The Dreadful Hours

The Dreadful Hours
Studio album by My Dying Bride
Released	November 13, 2001
Recorded	2001
Genre	Death/doom, gothic metal
Length	70:51
Label	Peaceville Records
My Dying Bride chronology
Meisterwerk 2 (2001) The Dreadful Hours (2001) The Voice of the Wretched (2002)

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The Dreadful Hours is the seventh album by My Dying Bride released in 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. Singer Aaron Stainthorpe has often cited that either this or "Like Gods of the Sun" is his favourite MDB album. "The Dreadful Hours" comes housed in a digipak with a full colour booklet.

Track listing

1. "The Dreadful Hours" – 9:23
2. "The Raven and the Rose" – 8:12
3. "Le Figlie della Tempesta" – 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" – 14:23

Personnel

• Aaron Stainthorpe - vocals
• Andrew Craighan - guitars
• Hamish Glencross - guitars
• Adrian Jackson - bass
• Shaun Taylor-Steels - drums

Additional Personnel

• Jonny Maudling - keyboards
• Yasmin Ahmed - keyboards on "A Cruel Taste of Winter"

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