My Dying Bride - Anthology Of Sombre Reflections *Pre-Order

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Release Date Friday 21st August 2026
All pre-orders will be dispatched/made ready for collection on that day.

After a career spanning over thirty five years, from UK underground upstarts
& outliers, to major success on the international stage - including tours with
UK icons Iron Maiden & genre legends Dio - My Dying Bride have themselves
become a firmly established pillar of metal history with a refined & influential
brand of Death/Doom metal
With enduring popularity across subsequent decades, My Dying Bride remains a
productive & captivating vessel for tragedy & despair, with their studio output
spanning fourteen full-length albums to date.
As part of the "Peaceville Three", along with fellow countrymen Paradise Lost &
Anathema, My Dying Bride truly became a primary force in highlighting Britain as an
epicentre of this Doom revolution of the time, creating a highly distinguishable sound
assisted by the inclusion of violin & a more poetic approach to the delivery of morbid
& salacious topics, lending an additional air of eccentricity & eloquence to the
darkness.
'Anthology Of Sombre Reflections' is an expansive & comprehensive collection of the
early & much- celebrated works of the Doom Gods, from the formative deathly
rawness of the revered 'Towards The Sinister' demo, 'God Is Alone' 7" tracks &
subsequent debut album, 'As The Flower Withers', through to the gothic- tinged
funereal seductive delights of 1996's highlight, 'Like Gods Of The Sun'.
With the addition of all- time genre classic opuses 'Turn Loose The Swans', & 'The
Angel & The Dark River' also representing My Dying Bride's much-loved early to 90's
period, the band's three cult EPs are also featured in this deluxe eight- vinyl boxset,
with each record presented on 180gm heavyweight black vinyl. The four studio
albums themselves have also been treated to new half-speed masters courtesy of Air
Studios.
Accompanying the audio is a 48- page book featuring photographs & artwork, plus
new interviews with Andrew Craighan & Aaron Stainthorpe exploring some of the
influences & thought-processes behind the creation of such cherished works of the
90s, as well as reflections of their output over this period.
'Anthology Of Sombre Reflections' also contains 2 large posters depicting the 'Turn
Loose The Swans' CD artwork image, plus the original poster included in 'As The
Flower Withers'. A selection of photo prints of the band from this era are also
included.
Tracks: Symphonaire Infernus Et Spera Empyrium (1990 Demo) (08:53) / Vast Choirs
(1990 Demo) (07:35) / The Grief Of Age (1990 Demo) (04:08) / Catching Feathers
(1990 Demo) (03:42) / God Is Alone (1991 7 Version) (04:57) / De Sade Soliloquy
(1991 7 Version) (04:39) / Unreleased Bitterness (07:44) / The Sexuality Of
Bereavement (08:04) / Symphonaire Infernus Et Spera Empyrium (11:36) / God Is
Alone (04:48) / De Sade Soliloquy (03:41) / Silent Dance (02:14) / Sear Me (09:06) /
The Forever People (04:09) / The Bitterness & The Bereavement (07:37) / Vast Choirs
(08:16) / The Return Of The Beautiful (12:50) / Erotic Literature (05:14) / The Thrash
Of Naked Limbs (06:10) / Le Cerf Malade (06:28) / Gather Me Up Forever (05:17) /
Sear Me MCMXCIII (07:25) / Your River (09:18) / The Songless Bird (06:57) / The
Snow In My Hand (07:05) / The Crown Of Sympathy (12:13) / Turn Loose The Swans
(10:06) / Black God (04:50) / I Am The Bloody Earth (06:35) / Transcending (Into The Exquisite) (08:39) / The Crown Of Sympathy (Remix) (11:09) / The Cry Of Mankind
(12:13) / From Darkest Skies (07:47) / A Sea To Suffer In (06:11) / Black Voyage
(09:47) / Two Winters Only (09:01) / Your Shameful Heaven (06:59) / Like Gods Of
The Sun (05:40) / The Dark Caress (05:59) / Grace Unhearing (07:19) / A Kiss To
Remember (07:32) / All Swept Away (04:17) / For You (06:37) / It Will Come (04:28) /
Here In The Throat (06:21) / For My Fallen Angel (05:55)

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