My Dying Bride
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My Dying Bride are an English doom metal
band formed in 1990. To date, My Dying Bride have released eleven full-length studio albums, three EPs, one demo, one box set, four compilation albums, one live album, and one live CD/DVD release. The band released their tenth studio album, For Lies I Sire
, on March 23, 2009. Along with bands such as Anathema
, Paradise Lost
, and Katatonia
, they are one of the forerunners of the death/doom metal genre. While bands like Paradise Lost and Katatonia have expanded their musical styles beyond doom metal, though Paradise Lost later returned to the genre, My Dying Bride has continued to play doom metal since its foundation.
and drummer Rick Miah co-formed the band after they had split from Abiosis, joining vocalist Aaron Stainthorpe
and guitarist Calvin Robertshaw while ending Abiosis. After six months of rehearsing, the band recorded and released their demo, Towards the Sinister
, which was produced by Tim Walker of Voltage Records. Its title was taken from a line in the song "Symphonaire Infernus et Spera Empyrium
". The band would soon release their first single, "God Is Alone
", on a small French label called Listenable. After the single had sold out almost immediately, they were picked up by Peaceville Records
, and they could release their first EP, Symphonaire Infernus Et Spera Empyrium, which also featured their latest recruit, bassist Adrian Jackson
. The EP was soon followed by their first full-length album, As the Flower Withers
.
. Another tour was planned, but cancelled when their current drummer had a bad fall while shooting the accompanying video.
In 1993, Martin Powell joined as My Dying Bride's keyboardist and violinist, and they started the recording of their second studio album, Turn Loose the Swans
. With the joining of Martin Powell, the usage of violin increased even more since their As the Flower Withers album. The album was followed by a tour and the release of another EP, I Am the Bloody Earth
, in 1994.
. The album was followed with a successful tour with some of their first festival gigs, and soon after the fans saw the release of their first compilation album, Trinity
, a collection of songs from their first three EPs. In the end of 1995, My Dying Bride travelled on a three month tour with metal band Iron Maiden
.
continued in the direction of The Angel and the Dark River, in that it did not contain any growling vocals by Aaron Stainthorpe. This was the fourth, full length album of My Dying Bride featuring songs like "A Kiss to Remember", "For You" and "For My Fallen Angel". "For My Fallen Angel" is strictly an orchestral composition with sections of violin and synth. It is also the last MDB album to feature a violin, until For Lies I Sire
.
and Meisterwerk 2
. The Meisterwerk albums are compilations that contain previously released and rare material from My Dying Bride. At the end of the hiatus Calvin Robertshaw left the band to become their tour manager and was replaced by Hamish Glencross
.
featured new material with the seventh release. The album was again engineered by Mags and co-produced by guitarist Andrew Craighan
. Between 2003 and 2004, the band's label, Peaceville, re-released their entire back-catalogue in digipak
format, with bonus tracks consisting of demos, remixes, and live performances added to each release.
showed a band continuing to expand and refine their sound and purpose. A substantial increase in live performances — once an unheard-of rarity — has led to much greater recognition by a new generation of fans.
The band's next release came in May 2005, when they released the fancifully titled Anti-Diluvian Chronicles
, a fully-fledged best of box set featuring three discs and thirty tracks.
. The album was released on October 9, 2006. It was preceded by the EP Deeper Down on September 18. Shortly before the release of A Line of Deathless Kings, Shaun Taylor-Steels announced his permanent departure from the band due to persistent problems with his ankle.
In early 2007, Jackson announced his departure and session-drummer John Bennett
from The Prophecy
could no longer stay, citing a lack of time due to work commitments. Replacements were found in Lena Abé
on bass and Dan Mullins
on drums.
, which was released on March 23, 2009. Due to Sarah Stanton's pregnancy, she had been replaced on keyboards by Katie Stone, who was announced on June 27, 2008 as an official member of the band; she performed violin on For Lies I Sire. Soon after the album's release, she was replaced by Shaun MacGowan
.
