Mournful Congregation is a doom metal band from Loxton, Australia which was founded in 1993, and has included members of Chalice. They have funeral doom metal and death/doom metal influences.

The music is mainly driven by very slow, depressing guitar harmonies, occasionally mixed with acoustic guitar and is further characterised by minimal drums, and growled and whispered vocals. Main lyrical themes are personal spirituality, mysticism and depression/doom.

In the 1990s they released several demos; the last of these re-released as an LP in 2002. All these are included with the single "The Epitome of Gods and Men Alike" on the double CD The Dawning of Mournful Hymns. This was followed by the release of another 7" titled "A Slow March to the Burial". 2005 saw the release of The Monad of Creation, although most of the material is much older, some even dates back to 1994.

Discography

• Weeping (1994, Demo)
• An Epic Dream of Desire (1995, demo)
• Tears from a Grieving Heart (1999, demo)
• The Epitome of Gods and Men Alike (2002, 7") - A split EP with Worship
• Tears from a Grieving Heart (2002, 12" LP)
• The Dawning of Mournful Hymns (2CD, 2002)
• A Slow March to the Burial (7", 2004) - A split EP with Stabat Mater
• The Monad of Creation (CD, 2005)

Line-up

• Damon Good - vocals, bass, guitar
• Adrian Bickle - drums
• Justin Hartwig - guitar

Former members

• Sean Graetz - guitars
• Mark Bodossian - bass
• Darren McLennan - guitars

External links

• Homepage

Australian musical groupsAustralian heavy metal musical groupsMusical groups established in 1993Doom metal musical groups

Mournful Congregation

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z # TAGS