The Dreadful Hours

The Dreadful Hours
Studio album by
My Dying Bride
Released13 November 2001
Recorded2001
Genres
Length70:51
LabelPeaceville
ProducersMags, Andrew Craighan
My Dying Bride chronology
Meisterwerk 2
(2001)		 The Dreadful Hours
(2001)		 The Voice of the Wretched
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStarHalf star
Chronicles of Chaos9/10
Metal.de8/10
Release Magazine8/10
Stereo & VideoStarStarStarStar

The Dreadful Hours is the seventh studio album by English doom metal band My Dying Bride, released on 13 November 2001. It contains a remake of "The Return of the Beautiful" (renamed "The Return to the Beautiful") from the band's debut album, As the Flower Withers. The Dreadful Hours was issued in a digipak with a full colour booklet.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."The Dreadful Hours"9:23
2."The Raven and the Rose"8:12
3."Le Figlie della Tempesta" (Italian for "The Daughters of the Storm")10:08
4."Black Heart Romance"5:23
5."A Cruel Taste of Winter"7:36
6."My Hope, the Destroyer"6:44
7."The Deepest of All Hearts"8:56
8."The Return to the Beautiful
  • "I. The Silence"
  • "II. The Sadness"
  • "III. The Lust"
  • "IV. The Battle"
  • "V. The Return"
14:23
Total length:70:51

Personnel

Additional Personnel

References

  1. ↑ York, William. The Dreadful Hours review allmusic.com. Retrieved on 2011-06-23.
  2. ↑ Azevedo, Pedro (19 November 2001). "My Dying Bride - The Dreadful Hours". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
  3. ↑ "My Dying Bride - The Dreadful Hours Review". Metal.de (in German). 20 November 2001. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
  4. ↑ Malmstedt, Kalle (13 November 2001). "My Dying Bride: The Dreadful Hours". Release Magazine. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
  5. ↑ Плотников, Алексей (March 2002). "Play: My Dying Bride – The Dreadful Hours". Stereo & Video (in Russian). No. 3. Broad Street Helier: Larkfield Ltd. p. 124. Retrieved 23 June 2026.