My Dying Bride Album: “34.788%...Complete”

It's too bad a great band like MDB has such closed-minded fans! I'm the first to admit that this is NOT their BEST album, but at least they were trying something new, UNLIKE on "The Light at the End of the World" which (although it IS a good album) just sounds like a re-hash of their earlier ones. "34.788%" has some very good songs (the best one is probably "The Stance of Evander Sinque") and a couple not-so-great ones, but not enough to ignore the album for! I hope for MORE experimentation on their next release! Hopefully that will weed out all their closed-minded "fans" and just leave us listeners who actually appreciate the band's creativity.

I don't understand how MDB fans can say this album is terrible. My dying bride has always been experimental. This album is a pinnacle of that experimental side of them.

Any MDB fan who can appreciate music of different tastes can certainly enjoy this album. It has all of the elements of classic MDB, just a different sound to it... it's a bit noisier...it's just different to their albums, just as "Turn Loose the Swans" is completely different to "Like Gods of the Sun." (personally I find Gods of the Sun their least exciting album - 34.788...% blows that CD out of the water)

Every song on this CD is another MDB classic to my ears.

I really love MDB's "The Angel and the Dark River" and "Like Gods of the Sun". These are two of my favorite albums from one of my favorite bands. However, when I bought MDB's new album and took it home to listen to it, almost bursting with anxiety to hear this incredible band's newest (and hopefully best)effort, I was greatly dissappointed. I think the album was aptly named; it is only 34.788 % complete of being a true My Dying Bride album. Like in other reviews, I think "Heroin Chic" is terrible. Aaron and the boys really scraped the bottom of the barrel on this one. Since when did Aaron start singing "nah nah nah na na nah"? I will continue to keep faith in MDB to create something as good as "Turn Loose the Swans", no matter how long it takes them. It might just be because they don't have Martin anymore, but as of right now, my bride is dying...

I tell you this is STRANGE stuff here, this is like a lot of dark 80's synth band's..but it still has the trademark MDB torture DOOM!!

Rick(the best drumer ever!!!) is gone now..and the new guy Bill does a good job on this album, but he was obviously not good enough for the long haul!! as Shaun came in for LIGHT..and SLAYED!!

There is actually lead guitar on this album which can be found on no other MDB album(save the one song off ''Flowers'')..so it's very different!!

The only skipper is ''Herion chic''..I listen to that song sometime's but it dosent fit in with the rest of the mood the album give's off!!

If you wanna hear one of the most odd album's ever..here is your chance!! THANK ME LATER!!!

An album that take's you away to another place..LET IT TAKE YOU!!

OK, everybody, stop being so hard on this CD. Yes, "Heroin Chic" does suck, but the first three songs are good. "Der Uberlebende" sounds just like their older stuff, so I don't see why old fans wouldn't like that one. (It also proves that MDB can still be a good band without Martin.) The last 3 songs aren't very memorable, but they're not awful (except the lame lyrics in "Base Level Erotica"). This is not a bad CD; they just should have made it an EP instead!