Feel the Misery
Their gloomy ambience bolstered for the first time in 17 years by original guitarist Calvin Robertshaw, England’s gothic doom metal originators plumb fresh depths of despair on this 2015 album. Gorgeously cleansing, the album stretches eight songs over an hour, with its first half skirting death metal in the martial “To Shiver in Empty Halls” and classical in the violin-spiked “A Cold New Curse.” Moods later shift toward mournful stillness, but the epic closer “Within a Sleeping Forest” roars it all awake again.
HE 2015 ALBUM FROM THE UK METAL MASTERS - AN EPIC JOURNEY OF ALL-CONQUERING DOOM METAL STEEPED IN WOE AND DESPAIR "Their strongest full length this century" 9/10 Metal Hammer (UK) My Dying Bride’s 2015 doom metal masterwork is the twelfth full studio album from the UK gods, marked the return of original guitarist Calvin Robertshaw to the fold and celebrated the band's 25th anniversary. Spanning 8 tracks, these crushing metallic epics laced with funereal atmosphere are undoubtedly among the band’s heaviest and darkest works to date, all while still exploring new realms of creativity. The title track featured as the lead single and has had over half a million digital streams. Feel the Misery saw a notable return to the band’s old haunt, Academy Studios, in Dewsbury West Yorkshire for recording, where all of My Dying Bride’s classic early albums were produced. The album was engineered by Dan Mullins, with mixing once more taking place at Futureworks in Manchester UK with the band’s long-time studio engineer/producer, Mags. My Dying Bride has been the leading light of doom metal since their debut album As The Flower Withers was released on Peaceville Records back in 1992. Influenced by acts such as Celtic Frost and Candlemass, the band's heavy atmospherics carved a huge worldwide following over the years and they remain at the pinnacle of the genre and one of the most instantly distinguishable metal bands. "a triumphant statement of ongoing vitality from this veteran band" The Guardian "Riffs that exhale dread and malice" 9/10 Terrorizer "great drama with even more great riffs, a wonderful mature piece of music" 6/7 Metal Hammer (DE)
My Dying Bride celebrate their 25th anniversary with Feel the Misery, their 13th studio album.
Grumps My Dying Bride prove yet again that they are basically untouchable with their strain of doom here on their 12th album (the first wit...
A review of Feel the Misery by My Dying Bride, available September 18th worldwide via Peaceville Records.