Tears from a Grieving Heart

Tears from a Grieving Heart
Tears from a Grieving Heart
Studio album by Mournful Congregation
Released	1999 (original), September 12, 2012 (CD)
Recorded	1997–98
Genre	Funeral doom metal
Length	45:07
Label	Independent
Producers	Mournful Congregation, Steve Fieldhouse
Mournful Congregation chronology

Tears from a Grieving Heart is the debut studio album by the Australian doom metal band Mournful Congregation. It is regarded as a pioneering release in the funeral doom subgenre. It was originally recorded as a demo but was re-released as a CD in September 2012 by American record label 20 Buck Spin, with a slightly altered track listing and a bonus track. The band has stated in interviews that it is their first full-length album. It is also the final Mournful Congregation release to be recorded as a duo and the first to feature drummer Adrian Bickle, after the departure of band co-founder Ben Petch the previous year following the An Epic Dream of Desire demo, although he has writing credits on this record.

Track listing

Original version

All tracks are written by Damon Good, except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Skyward Gaze, Earthward Touch"	9:41
2.	"Opal of the Stream Beneath the Hills" (Damon Good, Ben Petch)	13:10
3.	"Elemental" (instrumental)	0:53
4.	"Remembrance of the Transcending Moon" (Damon Good, Ben Petch)	11:21
5.	"Tears from a Grieving Heart" (Damon Good, Ben Petch)	10:02
Total length:		45:07

CD version

All tracks are written by Damon Good, except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Skyward Gaze, Earthward Touch"	9:41
2.	"Remembrance of the Transcending Moon" (Damon Good, Ben Petch)	11:21
3.	"Empirical Choirs"	7:26
4.	"Tears from a Grieving Heart" (Damon Good, Ben Petch)	10:02
5.	"Opal of the Stream Beneath the Hills" (Damon Good, Ben Petch)	13:10
6.	"Elemental" (instrumental)	0:53
Total length:		52:33

Personnel

Mournful Congregation

Damon Good – Vocals, guitar, bass guitar
Adrian Bickle – Drums

Additional personnel

Ben Petch – songwriting
Anne O'Neill – cover art
Pat di Palo – layout
Steve Fieldhouse – mixing, mastering

References

↑ "Mournful Congregation". Doom-metal.com. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
1 2 "Mournful Congregation- Tears from a Grieving Heart". allmusic.com. Retrieved 25 July 2016.

[1] "Mournful Congregation". Doom-metal.com. Retrieved 25 July 2016.

[allmusic-2] 1 2 "Mournful Congregation- Tears from a Grieving Heart". allmusic.com. Retrieved 25 July 2016.