October 26, 2009 saw the release of My Dying Bride's new EP/DVD, Bring Me Victory
. Except for the title track and its video, it also includes a doom metal cover of the traditional song Scarborough Fair
, a cover of Failure by Swans
and a live version of Vast Choirs (originally from As the Flower Withers
), performed at Graspop 2008.
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of My Dying Bride's existence, the compilation album Evinta
was released on May 30, 2011. Evinta featured previous My Dying Bride material re-worked as neo-classical and ambient songs. Soon after, the band announced the release of the EP The Barghest O' Whitby
, which was released November 7, 2011, and consists of a single, 27-minute track..
Doom metal
Doom metal is an extreme form of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other metal genres...
band formed in 1990. To date, My Dying Bride have released eleven full-length studio albums, three EPs, one demo, one box set, four compilation albums, one live album, and one live CD/DVD release. The band released their tenth studio album, For Lies I Sire
For Lies I Sire
For Lies I Sire is the tenth studio album by British doom metal pioneers My Dying Bride, released on March 23, 2009 via Peaceville Records and April 21, 2009 in the United States. It is the first album without keyboardist Sarah Stanton since she joined My Dying Bride in 2004 for their "Songs of...
, on March 23, 2009. Along with bands such as Anathema
Anathema (band)
Anathema are an English band from Liverpool primarily known for their ever evolving sound. Beginning as pioneers of the death/doom metal sub-genre, their later albums have been associated with genres such as alternative rock, progressive rock, art rock, new prog, and post-rock.-History:Anathema...
, Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost (band)
Paradise Lost are a heavy metal band that formed in 1988 in Halifax, England.-History:Their first three full-length albums are examples of the death/doom style, although the latter two incorporated some melodic and gothic elements...
, and Katatonia
Katatonia
Katatonia is a Swedish metal band formed in Stockholm in 1991 by Jonas Renkse and Anders Nyström .-1991-1993:The early Katatonia releases, such as the EP Jhva Elohim Meth.....
, they are one of the forerunners of the death/doom metal genre. While bands like Paradise Lost and Katatonia have expanded their musical styles beyond doom metal, though Paradise Lost later returned to the genre, My Dying Bride has continued to play doom metal since its foundation.
Early years (1990 - 1992)
My Dying Bride were formed in Bradford in the north of England in June 1990 after guitarist Andrew CraighanAndrew Craighan
Andrew Craighan is one of My Dying Bride's guitarists. Along with Aaron Stainthorpe, he is the only original member of the band still in the lineup. He played the guitar from 1989 to 1990 in the band Abiosis....
and drummer Rick Miah co-formed the band after they had split from Abiosis, joining vocalist Aaron Stainthorpe
Aaron Stainthorpe
Aaron Stainthorpe is the vocalist for doom metal band My Dying Bride. He was born in England but moved to Germany when he was six months old, because his British army officer father was stationed in the country...
and guitarist Calvin Robertshaw while ending Abiosis. After six months of rehearsing, the band recorded and released their demo, Towards the Sinister
Towards the Sinister
Towards The Sinister is the first demo release by death/doom metal band My Dying Bride after their six month rehearsal period in 1990. The entire demo was recorded and mixed at Revolver Studios on 24 and 25 November 1990 and was produced by Tim Walker of Voltage Records...
, which was produced by Tim Walker of Voltage Records. Its title was taken from a line in the song "Symphonaire Infernus et Spera Empyrium
Symphonaire Infernus Et Spera Empyrium
Symphonaire Infernus et Spera Empyrium is the second EP by death/doom metal band My Dying Bride. "Symphonaire" was made only a few months after signing to the Peaceville Records label. The song was also released as a vinyl record and an audio tape...
". The band would soon release their first single, "God Is Alone
God Is Alone
God Is Alone is the first EP by death/doom metal band My Dying Bride, and was released in 1991. It was released as a 7" vinyl on France-based independent label Listenable Records, and limited to 1,000 copies....
", on a small French label called Listenable. After the single had sold out almost immediately, they were picked up by Peaceville Records
Peaceville Records
Peaceville Records is a British independent metal-oriented record label. The label was founded by Paul "Hammy" Halmshaw in 1987, in Dewsbury, England...
