About Me
Mourning Beloveth began in winter 1992 but it wasn't until 1996 that they recorded thier first, untitled, demo with Darren (vocals), Frank (guitar), Brian (bass), Tim (drums). Recorded in eight hours with Adrian Butler at the desk this demo contains two songs and is a raw indication of where Mourning Beloveth stand today. Adrian joined on bass soon after and Brian switched to guitar. This was the lineup that recorded the highly acclaimed Autumnal Fires demo in 1998 (even receiving "Demo of the issue" in Moondance magazine). Over 1200 copies of Autumnal Fires were sold throughout the undergorund and the MB name spread.
Mourning Beloveth, now brimming with confidence and a renewed vigour decided to take a bold step, like so many of their contemporaries, and record in the famous Academy studios with Magz at the helm. What was produced after seven intense days of recording was "Dust", a sixty six minute Doom masterpiece harking back to the days of the early '90's Doom/Death scene. Dust is a mixture of old and new songs and this creates some of the heaviest and most melancholic music ever.
Following the release of their debut album , Dust, in March 2001 Mourning Beloveth received rave reviews in many established magazines including Terrorizer, Metal Hammer (Greece), Heavy Oder,Was, Metal Ireland, Doom-metal.com, Aardshock along with many others, mostly seeing the band as the saviours of the Doom/Death style of the early 90's.
Towards the end of the summer2001 and into the long winter the writing process began for the new album. It was now February and they had eight songs written, six of which were finally chosen and recorded at Academy studios, again with Magz at the helm, from April 20 to May 5, 2002.
"The Sullen Sulcus" is a torturous and epic listen that requires the usual MB listening patience and obedience - with six songs over 65 minutes it is not for the feint hearted. It was released in December 2002 by Aftermath music and is now available worldwide. Our first US tour followed in support of the album.
Sentinel Records from Ireland (www.sentinelireland.com) re-released Dust with new artwork, an unmixed song from the "Sulcus" recording sessions and Forever Lost Emeralds (from the Autumnal Fires demo) all of which was remastered by Stuart Anstis.
A split 7" was also released by Seninel and we received a copy while in the US. The first MB piece of vinyl! We recorded a new song entitled Part 1 which was released " with fellow dark metallers Lunar Gate from Ireland. it was recorded in Cosmic studios in Ballymun and gave us some new ideas for our next album and has made its mark as a live song too. It was limited to 500 copies.
When we returned we recharged the batteries for a month and then got down to writing some new material but this was interrupted by another offer of a tour with While Heaven Wept and Thee Plague of Gentlemen starting off at Doom Shall Rise where we played second so how could we refuse.
Home again for May and we were finding it difficult to write the new material so we decided to set a date of October '04 for the recording of the new album. The songs were sounding a bit different than before and we decided on a new studio following weeks of discussion, finally choosing Studio E in Germany run by Markus Stock. The contract we had spoken about with Grau on the DSR tour arrived and soon after we became a Grau band for four albums.
The writing of the new material was arduous and we had to re-write the songs several times. The music this time round is very bare, naked, almost stripped to its core and the album and lyrical content reflected this. It is still Mourning Beloveth, still two guitars, bass and drums but while more elemental it was also more experimental but only the recording sessions would really tell and so in November 2004 we arrived at Klangschmeide, Studio E in Germany to record what was later to become known as A Murderous Circus.
A Murderous Circus when initially released in April 05 received mixed reactions, a lot of people thought it was our best album yet but some believed the songs were too long so we were a little disappointed. We decided to concentrate on getting the set tight and after several shows and with the reaction of everyone to the new songs live, we felt more confident about AMC.
Adrian moved to Spain and so the writing process slowed down for the new album, almost grind to a halt in fact and it was hindered more by the fact that in April 06 we had a tour coming up with Primordial, Moonsorrow and Gardens of Gehennah. The crowds and reactions were amazing, night after night.
Upon return, first priority was to replace Adrian, who's relocation had become permenant. This was solved with the recruitment of Brendan (Sol Axis, Abaddon Incarnate) on bass duties. So after a quick hiatus to induct the first new member in nearly 10 years, and a handful of shows in Europe, writing again comenced on the new MB album.
Harking back to the spirit of Dust, yet covered in a venemous bile, 5 new odes to desolation and decay took shape within our rehearsal studio, and it was in October of 07 we again decamped to Studio E in Germany to drag these monstrocities into existance. 2 weeks later, emerging blinking in the Autumn sun, A Disease For The Ages freshly committed to disk, we went home...A Disease For The Ages, a pandemic in 5 parts, will be available from 05/05/08 on Grau.
