| Tears from a Grieving Heart | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Mournful Congregation |
| Cover: | Mournful_Congregation_Tears_from_a_Grieving_Heart.jpg |
| Released: | 1999 (original), September 12, 2012 (CD) |
| Recorded: | 1997–98 |
| Genre: | Funeral doom metal |
| Length: | 45:07 |
| Label: | Independent |
| Producer: | Mournful Congregation, Steve Fieldhouse |
| Prev Title: | An Epic Dream of Desire (demo) |
| Prev Year: | 1995 |
| Next Title: | The Dawning of Mournful Hymns (compilation) |
Tears from a Grieving Heart is the debut studio album by the Australian doom metal band Mournful Congregation. It is regarded as a pioneering release in the funeral doom subgenre.[1] It was originally recorded as a demo but was re-released as a CD in September 2012 by American record label 20 Buck Spin, with a slightly altered track listing and a bonus track. The band has stated in interviews that it is their first full-length album. It is also the final Mournful Congregation release to be recorded as a duo and the first to feature drummer Adrian Bickle, after the departure of band co-founder Ben Petch the previous year following the An Epic Dream of Desire demo, although he has writing credits on this record.[2]