Like Gods of the Sun

Artist: My Dying Bride
Label: Fierce Records
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 090861110321
EAN: 0090861110321
ASIN: B000003H33

Release Date: 1997-01-21

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Tracks:

Like Gods Of The Sun
The Dark Caress
Grace Unhearing
A Kiss To Remember
All Swept Away
For You
It Will Come
Here In The Throat
For My Fallen Angel
It Will Come (Nighmare)

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Customer Reviews:

A Little Dissapointing............2006-02-26

Ignoring 34.x% complete, this is probably the album I like least of the MDB catalog. This album seems to be missing the emotion of the typical MDB product and has more of a 'rock' feel to it. A lot of the tracks have 'bouncy' almost happy feel to them. Now don't get me wrong, its not "REM Shiny Happy People happy". It just seems more upbeat than other albums MDB have produced. The guitar sound on this album is a little annoying. Another thing about this album is that most of the songs are shorter, and if you notice that the guitars are playing the same notes on both left and right channels. On most MDB albums, you have them playing on different scales, with one guitar accompanying another. This album sounds very flat in general, with few tracks standing out. Like Gods of the Sun, For You, Grace Unhearing and All Swept Away, For My Fallen Angel are good tracks. The Dark Caress, It Will Come, Here in the Throat and are skippable. The extra track at the end is nothing to write home about.

This album just didn't do it for me...it's just a little inconsistent.

MANDATORY DOOM!!!!!.......2005-12-12

MDB are THE master's of DOOM..nothing can really touch their 90's album's!!

This was the FIRST MDB cd I got, I heard the song ''For You'' on tv and was blown away by their sound..see MDB are my fave band ever..granted they arent to great nowaday's but the amount of amazing album's they did will for ever be with me!!

The song's are a lot shorter on this one, but they still manage to DESTROY you. MDB were so UNIQUE..nothing will ever touch them!! there is more of a CELTIC(meaning CELTIC..not celtic frost!) feel to this album which is sorta weird for MDB.. but it work's very well

As I said this is MANDATORY..always good for when your feeling down!

I must also say ''It Will Come(nightmare)'' is one creepy song..picture the earth exploding to that song!!

BEAUTIFUL!!

Gothic Metal at it's absolute BEST.......2004-09-10

This is Goth Metal at it's ULTIMATE. This album is a MUST HAVE. WARNING if you only like Doom metal or Death Metal rather invest in some of MDB's other albums, this one is not for you. All I can say is this album is brilliant... the BEST that My Dying Bride has to offer.

Beautiful, yet dissapointing for me.......2003-08-27

i just bought "Like Gods of the Sun" and I've heard it only once
(just too little time), but I think I have to write a review.
I've had heard some songs from the album, such as LGOTS,
For you.A kiss to Remember,For my Fallen Angel and i had almost an idea of what it could contain:heavy and melodic guitars, as is the MDB standard, haunting violins and keyboards by the musical genious Martin Powell(such a shame and loss he left) and an overall dark atmosphere. The lyrics not at all depressing, but God-questioning sometimes, depicting the malice of the world, Aarons dissapointment with the current status of our world, erotic and dark.

Let's come to Aarons vocals. I have to recognise Aaron as a great singer, who evolves through the years. He has a nice-positioned voice, deep, not extravagant and not abused. So far for his clean vocals. My only dessappointment is that this album is totally devoid of harsh vocals, something I was expecting for so old a release.

So, I recommend it to any fan of My Dying Bride, but not to anyone who wants to hear the brutal harsh singing of Aaron.

I give this album 5 stars due to its musical ingenuity and quality, and also because MDB are worth it.

Not Up to Level of Other Albums.......2002-08-22

After hearing "Turn Loose the Swans", "Angel & the Dark River" and "The Dreadful Hours" I though My Dying Bride could do no wrong. All three albums were masterfuly written peices of darkness. The songs were chalenging and exciting as well as imotional and passionate.
However "Like Gods of the Sun" is different. On this album it seems as if all the emoition, passion and creativity were squeezed into half the songs, and the others were left empty or half done. LGotS contains one of MDB's best songs, possibly THE best in "A Kiss to Remember". With beutiful violin solos, slow grindy doom parts, dark slow vocals, a haunting piano interlude and some unearthly drumming the song is damn near perfict! Theres also the tear jerking "For My Fallen Angel". As Aaron slowly speaks the tragic epitaph for his lost love touching violins and keys play a backround good enough for the saddest ending to the saddest movie. There is also the title track wich contains some real dark vocals over killer keyboards. "The Dark Carress" is very good too.
However the rest of the album isn't nearly as good. The problem is that MDB are playing to what seems to be Aaron's weakness, singing over fast rhythems. If he growls it works but it surly doesn't work with the singing. Songs like "All Swept Away" and "Here in the Throat" contain some good slow parts, but they're few and far between. Putting "It Will Come" on the album twice was pointless, sience the remix looses its novelty after a few listens. Then theres "Grace Unhearing" which is stright up terrible. The vocals are just unbearably annoying.
Over all the album is just lacking. Two great songs, two very good songs, several ok songs and a few bombs. The other three MDB albums I have are simply better then this. Get the other ones first and then if you realy like them get this one cuz "For My Fallen Angel" and "A Kiss to Remember" are MDB essentials.

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