, and they could release their first EP, Symphonaire Infernus Et Spera Empyrium, which also featured their latest recruit, bassist Adrian Jackson
Adrian Jackson
Adrian Jackson is My Dying Bride's former bassist. He was a member of the band from 1991 until January 2007 when he moved to the USA.-Equipment:* Warwick Thumb Bolt-On bass* Sansamp Processors...
. The EP was soon followed by their first full-length album, As the Flower Withers
As the Flower Withers
As The Flower Withers was the first album by Yorkshire-based doom metal band My Dying Bride. The artwork was designed by Dave McKean.-Song information:Many of the tracks on this album have appeared in a different form on other MDB releases...
.
Turn Loose the Swans (1992 - 1994)
As the Flower Withers was followed by a big tour in the UK and the mainland Europe, and in 1992 they recorded their next EP, The Thrash of Naked LimbsThe Thrash of Naked Limbs
The Thrash of Naked Limbs is the third EP by death/doom metal band My Dying Bride. This EP was also released as an vinyl record. By this time, the band was a 6-piece, having added session violinist and keyboardist Martin Powell as an official band member....
. Another tour was planned, but cancelled when their current drummer had a bad fall while shooting the accompanying video.
In 1993, Martin Powell joined as My Dying Bride's keyboardist and violinist, and they started the recording of their second studio album, Turn Loose the Swans
Turn Loose the Swans
Turn Loose the Swans was the second album by the British doom metal band My Dying Bride.It marked a radical departure from the band's first full length, As the Flower Withers...
. With the joining of Martin Powell, the usage of violin increased even more since their As the Flower Withers album. The album was followed by a tour and the release of another EP, I Am the Bloody Earth
I Am the Bloody Earth
I Am the Bloody Earth is a three-track EP, released by British doom metal band My Dying Bride on 24 January 1994.The EP was released as part of the limited box-set, "The Stories", alongside the band's other singles, "Symphonaire Infernus et Spera Empyrium" and "The Thrash of Naked Limbs"...
, in 1994.
The Angel and the Dark River (1995)
1995 saw the release of My Dying Bride's next album, The Angel and the Dark RiverThe Angel and the Dark River
The Angel and the Dark River is the third album by the British doom/death metal band My Dying Bride. The 1996 re-release contains one bonus track "The Sexuality of Bereavement" and a bonus CD titled Live at the Dynamo...
. The album was followed with a successful tour with some of their first festival gigs, and soon after the fans saw the release of their first compilation album, Trinity
Trinity (My Dying Bride album)
Trinity is a compilation album by death/doom metal band My Dying Bride. The album combines tracks from previously released EPs. This compilation CD also has two different versions of the front cover. The American release version has a different cover to the version released in the rest of the world...
, a collection of songs from their first three EPs. In the end of 1995, My Dying Bride travelled on a three month tour with metal band Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from Leyton in east London, formed in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. Since their inception, the band's discography has grown to include a total of thirty-six albums: fifteen studio albums; eleven live albums; four EPs; and six...
.
Like Gods of the Sun (1996 - 1997)
Like Gods of the SunLike Gods of the Sun
Like Gods of the Sun is an album by My Dying Bride released in 1996. This is the last album by the band to feature Rick Miah on drums and Martin Powell on keyboards and violins....
continued in the direction of The Angel and the Dark River, in that it did not contain any growling vocals by Aaron Stainthorpe. This was the fourth, full length album of My Dying Bride featuring songs like "A Kiss to Remember", "For You" and "For My Fallen Angel". "For My Fallen Angel" is strictly an orchestral composition with sections of violin and synth. It is also the last MDB album to feature a violin, until For Lies I Sire
For Lies I Sire
For Lies I Sire is the tenth studio album by British doom metal pioneers My Dying Bride, released on March 23, 2009 via Peaceville Records and April 21, 2009 in the United States. It is the first album without keyboardist Sarah Stanton since she joined My Dying Bride in 2004 for their "Songs of...
