My Dying Bride - Anthology Of Sombre Reflections [LPBX]

Cat. no: EBVILE033
Format: LPBX
Barcode: 801056803351
Release Date: 21 Aug 2026
Genre: Hard Rock and Metal

DELUXE 8-LP BOXSET FEATURING A COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTION OF THE EARLY WORKS OF THE DOOM LEGENDSI - NCLUDES NEWLY HALF-SPEED MASTERED ALBUMS WITH ADDITIONAL 48-PAGE BOOK, PLUS POSTERS & PRINTS.

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)