{"id":1409,"date":"2013-05-14T23:11:48","date_gmt":"2013-05-14T23:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/?p=1409"},"modified":"2013-05-14T23:15:57","modified_gmt":"2013-05-14T23:15:57","slug":"mini-review-my-dying-bride-the-manuscript","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/archives\/1409","title":{"rendered":"Mini-Review: My Dying Bride – The Manuscript"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/a>Another EP from the kings of EPs. I recall a time when they had 2 LPs and 3 EPs and it was all downhill after that – in a sense. I recall The Angel And The Dark River<\/b> and it took them a few years (and one interesting experiment) to get back to excellence. And since 1999, it’s been pretty consistent. The Dreadful Hours<\/b> may be my favorite, Songs Of Light…<\/b> not so good. A Line Of Deathless Kings<\/b> came out in 2006 and since then, while solid, I haven’t been blown away. I like<\/i> the stuff, but am not wowed and don’t tend to play any of the records\/EPs\/singles. I definitely liked the orchestral record and The Barghest O’Whitby<\/b> is an excellent if not tough listen due to its length. <\/p>\n

That long intro leads us to this four-song, half-hour offering that is both perfect in its duration and its quality. This stuff is fantastic, culling the best riffs and mood MDB<\/b> has to offer from their vast catalog of sounds. From Var Gud Over Er<\/b>‘s classic death growls to the chilling mood of the outro (Only Tears To Replace Her With<\/b>), this EP is just about perfect. It’s got everything that the band does well. If that is considered playing it safe, then I hope for another LP of familiar safety. And in only one day of listening (four songs, remember), it’s up there with Amorphis’ Circle<\/b> as the best of the year. Everything I love about MDB<\/b> is right here. A+!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Another EP from the kings of EPs. I recall a time when they had 2 LPs and 3 EPs and it was all downhill after that – in a sense. I recall The Angel And The Dark River and it took them a few years (and one interesting experiment) to get back to excellence. And […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,15,13,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-best-worst","category-blog","category-music","category-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1409"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1412,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1409\/revisions\/1412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}