.
"34.788%...Complete" and hiatus (1998 - 2001)
The somewhat experimental 34.788%...Complete was next, which, along with the following The Light at the End of the World, polarized fans over the band's new direction. My Dying Bride entered a hiatus after this, releasing two retrospective albums Meisterwerk 1Meisterwerk 1
Meisterwerk 1 is a compilation album by My Dying Bride, which features both album tracks and rare recordings. Itscompanion piece - Meisterwerk 2 - was released the following year...
and Meisterwerk 2
Meisterwerk 2
Meisterwerk 2 is a compilation album by My Dying Bride, which features both album tracks and rare recordings. Its companion piece - Meisterwerk 1 - was released the previous year...
. The Meisterwerk albums are compilations that contain previously released and rare material from My Dying Bride. At the end of the hiatus Calvin Robertshaw left the band to become their tour manager and was replaced by Hamish Glencross
Hamish Glencross
Hamish Glencross is one of My Dying Bride's guitarists. He also co-founded the short lived Blackdoom Records with the other guitarist in the band, Andrew Craighan releasing The Prophecy's debut album "Ashes"....
.
The Dreadful Hours (2001 - 2004)
Originally released in 2001, The Dreadful HoursThe Dreadful Hours
The Dreadful Hours is an album by My Dying Bride released in 2001. It contains a remake of "Return of the Beautiful" from the band's debut album, As the Flower Withers...
featured new material with the seventh release. The album was again engineered by Mags and co-produced by guitarist Andrew Craighan
Andrew Craighan
Andrew Craighan is one of My Dying Bride's guitarists. Along with Aaron Stainthorpe, he is the only original member of the band still in the lineup. He played the guitar from 1989 to 1990 in the band Abiosis....
. Between 2003 and 2004, the band's label, Peaceville, re-released their entire back-catalogue in digipak
Digipak
Digipak is a patented style of CD, DVD or BD packaging, and is a registered trademark of AGI World Ltd., an Atlas Holdings company.-Features:...
format, with bonus tracks consisting of demos, remixes, and live performances added to each release.
Songs of Darkness, Words of Light (2004 - 2005)
2004's follow-up Songs of Darkness, Words of LightSongs of Darkness, Words of Light
Songs of Darkness, Words of Light is a 2004 album by the British doom metal band My Dying Bride. This album marks the debut of keyboardist Sarah Stanton. Initial copies of the album came in a hard clamshell case and featured a double sided poster and a fridge magnet as extras...
showed a band continuing to expand and refine their sound and purpose. A substantial increase in live performances — once an unheard-of rarity — has led to much greater recognition by a new generation of fans.
The band's next release came in May 2005, when they released the fancifully titled Anti-Diluvian Chronicles
Anti-Diluvian Chronicles
'Anti-Diluvian Chronicles' is a compilation album by My Dying Bride, which features both album tracks and new remixes. It is the fourth and most recent of four My Dying Bride compilation albums, following 1995's "Trinity" and 2000's "Meisterwerk 1" and "Meisterwerk 2".-Song information:The remix...
, a fully-fledged best of box set featuring three discs and thirty tracks.
A Line of Deathless Kings (2006 - 2007)
The band spent the winter of 2005/2006 writing material for new studio album A Line of Deathless KingsA Line of Deathless Kings
A Line of Deathless Kings is the ninth studio album by My Dying Bride. It was released on October 9, 2006.A limited edition of the album comes in a hard clamshell case with a double sided poster and five postcards, depicting the full-time members of the band. The drummer on this album John Bennett...
. The album was released on October 9, 2006. It was preceded by the EP Deeper Down on September 18. Shortly before the release of A Line of Deathless Kings, Shaun Taylor-Steels announced his permanent departure from the band due to persistent problems with his ankle.
