MOURNING - Greetings From Hell Digi-CD
Mourning

MOURNING - Greetings From Hell Digi-CD

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Limited edition of 500 copies.

This re-issue is dedicated to René Roza & Marc Van Amelsfoort
Tracks 12-16 were previously unreleased. Recording during the Rouwen - Rouwkots sessions 1996 at the Excess Studios Rotterdam by Hans Pieters and Mourning.

The first and only release from South Holland based death/doom band Mourning is a surprisingly overlooked classic sub-genre defining release that exemplifies an equal ratio of death metal and traditional doom metal influences. Formed in 1989 with the drummer from Sempiternal Deathreign (and later Eternal Solstice) these guys are one of the earlier examples of successful application of death metal aesthetics and production within and album made up entirely of decidedly gloomy doom metal songs. Though it isn’t all plodding riffs and nihilistic sourness, most of it is pure filth and depravity cut from doom metals most depressed sonic cloth.

‘Greetings From Hell’ combines the gritty, buzzing death metal thud of Winter‘s ‘Into Darkness’ and the raving thrashing-mad doom of Dream Death‘s ‘Journey Into Mystery’ with a touch of ‘The Road Less Travelled’ bleakness. You won’t find a big Swedish guitar tone but rather a fuzzed-out crunch that isn’t too far from Revelation‘s stoned ambitions on ‘Salvation’s Answer’. There are touches of Celtic Frost inspired riffing here and there but most of it seems in service to early Penance style doom metal grooves and shouted bitter vocals. Most of the guitar work beyond ‘Greetings From Hell’ centers around rhythmic churn-and-chugging riffs while the lead guitar work is subtle and generally more evocative of doom metal’s simpler blues-free moments of the earl 90’s.