Son Of The Mourning Bio

The current and now stable line-up of Son Of The Mourning has been in place since July "03 following their formative years sharpening their song writing skills, honing their challenging and invigorating heavy sound and making the bands initial entry onto the live circuit.

After an early self titled demo CD the bands sophomore recording 'the Lambton Road EP" saw SOTM taking their manic mix of haunting melodies and savage guitar assaults to a wider audience; the disc receiving rave reviews in a number of fanzines and webzines. Waves were beginning to be made outside of their hometown Manchester scene, where already the fan base was already consistently expanding. Despite a keen DIY ethic and a strong involvement in their hometown scene, promoting and organizing shows and limiting door prices where possible, SOTM wish to take their music to a wide audience with the release of their latest EP.

Now an established live act with strong pedigree, since the release of 2003's "Lambton Road" and prior to the recording of their latest 2004 effort "Forest Bank", SOTM undertook a heavy gigging schedule and have shared bills and stages with scene heavyweights such as Converge, Jairus, Beecher, Eden Maine, Number One Son, Narcosis, Aconite Thrill and Shaped By Fate (to name but a few) and the band's intense and emotional live show was critically acclaimed in large publications such as "Rocksound" magazine.

With the recently recorded "Forest Bank EP", the band have captured their most refined and impressive material to date. "Forest Bank" is recommended if you like bands like Hopesfall, Poison The Well, Skycamefalling, Boysetsfire and Converge. However, SOTM insist that they are not constrained by fashion and formulaic genre-clichés. "Forest bank" is a melting pot of the band's collective influences, and their release is set to raise the game for many to follow. Intense song writing, emotive-as-hell vocals and razor sharp percussion holds nothing back at the expense of its own sonic revolution. This music is as beautiful as it is crushing.