In early 2007, Jackson announced his departure and session-drummer John Bennett
John Bennett (drummer)
John Bennett is a British drummer, and a founding member of the progressive doom death metal band, The Prophecy. With The Prophecy, Bennett has completed several tours of Europe and the United States, and has also recorded three albums....
from The Prophecy
The Prophecy (band)
The Prophecy is a progressive doom metal band from Yorkshire in England.- Biography :The Prophecy was formed in autumn of 2001 when Greg O'Shea and John Bennett from "The Local Family Butcherers," as the band was known at the time, met up with vocalist Matt Lawson, in the now demolished Empress pub...
could no longer stay, citing a lack of time due to work commitments. Replacements were found in Lena Abé
Lena Abé
Lena Abé is the current bass guitarist for the UK doom metal band My Dying Bride. She replaced Adrian Jackson as bassist in 2007, which was around the same time Dan Mullins replaced John Bennett on drums.-Equipment:...
on bass and Dan Mullins
Dan Mullins
Dan Mullins is an English metal drummer. He is most known for being the drummer of the death/doom metal band My Dying Bride. Mullins has cited drummers such as Buddy Rich, Mike Portnoy, Sean Reinert, and Paul Mazurkiewicz as influences....
on drums.
For Lies I Sire (2009 - present)
In November 2008, My Dying Bride began work on their tenth studio album, entitled For Lies I SireFor Lies I Sire
For Lies I Sire is the tenth studio album by British doom metal pioneers My Dying Bride, released on March 23, 2009 via Peaceville Records and April 21, 2009 in the United States. It is the first album without keyboardist Sarah Stanton since she joined My Dying Bride in 2004 for their "Songs of...
, which was released on March 23, 2009. Due to Sarah Stanton's pregnancy, she had been replaced on keyboards by Katie Stone, who was announced on June 27, 2008 as an official member of the band; she performed violin on For Lies I Sire. Soon after the album's release, she was replaced by Shaun MacGowan
Shaun MacGowan
Shaun MacGowan is a UK-born violinist, keyboardist and guitarist, best known as the keyboardist and violinist of British doom metal band My Dying Bride. He replaced Katie Stone in 2009, and joined the band to tour the album For Lies I Sire...
.
October 26, 2009 saw the release of My Dying Bride's new EP/DVD, Bring Me Victory
Bring Me Victory
Bring Me Victory is an EP by the doom metal band My Dying Bride. "Bring Me Victory" is a song from My Dying Bride's previous album, For Lies I Sire; a video was made for the song and released on this EP. "Scarborough Fair", an English traditional song, has two additional verses incorporated into it...
. Except for the title track and its video, it also includes a doom metal cover of the traditional song Scarborough Fair
Scarborough Fair
"Scarborough Fair" is a traditional ballad of the United Kingdom.The song tells the tale of a young man, who tells the listener to ask his former lover to perform for him a series of impossible tasks, such as making him a shirt without a seam and then washing it in a dry well, adding that if she...
, a cover of Failure by Swans
Swans (band)
Swans are an influential American post-punk band initially active from 1982 to 1997, led by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Michael Gira. The band was one of the few groups to emerge from the early 1980s New York No Wave scene and stay intact into the next decade. Formed by Gira in...
and a live version of Vast Choirs (originally from As the Flower Withers
As the Flower Withers
As The Flower Withers was the first album by Yorkshire-based doom metal band My Dying Bride. The artwork was designed by Dave McKean.-Song information:Many of the tracks on this album have appeared in a different form on other MDB releases...
), performed at Graspop 2008.
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of My Dying Bride's existence, the compilation album Evinta
Evinta
Evinta is a My Dying Bride album released in 2011. It is a development of many of My Dying Bride's older musical themes and riffs, which were re-written for a variety of classical instruments, rather than the traditional metal music instruments; these riffs were combined with new vocals and music,...
was released on May 30, 2011. Evinta featured previous My Dying Bride material re-worked as neo-classical and ambient songs. Soon after, the band announced the release of the EP The Barghest O' Whitby
The Barghest O' Whitby
The Barghest O' Whitby is a My Dying Bride EP released November 7, 2011. It consists of a single, 27-minute track.-Credits:* Aaron Stainthorpe — vocals* Andrew Craighan — guitar* Hamish Glencross — guitar* Lena Abé — bass...
