Mourning Sign changed quite a bit the few years they were around in the early to mid '90s, but
Alienor--in my opinion their best material by far--is the only release that ever really matched their band name and logo style. Good doomy death metal here with occasional clean singing passages. This was released the same year as their full-length debut, but it's actually a mini-CD pressing of the band's '93 promo. Unfortunately, this wasn't a style they stuck with. Their '92
Last Chamber demo was rather pedestrian death metal--okay stuff, but not a hidden gem by any means and definitely outclassed by legions of bands in the burgeoning early Swedish DM scene. I haven't heard their s/t debut but apparently they lost the doom edge and got much more contemporary. The '96
Multiverse album
is very progressive and throws all sorts of varied influences into the mix. Maybe Godhead Rec. was slipping these guys the same drugs (obtained from Acrimony, obviously) that caused such unwelcome changes in Mind Riot and Expulsion?
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