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Towards the Sinister is a Death metal and Doom metal act. Their sound grew out of Swans. Those roots explain a lot about how Towards the Sinister arrange songs and choose their tones. Their influence carried into Anathema, Paradise Lost, Iron Maiden and Swallow the Sun, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 5 connections around Towards the Sinister, reaching back through Swans and forward to Anathema. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
My Dying Bride are an English doom metal band formed in Bradford. Since their inception in 1990, they have released 15 studio albums, five EPs, one demo, one box set, four compilation albums, one live album, and one live CD/DVD release.
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Towards the Sinister grew out of Swans, went on to shape Anathema, Paradise Lost, Iron Maiden and Swallow the Sun. 5 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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