, which was released November 7, 2011, and consists of a single, 27-minute track..
Current members
- Aaron StainthorpeAaron StainthorpeAaron Stainthorpe is the vocalist for doom metal band My Dying Bride. He was born in England but moved to Germany when he was six months old, because his British army officer father was stationed in the country...
- Vocals (1990-) - Andrew CraighanAndrew CraighanAndrew Craighan is one of My Dying Bride's guitarists. Along with Aaron Stainthorpe, he is the only original member of the band still in the lineup. He played the guitar from 1989 to 1990 in the band Abiosis....
- Guitar (1990-) - Hamish GlencrossHamish GlencrossHamish Glencross is one of My Dying Bride's guitarists. He also co-founded the short lived Blackdoom Records with the other guitarist in the band, Andrew Craighan releasing The Prophecy's debut album "Ashes"....
- Guitar (1999-) - Lena AbéLena AbéLena Abé is the current bass guitarist for the UK doom metal band My Dying Bride. She replaced Adrian Jackson as bassist in 2007, which was around the same time Dan Mullins replaced John Bennett on drums.-Equipment:...
- Bass (2007-) - Dan MullinsDan MullinsDan Mullins is an English metal drummer. He is most known for being the drummer of the death/doom metal band My Dying Bride. Mullins has cited drummers such as Buddy Rich, Mike Portnoy, Sean Reinert, and Paul Mazurkiewicz as influences....
- Drums (2007-) - Shaun MacgowanShaun MacGowanShaun MacGowan is a UK-born violinist, keyboardist and guitarist, best known as the keyboardist and violinist of British doom metal band My Dying Bride. He replaced Katie Stone in 2009, and joined the band to tour the album For Lies I Sire...
- Keyboards/Violin (2009-)
Former members
- Martin PowellMartin PowellMartin Powell is an English musician. In 1991, Powell auditioned for the position of bass-playing in the band My Dying Bride, but was turned down as the band had just filled the position...
- Keyboards, Violins (1991–1998) - Calvin Robertshaw - Guitar (1990–1999)
- Yasmin Ahmed - Keyboards (1998-2002)
- Bill Law — Drums (1998–1999)
- Rick Miah - Drums (1990–1997)
- Shaun Taylor-Steels - Drums (1998–2006)
- Adrian JacksonAdrian JacksonAdrian Jackson is My Dying Bride's former bassist. He was a member of the band from 1991 until January 2007 when he moved to the USA.-Equipment:* Warwick Thumb Bolt-On bass* Sansamp Processors...
- Bass (1991–2007) - Sarah Stanton - Keyboards (2002–2008)
- Katie Stone — Violin, Keyboards (2008–2009)
Session members
- Jonny MaudlingJonny MaudlingJonny Maudling is an English composer, keyboard player and former drummer for the band Bal-Sagoth. Maudling's primary instruments are Roland synthesizers when playing live. He comes from a musical family and was classically trained on piano from an early age...
- Session Keyboards (Bal-SagothBal-SagothBal-Sagoth is a symphonic black metal band from Yorkshire, England, formed in 1993.Originally formed as an epic/symphonic black metal band with strong death metal elements, vocalist/lyricist Byron Roberts took the name 'Bal-Sagoth' from the Robert E. Howard short story "The Gods of Bal-Sagoth"...
) - Michelle Richfield — Guest Female Vocals in "34.788%... Complete" album
- Yasmin Ahmed — Keyboards (1999–2002)
- John BennettJohn Bennett (drummer)John Bennett is a British drummer, and a founding member of the progressive doom death metal band, The Prophecy. With The Prophecy, Bennett has completed several tours of Europe and the United States, and has also recorded three albums....
- Session Drums (2005–2006)
Studio albums
- As the Flower WithersAs the Flower WithersAs The Flower Withers was the first album by Yorkshire-based doom metal band My Dying Bride. The artwork was designed by Dave McKean.-Song information:Many of the tracks on this album have appeared in a different form on other MDB releases...
