Mournful Congregation

Mournful Congregation
Origin	Adelaide, South Australia
Genres	Funeral doom metal
Years active	1993–present
Labels	Osmose Productions, Weird Truth Productions, 20 Buck Spin, Obsidian Records, Painiac Records, Ostra Records
Associated acts	Portal StarGazer Cauldron Black Ram Chalice
Website	Official Website
Members	Damon Good Adrian Bickle Justin Hartwig Ben Newsome
Past members	Ben Petch Nick Hansen Sean Graetz Mark Bodossian Denny Blake

Mournful Congregation is a funeral doom metal band from Adelaide, South Australia, Australia which was founded in 1993, and has included members of Chalice.

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, whispered, and chanted 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 of 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, with some dating back to 1994. In 2009, the band performed live for the first time in their fifteen-year existence. They played four Australian shows, followed up by a further 17 shows throughout Europe to promote their album The June Frost, released that year.

Discography

Demos

• Weeping (1994)
• An Epic Dream of Desire (1995)

Split albums

• Let There Be Doom... / The Epitome of Gods and Men Alike (2002-with Worship)
• A Slow March to the Burial (2004-with Stabat Mater)
• Ascent of the Flames / Descent of the Flames (2007-with Stone Wings)
• Four Burials (2008-with Otesanek, Loss, and Orthodox)

Studio albums

• Tears from a Grieving Heart (1999)
• Tears from a Grieving Heart (2002)
• The Monad of Creation (2005)
• The June Frost (2009)
• The Unspoken Hymns (2011)
• The Book of Kings (2011)

Compilation albums

• The Dawning of Mournful Hymns (2002)

EPs

• Concrescence of the Sophia (2014)

Line-up

Current

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

Former

• Ben Petch - guitar, drums, vocals
• Nick Hansen - vocals
• Sean Graetz - guitar
• Mark Bodossian - bass
• Denny Blake - drums

External links

• Official Homepage
• Official Myspace page
• Mournful Congregation discography at MusicBrainz