Track Listing

1. Through Her Silver Body
2. Deadly Nightshade
3. Out of This Gloomy Light
4. Swallow (Horror, Pt. 2)
5. Silence of the Womb
6. Hold This Woe
7. Under the Waves
8. Morning Never Came
9. Solitude [*]

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #26887 in Music
• Released on: 2005-02-22
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .24 pounds

Album Description
Doomy death metal from Sweden, features eight tracks. Firebox. 2004.

Customer Reviews

I heard that death by drowning is euphoric...
This album is dark man, but this darkness has life, like some kind of ugly/beautiful coma pillow. Fans of doom metal of the "gothic" variety (pretty keyboards weaving throughout the riffs that go from slow to slower to almost not slow) have heard this before, but somehow these guys make it their own. I feel compelled to play it over and over again, I keep hearing new things. Gruff vocals are pitched slightly from time to time, going from rumble to screech with a touch of clean, which keeps things vital. Sounds great at 3 in the morning...the cover of the album conveys this vibe nicely. The bonus Candlemass cover is a nice indication of where they're coming from as well-it's always good to see a band salute the root. Recommended for those who like to take baths in the dark, or maybe just those who would rather sleep than talk to most people.

Overlooked gem
I bought this due to a friend's recommendation and am happy to say that I'm very pleased.I normally dont find much appeal in doom metal, most of the bands within the genre have the tendancy to drag the music and by the time it really gets anywhere I've lost interest.

Swallow The Sun takes a bit of a different approach, adding a bit of melody and synth atmosphere to the mix.The end result is like a bit of a journey of despair and desolation.The clean vocals are quite good but are used sparringly, the harsh growls remain dominant.The songs have some great hooks as well, especially in the songs Silence Of The Womb and Hold Your Woe.

My only complaint (which is more of a major pet peeve of mine) is the lack of complete lyrics in the booklet.The pictures are nice and all, but you can get more out of music like thsi when you can relate the words to it.It only have snippets of the lyrics, and you dont quite know what part of the song the lyric belongs to.

In any case, highly recommended for Doom fans or anyone who generally likes atmospheric, crsuhing metal.This is kinda what Amorphis might have sounded like if they didnt venture down the poppy route.

A fine debut
Depressing, bleak, disheartening, dismal, sombre, dreary, and dispiriting, are some of the words that can attempt to describe the mood set on The Mourning Never Came. Firstly, the production and instrumentation is top notch, nothing lacking in those departments whatsoever. The second thing that deserves mention, is that all the band members can be heard, nothing seems to outweigh anything else. This sometimes is not the case for a lot of doom bands, where sometimes the keyboards will be too upfront, or the guitars too loud or whatever.

Most of the vocals delivered are deep and guttural, although there are some nicely written clean vocals lines in some songs, and sometimes they even delve into more mid-ranged vocals and even higher, pain-filled screams. I dont know what much I can say about the guitar, bass, drums and keyboards. They each have such a great sound, and all work together so perfectly, they really help the music to flow. The songs are long (nothing under five minutes here) and neither the individual songs, nor the album become boring. Even though the speed is generally slow there is enough innovative variation to keep the listener interested. The album, like I mentioned before, flows very nicely. An album of strong atmospheric doom...heavy, and gloomy. A fine debut - 4 stars