(1992) - Turn Loose the SwansTurn Loose the SwansTurn Loose the Swans was the second album by the British doom metal band My Dying Bride.It marked a radical departure from the band's first full length, As the Flower Withers...
(1993) - The Angel and the Dark RiverThe Angel and the Dark RiverThe Angel and the Dark River is the third album by the British doom/death metal band My Dying Bride. The 1996 re-release contains one bonus track "The Sexuality of Bereavement" and a bonus CD titled Live at the Dynamo...
(1995) - Like Gods of the SunLike Gods of the SunLike Gods of the Sun is an album by My Dying Bride released in 1996. This is the last album by the band to feature Rick Miah on drums and Martin Powell on keyboards and violins....
(1996) - 34.788%...Complete (1998)
- The Light at the End of the World (1999)
- The Dreadful HoursThe Dreadful HoursThe Dreadful Hours is an album by My Dying Bride released in 2001. It contains a remake of "Return of the Beautiful" from the band's debut album, As the Flower Withers...
(2001) - Songs of Darkness, Words of LightSongs of Darkness, Words of LightSongs of Darkness, Words of Light is a 2004 album by the British doom metal band My Dying Bride. This album marks the debut of keyboardist Sarah Stanton. Initial copies of the album came in a hard clamshell case and featured a double sided poster and a fridge magnet as extras...
(2004) - A Line of Deathless KingsA Line of Deathless KingsA Line of Deathless Kings is the ninth studio album by My Dying Bride. It was released on October 9, 2006.A limited edition of the album comes in a hard clamshell case with a double sided poster and five postcards, depicting the full-time members of the band. The drummer on this album John Bennett...
(2006) - For Lies I SireFor Lies I SireFor Lies I Sire is the tenth studio album by British doom metal pioneers My Dying Bride, released on March 23, 2009 via Peaceville Records and April 21, 2009 in the United States. It is the first album without keyboardist Sarah Stanton since she joined My Dying Bride in 2004 for their "Songs of...
(2009) - EvintaEvintaEvinta is a My Dying Bride album released in 2011. It is a development of many of My Dying Bride's older musical themes and riffs, which were re-written for a variety of classical instruments, rather than the traditional metal music instruments; these riffs were combined with new vocals and music,...
(2011)
Live albums
- The Voice of the WretchedThe Voice of the WretchedThe Voice of the Wretched is a live album by doom metal band My Dying Bride, recorded in Tilburg, the Netherlands on the 4 March 2001. Original pressings of the album had tracks 2 and 4 listed in the wrong order, and "Turn Loose The Swans" was spelled "TRUN Loose The Swans".-Track listing:# "She Is...
(2002) - An Ode to WoeAn Ode to WoeAn Ode To Woe is My Dying Bride's latest live release. The set contains a live show recorded in Amsterdam on CD and DVD during the band's mini-tour for the album A Line of Deathless Kings. The set marks the second live CD release by the band, and the third on DVD. The show was originally broadcast...
(2008, also contains DVD version)
Compilation albums
- The StoriesThe StoriesFor the 1970s band, see Stories The Stories is a boxset of three EPs by death/doom metal band My Dying Bride. The boxset was released as the EPs had become quite rare around the world. The Stories had a high amount of sales and ended up selling all 3,000 copies, causing it to be equally as rare as...
(1994) (box set) - TrinityTrinity (My Dying Bride album)Trinity is a compilation album by death/doom metal band My Dying Bride. The album combines tracks from previously released EPs. This compilation CD also has two different versions of the front cover. The American release version has a different cover to the version released in the rest of the world...
(1995) - Meisterwerk 1Meisterwerk 1Meisterwerk 1 is a compilation album by My Dying Bride, which features both album tracks and rare recordings. Itscompanion piece - Meisterwerk 2 - was released the following year...
(2000) - Meisterwerk 2Meisterwerk 2Meisterwerk 2 is a compilation album by My Dying Bride, which features both album tracks and rare recordings. Its companion piece - Meisterwerk 1 - was released the previous year...
