As The Flower Withers was the first album by Yorkshire

Yorkshire

Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...

-based doom metal

Doom metal

Doom metal is an extreme form of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other metal genres...

 band My Dying Bride

My Dying Bride

My Dying Bride are an English doom metal band formed in 1990. To date, My Dying Bride have released eleven full-length studio albums, three EPs, one demo, one box set, four compilation albums, one live album, and one live CD/DVD release. The band released their tenth studio album, For Lies I Sire,...

. The artwork was designed by Dave McKean

Dave McKean

David McKean is an English illustrator, photographer, comic book artist, graphic designer, filmmaker and musician....

.

Song information

Many of the tracks on this album have appeared in a different form on other MDB releases. "Sear Me" was the first in a trilogy of songs to bear the title, followed by the keyboard and violin-only "Sear Me MCMXCIII"

Turn Loose the Swans

Turn Loose the Swans was the second album by the British doom metal band My Dying Bride.It marked a radical departure from the band's first full length, As the Flower Withers...

 in 1993 and "Sear Me III" in 1999, which is more similar in style to the original, being a full band composition.
"The Bitterness And The Bereavement" evolved from an earlier demo, which was released independently as "Unreleased Bitterness

Unreleased Bitterness

Unreleased Bitterness is a 7" EP release by death/doom metal band My Dying Bride. The track is an early rehearsal recording of the song "The Bitterness and the Bereavement", which appeared on As The Flower Withers....

" in 1993. This version of the song also appears on the digipak

Digipak

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 re-release of "As The Flower Withers", and on the rarities/best-of compilation "Meisterwerk 1

Meisterwerk 1

Meisterwerk 1 is a compilation album by My Dying Bride, which features both album tracks and rare recordings. Itscompanion piece - Meisterwerk 2 - was released the following year...

". "Vast Choirs" is a reworked version of the version that appears on the band's first recording, "Towards the Sinister

Towards the Sinister

Towards The Sinister is the first demo release by death/doom metal band My Dying Bride after their six month rehearsal period in 1990. The entire demo was recorded and mixed at Revolver Studios on 24 and 25 November 1990 and was produced by Tim Walker of Voltage Records...

". This version is widely available on both "Meisterwerk 2

Meisterwerk 2

Meisterwerk 2 is a compilation album by My Dying Bride, which features both album tracks and rare recordings. Its companion piece - Meisterwerk 1 - was released the previous year...

" and the 2004 reissue of "Trinity

Trinity (My Dying Bride album)

Trinity is a compilation album by death/doom metal band My Dying Bride. The album combines tracks from previously released EPs. This compilation CD also has two different versions of the front cover. The American release version has a different cover to the version released in the rest of the world...

". "The Return Of The Beautiful" was re-recorded for 2001's "The Dreadful Hours

The Dreadful Hours

The Dreadful Hours is an album by My Dying Bride released in 2001. It contains a remake of "Return of the Beautiful" from the band's debut album, As the Flower Withers...

". Live versions of "The Forever People" can be found on the limited edition versions of "The Angel and the Dark River

The Angel and the Dark River

The Angel and the Dark River is the third album by the British doom/death metal band My Dying Bride. The 1996 re-release contains one bonus track "The Sexuality of Bereavement" and a bonus CD titled Live at the Dynamo...

" and "For Darkest Eyes

For Darkest Eyes

For Darkest Eyes is the first video release by death/doom metal band My Dying Bride. Created first as a VHS in 1997, then later being reproduced as a DVD in 2002 however it was given 2 different version of the front cover...

". This song is often played as the last song of the set in many of the band's live shows.

Track listing

1. "Silent Dance" – 2:13
2. "Sear Me" – 9:07
3. "The Forever People" – 4:10
4. "The Bitterness And The Bereavement" – 7:38
5. "Vast Choirs" – 8:16
6. "The Return Of The Beautiful" – 12:50
7. "Erotic Literature" – 5:14

Credits

• Aaron Stainthorpe
  Aaron Stainthorpe
  Aaron Stainthorpe is the vocalist for doom metal band My Dying Bride. He was born in England but moved to Germany when he was six months old, because his British army officer father was stationed in the country...
  
   - vocals
• Andrew Craighan
  Andrew Craighan
  Andrew Craighan is one of My Dying Bride's guitarists. Along with Aaron Stainthorpe, he is the only original member of the band still in the lineup. He played the guitar from 1989 to 1990 in the band Abiosis....
  
   - guitar
• Calvin Robertshaw - guitar
• Adrian Jackson
  Adrian Jackson
  Adrian Jackson is My Dying Bride's former bassist. He was a member of the band from 1991 until January 2007 when he moved to the USA.-Equipment:* Warwick Thumb Bolt-On bass* Sansamp Processors...
  
   - bass
• Rick Miah - drums
• Martin Powell
  Martin Powell
  Martin Powell is an English musician. In 1991, Powell auditioned for the position of bass-playing in the band My Dying Bride, but was turned down as the band had just filled the position...
  
   - violin
• Wolfgang Bremmer - horns
• Dave McKean
  Dave McKean
  David McKean is an English illustrator, photographer, comic book artist, graphic designer, filmmaker and musician....
  
  - album artwork