Mourners Set Feb. 5 Release for Act I: Tragedies; Streaming “The Way of Darkness”
Lest you thought the multinational explosion of death-doom that 2020 has wrought was over, well, maybe there were more to include in this year but they were just too slow so we’ll have to carry over to 2021. Though their style strikes as decidedly Finnish in its initial impression, Mourners hail due south, from Romania, and will make their debut Feb. 5 through Personal Records with Act I: Tragedies. They’re streaming what would seem to be the post-intro opener of the record now, and if you want to get a feel for who they are as a band, a 10-minute cut should probably tell you a lot of what you need to know, what with the gurgling growls, low-toned miseries and so on. Shades of Skepticism, Funeral, and so on, as one could only hope for a band so obviously bent toward death.
Art, PR wire info and the track follow. Immersive balm for lost souls:
MOURNERS set release date for PERSONAL RECORDS debut, reveal first track – features members of EYE OF SOLITUDE, CLOUDS
On February 5th, 2021, PERSONAL RECORDS is proud to present MOURNERS’ highly anticipated debut album, Act I: Tragedies. PERSONAL RECORDS is the new label imprint of MAJESTIC DOWNFALL mainman Jacobo Córdova, and will be distributed by CHAOS RECORDS.
Hailing from Romania, MOURNERS arise from the ashes of funeral doom legends Eye of Solitude. In many ways, MOURNERS is a continuation of Eye of Solitude’s legacy – incredibly heavy and slow, tense atmospheres, and utterly gut-wrenching guitars – but in other ways, the band is its own entity entirely.
Indeed, after a decade of being scene kings, Eye of Solitude give way to MOURNERS, who seek an even-more-uncompromising sound with their debut album, Act I: Tragedies. At once even heavier and more atmospheric MOURNERS’ first full-length seeks extremes of expression, dragging the listener down into a deep well of solitude (of course!) and smothering impossibly dense layers upon it so that there’s no escape…ever.
But, likewise crucial to MOURNERS’ background is the highly acclaimed Clouds: both Daniel N and Mike D, MOURNERS’ central duo, play in that ongoing atmospheric doom-death formation. Not surprisingly, the resulting sound of Act I: Tragedies is paradigmatic FUNERAL DOOM, and proudly so, but also with considerable flavor from classic doom-death, indeed giving MOURNERS an even-more-crushing aspect.
It is not hyperbole to say that the impeccably monikered MOURNERS take the wider funeral doom / doom-death genre to a whole new level whilst (proudly) staying within its boundaries. Graced with suitably somber cover art courtesy of Gogo Melone, Act I: Tragedies starts the year on the highest of highs – by taking the listener to the lowest of lows.
Tracklisting for Mourners’ Act I: Tragedies
1. Apparitions [2:11]
2. The Way Of Darkness [10:30]
3. Souls Breathing Nothingness [10:21]
4. Lost [2:32]
5. Ansu Enthroned [9:03]
6. Forms Of Delusion [8:35]
7. Journey In Fear [7:31]
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