(2001) - Anti-Diluvian ChroniclesAnti-Diluvian Chronicles'Anti-Diluvian Chronicles' is a compilation album by My Dying Bride, which features both album tracks and new remixes. It is the fourth and most recent of four My Dying Bride compilation albums, following 1995's "Trinity" and 2000's "Meisterwerk 1" and "Meisterwerk 2".-Song information:The remix...
(2005)
Demos, singles and EPs
- Towards the SinisterTowards the SinisterTowards The Sinister is the first demo release by death/doom metal band My Dying Bride after their six month rehearsal period in 1990. The entire demo was recorded and mixed at Revolver Studios on 24 and 25 November 1990 and was produced by Tim Walker of Voltage Records...
(1990, demo) - God Is AloneGod Is AloneGod Is Alone is the first EP by death/doom metal band My Dying Bride, and was released in 1991. It was released as a 7" vinyl on France-based independent label Listenable Records, and limited to 1,000 copies....
(1991, 7") - Symphonaire Infernus et Spera EmpyriumSymphonaire Infernus Et Spera EmpyriumSymphonaire Infernus et Spera Empyrium is the second EP by death/doom metal band My Dying Bride. "Symphonaire" was made only a few months after signing to the Peaceville Records label. The song was also released as a vinyl record and an audio tape...
(1991, EP) - The Thrash of Naked LimbsThe Thrash of Naked LimbsThe Thrash of Naked Limbs is the third EP by death/doom metal band My Dying Bride. This EP was also released as an vinyl record. By this time, the band was a 6-piece, having added session violinist and keyboardist Martin Powell as an official band member....
(1992, Single) - Unreleased BitternessUnreleased BitternessUnreleased Bitterness is a 7" EP release by death/doom metal band My Dying Bride. The track is an early rehearsal recording of the song "The Bitterness and the Bereavement", which appeared on As The Flower Withers....
(1993, 7") - I Am the Bloody EarthI Am the Bloody EarthI Am the Bloody Earth is a three-track EP, released by British doom metal band My Dying Bride on 24 January 1994.The EP was released as part of the limited box-set, "The Stories", alongside the band's other singles, "Symphonaire Infernus et Spera Empyrium" and "The Thrash of Naked Limbs"...
(1994, Single) - The Sexuality of BereavementThe Sexuality of BereavementThe Sexuality of Bereavement is an EP by death/doom metal band My Dying Bride. This EP was only available to the Peaceville Collectors Club Series members. The Collectors Club was eventually disbanded because it had too few members...
(1994, 7") - Deeper Down (2006, Single)
- Bring Me VictoryBring Me VictoryBring Me Victory is an EP by the doom metal band My Dying Bride. "Bring Me Victory" is a song from My Dying Bride's previous album, For Lies I Sire; a video was made for the song and released on this EP. "Scarborough Fair", an English traditional song, has two additional verses incorporated into it...
(2009, EP) - The Barghest O' WhitbyThe Barghest O' WhitbyThe Barghest O' Whitby is a My Dying Bride EP released November 7, 2011. It consists of a single, 27-minute track.-Credits:* Aaron Stainthorpe — vocals* Andrew Craighan — guitar* Hamish Glencross — guitar* Lena Abé — bass...
(2011, EP)
Video releases
- For Darkest EyesFor Darkest EyesFor Darkest Eyes is the first video release by death/doom metal band My Dying Bride. Created first as a VHS in 1997, then later being reproduced as a DVD in 2002 however it was given 2 different version of the front cover...
(1997) - SinamorataSinamorataSinamorata is a DVD by death/doom metal band My Dying Bride, produced in 2005. The DVD contains two promotional video clips, another two clips created by My Dying Bride fans plus live video cuts and art galleries of live images, band images and fan-made artwork...
(2005) - An Ode to WoeAn Ode to WoeAn Ode To Woe is My Dying Bride's latest live release. The set contains a live show recorded in Amsterdam on CD and DVD during the band's mini-tour for the album A Line of Deathless Kings. The set marks the second live CD release by the band, and the third on DVD. The show was originally broadcast...
(2008, also contains CD version)