My Dying Bride- Angel and the dark river

[Rocky Raccoon]

So i own words of darkness etc and its a pretty good album but I get the feeling they can do better..
What is angel like?
there is a 2nd hand 2cd version released in 1995 instore at my local cd store...
I noticed there is also a re-released version done in 2003 of this cd.. is it remastered or anything or just been slapped in a digipak??

Cheers guys

 

[Don Corleone]

it's an excellent album, a classic...all clean vocals, let me warn ya

 

[NFU]

angel and the dark river
turn loose the swans
light at the end of the world
dreadful hours
as the flower withers

those you need to own.


(cry of mankind is worth the price of admission on angel alone)

 

[derbeder]

cry of mankind is a great track from that album

edit: haha i was writing and you posted a couple seconds before i did i guess

 

[Don Corleone]

the 34% one is my fave, though. not every mdb fan's cup of tea, though. it's experimental

 

[Abhorsen]

angel and the dark river
turn loose the swans
light at the end of the world
dreadful hours
as the flower withers

those you need to own.


(cry of mankind is worth the price of admission on angel alone)

Fantastic albums.

 

[JoeVice]

angel and the dark river
turn loose the swans
light at the end of the world
dreadful hours
as the flower withers

i thought that you were writing a poem.

anyway....

 

[Pethical]

MDB are incredible. One of my favourite bands. "34.788...%" also needs a place in your collection

 

[Abhorsen]

I've not heard that MDB record. What's it like compared to the others?

 

[Pethical]

34... is MDB's most experimental album. Its first track, "the whore the cook and the mother" is one of my favourite MDB songs, the rest of the album is quite strange at first, the drum beats can be quite electronic in style sometimes but i think overall it is a fantastic

 

[arzachel]

(cry of mankind is worth the price of admission on angel alone)

agreed. just as TLTS is worth it solely for 'the snow in my hands'.

 

[Abhorsen]

34... is MDB's most experimental album. Its first track, "the whore the cook and the mother" is one of my favourite MDB songs, the rest of the album is quite strange at first, the drum beats can be quite electronic in style sometimes but i think overall it is a fantastic

that sounds pretty cool. I'll have to check it out. I like a band that dare to venture off on a new path.

 

[SanctuaryNZ]

You guys should check out Novembers Doom...especially their latest offering, "The Pale Haunt Departure". Just awesome.

 

[Pethical]

You guys should check out Novembers Doom...especially their latest offering, "The Pale Haunt Departure". Just awesome.

Yes agreed. more opeth fans should be into them. TPHD was one of my favourite discs of last year. To welcome the fade is also good, but not as good as TPHD.

Another band to check out which is more like November's Doom meets Amon Amarth is Insomnium. Excellent band, check out the album "since the day it all came down. Fantastic stuff

 

[Opethian666]

I have the Dreadful Hours and Turn Loose The Swans, and I must say that the Dreadful Hours is pretty asskicking! TLTS has a nice atmosphere, but it's just a bit too slow and repetitive for me. But I've only heard it a couple of times yet so it may grow on me.

 

[Don Corleone]

that sounds pretty cool. I'll have to check it out. I like a band that dare to venture off on a new path.

then you're gonna love it.

 

[FUBAR]

34...is great. Dreadful Hours is my favourite that album is just soo satisfying musically.

 

[Stilgar]

angel and the dark river
turn loose the swans
light at the end of the world
dreadful hours
as the flower withers

those you need to own.


(cry of mankind is worth the price of admission on angel alone)

Those are my favorite MDB albums. I have to listen to 34... again. I remember not liking it much when they released it. But my taste has changed, so maybe I will appreciate it more now.

 

[Rocky Raccoon]

You guys should check out Novembers Doom...especially their latest offering, "The Pale Haunt Departure". Just awesome.

I brought that at real grooovy but returned it. Didnt really appeal aye. I could see what they were trying to do but they just weren't doing it well IMO

 

[NFU]

yea, novembers doom is really not that great in the long run, especially their older material. their newest is probably the most tolerable of all their work.