Sorrow, pain, yearning and hope are all wrapped up in a new solo doom metal project from British musician Simon Bibby which goes by the name of Thy Listless Heart.

Upon receiving the seven tracks which together make Pilgrims on a Path of No Return, label Hammerheart Records was convinced that the world needed to hear this great album. Thy Listless Heart is the sole creation of Bibby, who recorded the album at his home in Derbyshire, England and then enlisted the skills of Greg Chandler (Esoteric) at Priory Recording Studios for mixing and mastering. Chandler also contributed guest vocals to the album. Simon has a great track-record in creating metal dating back to the late eighties when he was bassist and later, guitarist in Seventh Angel, who released a couple of cool thrash metal albums on the Under One Flag Records label. He also active in fellow UK doom outfit My Silent Wake.

Thy Listless Heart is a different entity; it is atmospheric metal, filled with doom elements and sad melodies, crowned with passionate singing. Think as if the atmospheric parts of Primordial meets later Anathema, with a pinch of Dead Can Dance thrown in. The album needs to be heard in its entirety to fully appreciate the emotions and atmospheres it creates; it is indeed a pilgrimage. From melodic, heavier and doomier tracks as As the Light Fades and the grasping The Precipice to ambient/folk inspired pieces as When the Spirit Departs the Body and Aefnian resulting in the almost monstrous (in length) track The Search for Meaning, it is all passionate and beautiful, although in a saddened way.

Pilgrims on the Path of No Return will be released by Hammerheart Records on November 18th.