"The Book of Kings" is a monumental two-disc funeral doom metal album that saw Mournful Congregation operating at the peak of their powers, delivering suffocatingly slow, epic compositions.
- The album was released on November 1, 2011, by Osmose Productions.
- This release features the band's signature drawn-out song structures and an overwhelmingly bleak atmosphere.
- "The Book of Kings" is often cited by fans as one of the band's definitive works in the funeral doom genre.
Mournful Congregation is a long-running Australian funeral doom metal band, known for their incredibly slow tempos and crushing, sorrowful soundscapes. "The Book of Kings" was released in the midst of a prolific period for the band, following their 2009 album "Where the World Becomes a Funeral" and preceding their 2014 album "The Incubus of Time."
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