Artist: While Heaven Wept
Genre(s):
Rock: Sympho
Discography:
Of Empires Forlorn
Year: 2003
Tracks: 7
The construct for Virginia's While Heaven Wept started brewing in late 1989, but it wasn't until cinque age later that Tom Phillips (vocals, guitars, keyboards), Gabe Funston (bass), and Jon Paquin (drums) recorded Lovesongs of the Forsaken -- the group's number 1 EP of mournful, classic doom. Unable to complete a followup album to his satisfaction, Phillips concisely worked with British doomsters Solstice before restorative While Heaven Wept, and finalizing 1998's Sorrow of the Angels LP with the help of new bassist Danny Ingerson. Following the band's number 1 ever concert appearances afterward that year, some other drawn-out visit ensued as Phillips performed with Arise From Thorns, merely number 2001, While Heaven Wept were once once again reconvened, welcoming new members Scott Loose (guitar), Jim Hunter (bass), and Jason Gray (drums). Chapter One: 1989-1999 -- a life history retrospective on bivalent vinyl -- was issued in 2002, scene the leg for 2003's Of Empires Forlorn CD, which achieved a new low in sour melancholy with its orchestrated hold on doom metal.
Moribund Oblivion
