''Like Gods of the Sun'' is the fourth album by

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released in 1996, and the last album by the band to feature

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, who left the band in 1997, on drums and

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on keyboards and violins. Like its predecessor ''

The Angel and the Dark River ''The Angel and the Dark River'' is the third album by the British doom metal, doom/death metal band My Dying Bride. The 1996 re-release contains one bonus track "The Sexuality of Bereavement" and a bonus CD titled ''Live at the Dynamo''. The Liv ...

'' this album has completely clean vocals. A video was filmed for "For You" and appears on the VHS and DVD of

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. Singer

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has stated many times that this is his favorite MDB album. The track "A Kiss To Remember" has become a regular in the band's live setlist. The song "For My Fallen Angel" is strictly an orchestral composition with sections of violin and synth, and has an extract from a poem called Venus and Adonis by the

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and

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. The Japanese and limited digipak editions of the album feature the bonus remix "It Will Come (Nightmare Mix)". This track was included on the 2003 reissue of the album alongside an additional remix of the song "Grace Unhearing", credited as "Portishell Mix". The song was thus named as Stainthorpe was at the time a big fan of the British band Portishead. The band would later perform a cover of the Portishead song "Roads" for the

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anniversary compilation "Peaceville X". The cover artwork was designed by Andy Green. In October 2011 it was awarded a gold certification from the

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which indicated sales of at least 75,000 copies throughout Europe.

Track listing

Credits

- vocals *

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- guitar *

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- guitar * Adrian Jackson - bass *

- violin, keyboard *

- drums

Charts

References

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