Mournful Congregation

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Mournful Congregation
Origin	Loxton, South Australia
Genre(s)	Doom metal Funeral Doom metal
Years active	1993-
Label(s)	Painiac Records Weird Truth Productions
Website	Official Website
Members
Damon Good Adrian Bickle Justin Hartwig
Former members
Sean Graetz Mark Bodossian Darren McLennan

Mournful Congregation is a doom metal band from Loxton, South Australia, 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. The 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.

1 Discography
2 Line-up
- 2.1 Former members
3 External links

[edit] Discography

Weeping (1994, Demo)
An Epic Dream of Desire (1995, demo)
Tears from a Grieving Heart (1999, demo)
Let There Be Doom.../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 compilation, 2002)
A Slow March to the Burial (7", 2004) - A split EP with Stabat Mater
The Monad of Creation (CD, 2005)