Towards The Sinister is the first demo release by death/doom metal 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,...

 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. The demo contains low sound quality due to the band requesting a 'dirty-grunge sound' using old analogue sound equipment. After the release of the demo tape in 1990, the band had no problem with sales of the Listenable Records EP "God Is Alone

God Is Alone

God Is Alone is the first EP by death/doom metal band My Dying Bride, and was released in 1991. It was released as a 7" vinyl on France-based independent label Listenable Records, and limited to 1,000 copies....

", which attracted the attention of Peaceville Records

Peaceville Records

Peaceville Records is a British independent metal-oriented record label. The label was founded by Paul "Hammy" Halmshaw in 1987, in Dewsbury, England...

, with whom the band has signed ever since.

Track listing

1. "Symphonaire Infernus et Spera Empyrium" – 8:33
2. "Vast Choirs" – 7:20
3. "The Grief of Age" – 4:00
4. "Catching Feathers" – 3:34

Song information

"Symphonaire Infernus et Spera Empyrium" was recorded and released as a single

Symphonaire Infernus Et Spera Empyrium

Symphonaire Infernus et Spera Empyrium is the second EP by death/doom metal band My Dying Bride. "Symphonaire" was made only a few months after signing to the Peaceville Records label. The song was also released as a vinyl record and an audio tape...

 in 1992.
"Vast Choirs" was re-recorded and released on the debut album "As the Flower Withers

As the Flower Withers

As The Flower Withers was the first album by Yorkshire-based doom metal band My Dying Bride. The artwork was designed by Dave McKean.-Song information:Many of the tracks on this album have appeared in a different form on other MDB releases...

".
"The Grief Of Age" and "Catching Feathers" have never been re-recorded.
All four tracks from the demo have been re-released. "Symphonaire Infernus et Spera Empyrium" and "The Grief of Age" appear on the 2000 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...

", and "Vast Choirs" and "Catching Feathers" appear 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...

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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, keyboards
• Calvin Robertshaw - guitar
• Rick Miah - drums