Sunday, September 20, 2026

Thy Listless Heart - Pilgrims on the Path of no Return (2022)

 

The one and only album from this band from Great Britain.

This was a one-man-band with Simon Bibby playing the bass, guitars, drum machines, programming and vocals. 

One guest adds whistles, recorder, pipes and female vocals. 

Simon Bibby was/is a member of the still-active My Silent Wake who has released numerous albums. Albums I should review and am planning to review next year. He was also a member of Seventh Angel around twenty years ago.

Pilgrims on the Path of no Return clocks in at three quarters of an hour.

The music here is doom metal.

Simon Bibby's take on doom metal is pretty symphonic. It is also pretty progressive and melodic too.

There are some funeral doom influences here and some more cinematic rock influences. Pink Floyd also springs to mind.

The music is still complex and still rooted in classic doom metal.

This area between funeral doom metal, cinematic rock and symphonic prog is a pretty exciting area. It is one of my favourite areas too. There are just so few bands/entities in this area. Thy Listless Heart is one of the bands in this area.

The music here is good. This is an album both fans of atmospheric metal and doom metal should check out. The same goes for the progheads.

3 points 

 

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