Mourning Beloveth A Murderous Circus
Grau Records March 2005
By Jason Jordan
Mourning Beloveths A Murderous Circus or, the artwork rather is a dead ringer for Katatonias Viva Emptiness. Seriously, glances at the former will easily make you think youre beholding the latter. Its fitting, though, because a lot of Katatonia does rest in the groups sound. A Murderous Circus isnt meant to be drank in short gulps. No, the hour and fifteen minute opus is definitely for the longsuffering.
Judging by the number of compositions, you may think that this is an EP. When in truth the shortest outing grasps the eleven-minute mark. Three reach close to the fifteen-minute mark, while only one breaches twenty. The Apocalypse Machine introduces us to the first, significant output from Mourning Beloveth. Mostly, the song tends to traipse along at a fairly slow pace, and overall the tracks tend to lean on confident riffs for support. Theres no real intricacy to be unearthed within the record, but there sure are plenty of quality riffs. The drumming is sufficient, but the transitions should consult a circumspect ear next time around. Kuhr (Novembers Doom, Subterranean Masquerade) worship occurs on the part of the vocalized lyrics, although theyre a bit less guttural. Elemental Nausea, The Crashing Wave, Nothing (The March of Death), and Yet Everything employ all the elements listed prior. Nothing (The March of Death) will actually conjure thoughts of a march, however, and there are some clean vocalizations intermixed with the other instrumental devices. Mourning Beloveths latest, Im pleased to say, is a solemn yet edifying journey.
Undoubtedly, the group has shown that theyre more than interlopers; A Murderous Circus is evidence of the aforementioned. Still, some differentiation would be advantageous if Mourning Beloveth wish to be kings of their respective genre, whatever the hell that is.
8/10
Official Mourning Beloveth website
Official Grau Records website
Grau Records March 2005
By Jason Jordan
Mourning Beloveths A Murderous Circus or, the artwork rather is a dead ringer for Katatonias Viva Emptiness. Seriously, glances at the former will easily make you think youre beholding the latter. Its fitting, though, because a lot of Katatonia does rest in the groups sound. A Murderous Circus isnt meant to be drank in short gulps. No, the hour and fifteen minute opus is definitely for the longsuffering.
Judging by the number of compositions, you may think that this is an EP. When in truth the shortest outing grasps the eleven-minute mark. Three reach close to the fifteen-minute mark, while only one breaches twenty. The Apocalypse Machine introduces us to the first, significant output from Mourning Beloveth. Mostly, the song tends to traipse along at a fairly slow pace, and overall the tracks tend to lean on confident riffs for support. Theres no real intricacy to be unearthed within the record, but there sure are plenty of quality riffs. The drumming is sufficient, but the transitions should consult a circumspect ear next time around. Kuhr (Novembers Doom, Subterranean Masquerade) worship occurs on the part of the vocalized lyrics, although theyre a bit less guttural. Elemental Nausea, The Crashing Wave, Nothing (The March of Death), and Yet Everything employ all the elements listed prior. Nothing (The March of Death) will actually conjure thoughts of a march, however, and there are some clean vocalizations intermixed with the other instrumental devices. Mourning Beloveths latest, Im pleased to say, is a solemn yet edifying journey.
Undoubtedly, the group has shown that theyre more than interlopers; A Murderous Circus is evidence of the aforementioned. Still, some differentiation would be advantageous if Mourning Beloveth wish to be kings of their respective genre, whatever the hell that is.
8/10
Official Mourning Beloveth website
Official Grau Records website
