Elegant... and Dying | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | June 2003 | |||
Genre | Avant-garde metal, classical, doom metal, gothic metal, neoclassical dark wave | |||
Length | 71:27/74:33 | |||
Label | The End Records Massacre Records | |||
Producer | Rowan London | |||
Virgin Black chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles | 6.5/10[2] |
Chronicles of Chaos | 7/10[3] |
Exclaim! | [4] |
Powermetal.de | [5] |
Elegant... and Dying is the second studio album by Australian Gothic-doom band Virgin Black. The album was released in June, 2003, on The End Records and Massacre Records. Various publications including The Village Voice praised the album.[6]
Prior to the release of the album, the vocalist Rowan London trained with a professional opera singer, bolstering the album's operatic elements further.