The Dreadful Hours

The Dreadful Hours is the seventh album by My Dying Bride, released on 13 November 2001. It contains a remake of "The Return of the Beautiful" (renamed "The Return to the Beautiful") from the band's debut album, As the Flower Withers. The Dreadful Hours was issued in a digipak with a full colour booklet.

The Dreadful Hours
Studio album by My Dying Bride
Released	13 November 2001
Recorded	2001
Genre	Death-doom gothic metal
Length	70:51
Label	Peaceville
Producer	Mags, Andrew Craighan
My Dying Bride chronology
Meisterwerk 2 (2001) The Dreadful Hours (2001) The Voice of the Wretched (2002)

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Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Dreadful Hours"	9:23
2.	"The Raven and the Rose"	8:12
3.	"Le Figlie della Tempesta" (Italian for "The Daughters of the Storm")	10:08
4.	"Black Heart Romance"	5:23
5.	"A Cruel Taste of Winter"	7:36
6.	"My Hope, the Destroyer"	6:44
7.	"The Deepest of All Hearts"	8:56
8.	"The Return to the Beautiful "I. The Silence" "II. The Sadness" "III. The Lust" "IV. The Battle" "V. The Return"	14:23
Total length:		70:51

Personnel

• Aaron Stainthorpe - vocals
• Andrew Craighan - guitars
• Hamish Glencross - guitars
• Adrian Jackson - bass
• Shaun Taylor-Steels - drums

Additional Personnel

• Jonny Maudling - keyboards
• Yasmin Ahmed - keyboards on "A Cruel Taste of Winter"