Mournful Congregation Stream

2018-03-21 by Robert Garland STAFF | 21 Comments
This Friday, Australia's funeral dirge monarchs MOURNFUL CONGREGATION will unveil their epic fifth full-length, The Incubus Of Karma, through 20 Buck Spin in North America, through Osmose in Europe, and through Weird Truth Productions in Asia.

An incredible twenty-five years into their existence, MOURNFUL CONGREGATION persists in refining and perfecting their immortal art on The Incubus Of Karma. Reaching innovative new heights, within the bounds they have created for themselves, the bounds in which a multitude of newer bands now draw from like a wellspring, MOURNFUL CONGREGATION cast a giant shadow, steadfastly towering over the landscape like a monolithic obelisk.

Revolver Magazine offers with their stream of the new LP, "the band's approach uses dual leads set against guttural vocals and distorted guitars to make the perfect harmonious yin to the brutal yang. Ambient and clean passages abound, adding a dramatic flair and emphasizing the punch once those distorted guitars come back around the bend. Make no mistake, there is plenty of brutality here to go around, it's just that the band, featuring members of Cauldron Black Ram, Aldebaran and others, know the value of a good hook."

https://www.revolvermag.com/music/hear-mournful-congregations-beautiful-brutal-new-funeral-doom-lp-full

More than six years have passed since the release of MOURNFUL CONGREGATION's regal fourth full-length, The Book Of Kings. Since that time the band made several trips to the US and Europe and released a mini-album Conrcrescence Of The Sophia, increasing their reputation as the pinnacle of extreme/funeral doom and one of the most influential bands in the entire genre.

Throughout these intervening years, MOURNFUL CONGREGATION set to the task of meticulously crafting a new masterpiece, now presented in the form of the crown jewel titled The Incubus Of Karma. Everything that has made this band the unchallenged masters of this style since The Monad Of Creation, is here. The agonizing weight of extreme doom riffs, bitterly somber dissonance, a painterly attention to detail and arrangement, and the vocals summoned from the deepest hole. And as with each album before, the band expands upon their unique progressive tendencies, weaving beautifully constructed solos and lengthy virtuoso interludes into a bleak yet intricate tapestry of stately grandeur. The Incubus Of Karma also marks the band's first album with drummer Tim Call (Nightfell, Weregoat, Sempiternal Dusk, Aldebaran).

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Gnocchi
Staff Reviewer
March 21st 2018
18257 Comments


Another great album for the year

hansoloshotfirst
March 21st 2018
1580 Comments


yeah, it rules

necropig
March 21st 2018
7409 Comments


Does aye

DarkNoctus
March 21st 2018
12202 Comments


aoty so far.

Flugmorph
March 21st 2018
34242 Comments


sick

bgillesp
March 21st 2018
8867 Comments


20 buck spin always has good stuff. Excited to check

Deathconscious
March 21st 2018
27349 Comments


Oh shiiiit biiiiiiitch

Hawks
March 22nd 2018
87669 Comments


Can't wait to hear this.

Gnocchi
Staff Reviewer
March 22nd 2018
18257 Comments


It’s really really good Hawks

Hawks
March 22nd 2018
87669 Comments


Jamming now s/o Inveigh for the upload. m/

Hawks
March 22nd 2018
87669 Comments


Damn yeah this really might be AOTY so far.

Laen
March 22nd 2018
874 Comments


album annihilates

Gnocchi
Staff Reviewer
March 22nd 2018
18257 Comments


Yeah it does : ]

Elynna
March 22nd 2018
1437 Comments


This is definitely their best since The Monad of Creation

DarkNoctus
March 22nd 2018
12202 Comments


absolutely is.

"a picture of devouring gloom devouring the spheres of being" might be their best track ever

Spacesh1p
March 22nd 2018
7716 Comments


Gotta jam this

Wizard
March 22nd 2018
20510 Comments


AOTY so far.

osteporosis
March 22nd 2018
562 Comments


link not working for me? listened to one track on youtube and yeah, sounds tasty

DarkNoctus
March 22nd 2018
12202 Comments


put a colon after the https in the link, the formatting of urls here is borked

Hawks
March 23rd 2018
87669 Comments


"This is definitely their best since The Monad of Creation"

This is their best in general tbh.

Elynna
March 23rd 2018
1437 Comments


That might be very true, this just keeps getting better after multiple listens. Bumping it to a 4.5



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