Songs of Darkness, Words of Light

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{{Infobox album

| name = Songs of Darkness, Words of Light

| type = studio

| artist = My Dying Bride

| cover = Songs of Darkness, Words of Light.jpg

| alt =

| released = 23 February 2004

| recorded = 2003

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = {{hlist|Doom metal|gothic metal|death-doom}}

| length = 59:13

| label = Peaceville

| producer =

| prev_title = The Voice of the Wretched

| prev_year = 2002

| next_title = Anti-Diluvian Chronicles

| next_year = 2005

}}

{{Album reviews

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|rev1score={{Rating|4|5}}Jurek, Thom. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r681356/review|pure_url=yes}} Songs of Darkness, Words of Light review] allmusic.com. Retrieved on 2011-06-23.

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Songs of Darkness, Words of Light is the eighth studio album by English doom metal band My Dying Bride. This album marks the debut of keyboardist Sarah Stanton. Initial copies of the album came in a hard clamshell case and featured a double sided poster and a fridge magnet as extras. This tradition was continued for the next album, A Line of Deathless Kings.

Track listing

{{tracklist

| total_length = 59:13

| title1 = The Wreckage of My Flesh

| length1 = 8:45

| title2 = The Scarlet Garden

| length2 = 7:49

| title3 = Catherine Blake

| length3 = 6:32

| title4 = My Wine in Silence

| length4 = 5:53

| title5 = The Prize of Beauty

| length5 = 8:02

| title6 = The Blue Lotus

| length6 = 6:33

| title7 = And My Fury Stands Ready

| length7 = 7:45

| title8 = A Doomed Lover

| length8 = 7:54

}}

Credits

References

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Category:2004 albums

Category:My Dying Bride albums

Category:Peaceville Records albums

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