Basically the 2 styles aren't so far from each other, except by involving doom influences the heavier and wider musical possibilities are the main characteristics on the side of minimalism and emotional atmosphere, while on the depressive suicidal direction builds only on the last 2. Bethlehem's "Dictius Te Necare" was one of the heralds of both directions, but their concept was closer to DSBM, and lacked doom influened themes. Still by listening to Mourning Dawn, that desperately sour and the same time aggressive tone waves back somehow. In their music the combination of blackened themes, heavy and excellent sound, common, but not sudden or unexpected theme switches are leading to a quite diverse main view. That diversity makes even their longest songs enjoyable, and excludes the possibilty of turning monotonous or repetitive. The album is definitely unified, but still, so many things are happening during this one hour long record, that "For the Fallen..." demands plenty of occasions to be listened. The themes are very well composed together, therefore even if there is a quite wide range of different features to find, the album sounds free from sharp contrasts or switches. Mourning Dawn's music sounds relatable for both DSBM and death/doom, because they haven't been stingy to experiment with the themes, the speed, and with the atmosphere in various ways. The extended song lenghts are definitely reasonable and well used up in this case. This might make them also a bit harder to go into for long term if the listener expects only one of the 2 styles, but if the main tone was found, their music is is like an exciting ongoing journey into the depths of melancholic extremities.
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