Mournful Congregation

Mournful Congregation
Origin	Adelaide, South Australia
Genres	Funeral doom metal
Years active	1993–present
Labels	Osmose Productions, Weird Truth Productions, 20 Buck Spin, Obsidian Records, Painiac Records, Ostra Records
Associated acts	Portal StarGazer Cauldron Black Ram Chalice
Website	Official Website
Members	Damon Good Justin Hartwig Ben Newsome Tim Call
Past members	Adrian Bickle Stuart Prickett Ben Petch Nick Hansen Sean Graetz Mark Bodossian Denny Blake

Mournful Congregation is a funeral doom metal band from Adelaide, South Australia, Australia which was founded in 1993, and has included members of Chalice.

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.

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