Dream Death  

One of the best New Renaissance releases of the eighties, Journey Into Mystery combined doom elements with hardcore-ish vocals and speed bursts -- a style that is prevalent nowadays but rather unique for its time. The band more or less broke up in early 1989, but reformed some time later with a modified lineup, eventually morphing into Penance. The band's three demos (two of them pre-Journey, the other recorded afterward) were compiled on one CD, released as Back From The Dead in early 2005. Finally, the band reformed and released Somnium Excessum in 2013.

Current Members Brian Lawrence vocals/guitars (Penance) Terry Weston guitars (Penance) Richard Freund bass (Penance) Mike Smail drums (Cathedral, Internal Void, Penance, Pentagram, Under The Sun)

Former Members/Guests Ted Williams bass

Discography

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Journey Into Mystery 
1987 New Renaissance

Back From The Dead The Elder Race Bitterness And Hatred Black Edifice Divine In Agony Hear My Screams Sealed In Blood Dream Death

Brian Lawrence Terry Weston Ted Williams Mike Smail

1987 BNR Top Ten album

Reviews:   Metal Observer 

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Back From The Dead (demos) 
2005 PsycheDOOMelic

Sealed in Blood Rhaizes Shadows Meet Thy Maker Wolves Bane Under the Blood Red Moon Dream Death Journey into Mystery Back from the Dead The Elder Race Method to Madness Bitterness and Hatred The Unseen A Wayfarer's Tale Born to Suffer

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Pittsburgh Sludge Metal  LIVE
2009

Back From the Dead Rhaizes Shadows Wolves Bane Under the Blood Red Moon Method to Madness Circle of the Tyrants Angel of Death Sealed in Blood Dream Death

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Somnium Excessum 
2013 self-released

Feast Them Dystopian Distress Signal Bludgeon You're Gonna Die Up There From Inside the Walls

Brian Lawrence Terry Weston Richard Freund Mike Smail