Saint Vitus

Mournful Cries

Doom Metal

Saint Vitus' second album with singer Scott "Wino" Weinrich confirmed he was the ideal vocalist for the band. The gritty resignation and throaty, fevered force of his voice meshes perfectly with Dave Chandler's howl-in-a-void guitar work, and his lyrics lend the songs an unblinking street-level attitude that gives the tunes a wildly potent force, even on the token fantasy piece "Dragon Time."



- Mark Deming