SSoGE does rule.

Silent Stream of Godless Elegy’s first 2 albums are way more dark then their modern stuff. They have been progressing into a more Happy Doom sound over the last 2 albums and are beginning to cross into World Music territory but they still maintain their original tone just not nearly as dark. To be honest I like the happy version of them more then the old sinister and gloomy version.
 
Certainly, old My Dying Bride “Symphonaire Infernus et Spera Empyrium” is dark and excellent but they lost touch with who they were for a while there and did some out right awful albums, My Dying Bride - 34.788% comes to mind. The day I bought that one I popped it in the CD player in the car and actually threw it out the window driving down the road, it was such a piece of shit.
I also didn’t like it when they lost their death vocals in place for really bad Goth vocals but I will always love their first few albums certainly some of the best doom ever and I also like one of their gothic album a lot “The Angel and The Dark River” the only album with the Goth vocals that I think he did a good job on.
 
As for Silent Stream of Godless Elegy, I think they are the best Doom styled band out there these days even though they currently have moved into a less dark area musically, I think it suits them and they continue to grow in a good direction, unlike most doom bands that seem to grow into homosexual circle jerks; Paradise Lost, My Dying bride, Cathedral and even Anathema.
 
Beauty will be taken by Darkness
make Love with her
Dawn comes without Pain unexpected
you'll stay Unstained
don't Trust light Reflection in Tears
then Sin can Stay
Desire kills Invention as casualty
cause Sin will Stay
 
I am a winter queen for you
The last and the first one too
I descend from the sky onto your grave
I'll set you free as the only one
 
The last and the first for you
I'll kill you and cover with my body
 
You were born into my arms
Without crying, cold as my clothes
With the frozen heart
 
we're Those who Weep silently without tears
we're Those who Watch this happiness
while hidden Behind Trees
we're Those who Sleep awaken without fear
we're Those who Dare to permeate
while hidden Behind Trees
 
Lament is drowned asunder a Reverie
song with no sound
Dreams dwell Hideous games not ending
just Fractured Time
don't Leave words unspoken each time
beyond the line
a finger-painted Picture Leaves Scars
cause Sin will Stay
 
I am a winter queen for you...