.

Three of the first four songs hit the listener well and hard, giving a taste of the My DyING BRIDE of old. Even if they do steal a Black Sabbath riff in contrast to their fervent denials of any Sabbath influence - the riffs that make up Sabbath Bloody Sabbath and parts of Like Gods Of The Sun are literally identical. That aside, only Grace Unhearing gives a taste of the disappointment that follows from track five onwards. Soon, the rhythms become annoying, the lyrics become repetitive and monotonous (the exact thing people get into bands like this to avoid), then the whole thing just feels rushed into production.

Put simply, this album would have been far better as an EP containing songs 1, 2, and 4. The rest of the album has me, probably one of the most fervent My DyING BRIDE fans you will ever meet, apologising.

Magnificent, yet Dissapointing

I've had heard some songs from the album, such as LGOTS,
For you. i just bought "Like Gods of the Sun" and I've heard it only once
(just too little time), but I think I have to write a review. A kiss to Remember,For my Fallen Angel and i had almost an idea of what it could contain:heavy and melodic guitars, as is the MDB standard, haunting violins and keyboards by the musical genious Martin Powell(such a shame and loss he left) and an overall dark atmosphere. The lyrics not at all depressing, but God-questioning sometimes, depicting the malice of the world, Aarons dissapointment with the current status of our world, erotic and dark.

Let's come to Aarons vocals. I have to recognise Aaron as a great singer, who evolves through the years. He has a nice-positioned voice, deep, not extravagant and not abused. So far for his clean vocals. My only dessappointment is that this album is totally devoid of harsh vocals, something I was expecting for so old a release.

So, I recommend it to any fan of My Dying Bride, but not to anyone who wants to hear the brutal harsh singing of Aaron.

I give this album 5 stars due to its musical ingenuity and quality, and also because MDB are worth it.

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