Recorded at Revolver Studios over a weekend, MY DYING BRIDE completed their debut demo on this day (a Sunday) in 1990.
At the same time, ANATHEMA were recording their debut demo at M.A. Studios (they started on the Friday).
Towards the Sinister review from Holocaust zine #5 1991:
Man, I do love the British scene with such God bands like NAPALM DEATH, CARCASS, BOLT THROWER, PARADISE LOST, BENEDICTION (to mention only some names...) I think without these bands the Death Metal scene would be very poor. Am I right? Sure I am! Praise England!!! Now you can add the next band to the list - MY DYING BRIDE! I love the name, it sounds dark to me. Their debut demo "Towards The Sinister" is dark & evil as well. Don't listen to this tape, when you feel ill, because it'll crush you!!! MY DYING BRIDE plays slow, ultra heavy, grind you to death kind of stuff. The faster parts are also really heavy and awesome, but there's not a lot of it! The most of the time is cold, slow and doomy! The demo starts with the longest song "Symphonaire Infernus Et Spera Empyrium" done in the wicked BATHORY meets PARADISE LOST vein with great frightening bells... Then we got "Vast Choirs" with some evil keyboard stuff, "The Grief Of Age" and "Catching Feathers". True evil, ancient dark Death Metal...I love it!! Besides the demo the band also did a 2 song EP "God Is Alone" for french label - Listenable Records. As a result of the demo the band signed with Peaceville Rec. and there will be a LP out soonish! Can't wait for its release. MY DYING BRIDE...more bands like this! The demo is $ 6, EP is $ 7......