Genres Funeral doom metal Website Official Website | Years active 1993–present Genre Doom metal | |
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Labels Osmose Productions, Weird Truth Productions, 20 Buck Spin, Obsidian Records, Painiac Records, Ostra Records Associated acts PortalStarGazerCauldron Black RamChalice Past members Adrian BickleStuart PrickettBen PetchNick HansenSean GraetzMark BodossianDenny Blake Origin Adelaide, Australia (1993) Albums The Unspoken Hymns, The Dawning of Mournful Hymns Members Damon Good, Adrian Bickle, Justin Hartwig Similar Thergothon, Evoken, Funeral, Slagmaur, Witchrist Profiles |
Mournful congregation the book of kings
Mournful Congregation is a funeral doom metal band from Adelaide, South Australia, Australia which was founded in 1993, and has included members of Chalice.
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- Mournful congregation the book of kings
- Mournful congregation live at doom over freiburg full show
- Demos
- Split albums
- Studio albums
- Compilation albums
- EPs
- Current
- Former
- Songs
- References

The music is mainly driven by very slow, depressing guitar harmonies, occasionally mixed with acoustic guitar and is further characterised by minimal drums, and growled, whispered, and chanted vocals. The main lyrical themes are personal spirituality, mysticism and depression/doom.

In the 1990s they released several demos; the last of these re-released as an LP in 2002. All of these are included with the single "The Epitome of Gods and Men Alike" on the double CD The Dawning of Mournful Hymns. This was followed by the release of another 7" titled "A Slow March to the Burial". 2005 saw the release of The Monad of Creation, although most of the material is much older, with some dating back to 1994. In 2009, the band performed live for the first time in their fifteen-year existence. They played four Australian shows, followed up by a further 17 shows throughout Europe to promote their album The June Frost, released that year.

Mournful congregation live at doom over freiburg full show
Demos
Split albums

Studio albums
Compilation albums
EPs
Current
Former
Songs
The Monad of CreationThe Monad of Creation · 2005
The June FrostThe June Frost · 2009
A Slow March to the BurialThe June Frost · 2009