CoC : My Dying Bride - Like Gods of the Sun : Review

My Dying Bride - _Like Gods of the Sun_
(Peaceville, 1996)
by: Pedro Azevedo (10 out of 10)

My Dying Bride are currently my favourite band in the world. I'd rate any of their four full-length albums 10/10. They're just unbelievable. They keep changing every year, but are still always great. Aaron's voice is still 100% clean, as in _The Angel and the Dark River_, so it seems like the grunting is over. After going lighter album after album, MDB inverted that by releasing an album that, while still being a doom album, like they said, rocks. _LGotS_ has much more of a metal feel to it than before. They maintain (or even increase) their brilliant use of violins and keyboards, adding much to the music. Aaron keeps his voice excellent, moody, deeply felt, almost weeping at times. The guitars are now much crunchier, heavier than before, and the drumming is nothing short of excellent. The production is near perfect. The tracks are mostly shorter than before, less epic, but the musical quality's all there. Tracks such as "A Kiss to Remember", "All Swept Away" or "For My Fallen Angel" are just excellent. All of the album's excellent, in fact. There's not one bad moment. My Dying Bride once again show their excellence, proving to be, in my opinion, the best band on the face of the Earth.

(article published 4/2/1997)

CHATS
7/3/2002	P Azevedo	My Dying Bride: Thus Spake the Wretched
1/14/2002	A Bromley	My Dying Bride: The Hand of Doom
12/9/1999	P Azevedo	My Dying Bride: The Bride Returns to the Bleak Rainy Moors
11/19/1998	P Azevedo	My Dying Bride: The Bride No Longer Wears Black
4/9/1997	A Bromley	My Dying Bride: Behold the Bride
3/14/1996	A Bromley	My Dying Bride: Dying With Pride

ALBUMS
11/27/2012	P Azevedo	8.5	My Dying Bride - A Map of All Our Failures
6/15/2009	K Sarampalis	6.5	My Dying Bride - For Lies I Sire
7/13/2008	P Azevedo	7	My Dying Bride - An Ode to Woe
10/23/2006	P Azevedo	7.5	My Dying Bride - A Line of Deathless Kings
9/26/2006	P Azevedo	7.5	My Dying Bride - Deeper Down EP
12/17/2005	Q Kalis		My Dying Bride - Anti-Diluvian Chronicles
10/10/2005	P Azevedo	9	My Dying Bride - Sinamorata DVD
3/23/2004	P Azevedo	9	My Dying Bride - Songs of Darkness, Words of Light
7/3/2002	P Azevedo	9.5 / 9	My Dying Bride - For Darkest Eyes DVD Anathema - A Vision of a Dying Embrace DVD
7/3/2002	P Azevedo	10	My Dying Bride - The Voice of the Wretched
10/19/2001	P Azevedo	9	My Dying Bride - The Dreadful Hours
8/12/2001	P Azevedo	8.5	My Dying Bride - Meisterwerk II
1/10/2001	P Azevedo	8	My Dying Bride - Meisterwerk I
12/9/1999	P Azevedo	9	My Dying Bride - The Light at the End of the World
11/19/1998	P Azevedo	7	My Dying Bride - 34.788%... Complete
3/14/1996	A Bromley	8	My Dying Bride - The Angel and the Dark River

GIGS
7/3/2002	P Azevedo	My Dying Bride / Mysterium	Catharsis in Doom
3/13/2001	V Anderson	My Dying Bride / Katatonia / Soundisciples / Beyond Dawn / Thine	The Snow in Their Hearts