My Dying Bride




Description


My Dying Bride are an English doom metal band formed in 1990. To date, My Dying Bride has released one demo, three EPs, several singles, ten full-length studio albums, one box set, four compilation albums, one live album, one live CD/DVD release, and several video releases. The band released its tenth studio album, For Lies I Sire, on March 23, 2009. My Dying Bride, along with bands such as Anathema and Paradise Lost, are one of the forerunners of the death/doom metal genre.


Origin and Status


United Kingdom (Halifax, West Yorkshire) - Active


Current Members


Aaron Stainthorpe - Vocals (1990-)

Andrew Craighan - Guitars (1990-) (Abiosis)

Hamish Hamilton Glencross - Guitars (2000-) (Solstice (UK), Seer's Tear)

Lena Abé - Bass (2007-)

Dan "Storm" Mullins - Drums (2007-) (Sermon of Hypocrisy, Kryokill, