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As good a doom/sad./sorrow album that you will ever find
I prefer clean vocals to death vocals so I was not a big fan of their ealy stuff..The Angel and the Dark River though is in my opinion their greatest work..The Cry of Mankind is 12 of the most atmospheric(dark) songs I have heard..A Sea to Suffer In with its violins the basically sound as though they are angels cryng is beyond descrioption...Even a few of their songs that use your typical goth organ sounds bring me back to the days of my fav band Samhain...

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Different...
This was the first My Dying Bride album I ever bought, and I have mixed feelings about it. The music seems really good, but I can't get past the vocals. For me, clean vocals have to be very good in order for a metal band to pull it off (like Opeth), and I found the vocals on this release very difficult to listen to. It's not just that the singing is different. It's bad. My biggest complaint it that there is way too much reaching (working your way up to a note instead of being there right away). The moaning and groaning may accent the music for some people, but for me it just made it more difficult to enjoy. I was a little more impressed by the bonus track at the end, and a couple of the live songs, so I will most likely backtrack on my quest for enjoyable music. I'm guessing it's really just personal preference on this one, though. I think Turn Loose the Swans is more of a transitional album, as it is a little more complex and has a mix of vocal styles. I would recommend that if you're not sure what you're going to like.

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Violins in a band bring out the best.
While violins in a dark/goth type band are nothing new (often dating back to the 1970's), if the band can integrate them with their sound - or better yet, build their sound around their violin - they will truly stand out as the best of the best. My personal first experience with violin in a band such as this is with Tristania. In this reviewer's opinion, this band is on a higher level to Tristania, in terms of their integration of the haunting sounds a violin can produce - though this album's sound is truly different than any of Tristania's.

The vocals are truly masterful, bringing the words to dance upon the darkest of minds in a deathly beautiful ballet of melody. As an artist who plays the violin himself, this album can not be rated higher. Buy it; you shall not be dissapointed.