Album
Songs of Darkness, Words of Light
Songs of Darkness, Words of Light is the eighth studio album by English doom metal band My Dying Bride, released in February 2004 on Peaceville. It followed The Dreadful Hours from 2001 and came before A Line of Deathless Kings in 2006, so it sits in the middle of a career that began with As the Flower Withers in 1992.
The record is worth knowing for the arrival of keyboardist Sarah Stanton, who makes her debut here. Early copies came in a hard clamshell case with a double-sided poster and a fridge magnet, a treatment the band repeated for the next album. For anyone tracing how the band's sound developed through the 2000s, this is a natural place to stop and listen.
Songs of Darkness, Words of Light: tracklist and credits
8 tracks · 59:32Tracklist
- 1The Wreckage of My FleshMy Dying Bride8:46
- 2The Scarlet GardenMy Dying Bride7:52
- 3Catherine BlakeMy Dying Bride6:36
- 4My Wine in SilenceMy Dying Bride5:54
- 5The Prize of BeautyMy Dying Bride8:05
- 6The Blue LotusMy Dying Bride6:38
- 7And My Fury Stands ReadyMy Dying Bride7:46
- 8A Doomed LoverMy Dying Bride7:56
- Recorded at
- Academy Music Studio
- Recorded
- 2003
- Mixed by
- Mags
- Mixed at
- Academy Music Studio
- Engineered by
- Mags
- Label
- Peaceville
- Length
- 59:32
Line-up
- Andrew Craighan · electric guitar
- Hamish Glencross · electric guitar
- Adrian Jackson · electric bass guitar
- Sarah Stanton · keyboard
- Shaun Taylor‐Steels · drums (drum set)
- Aaron Stainthorpe · lead vocals
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date wikipedia 2004-02-23 vs 2004-02-16 (musicbrainz)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 16 February 2004 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 23 February 2004 | |
| Wikidata | 2004 | |
| UK / Europe release | 16 February 2004 | earliest UK or European date |
4 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | GB | Peaceville | 801056711021 | other |
| 16 February 2004 | GB | Peaceville | 801056812223 | original |
| 23 February 2004 | GB | Peaceville | 801056811028 | other |
| 20 January 2021 | XW | Peaceville | 801056811028 | other |
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| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| coverartarchive ✓ | 1416×1385 | upscaled: major: best source 1416x1385, upscaled to 1500 (x1.08) |
| deezer | 1200×1200 | upscaled |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |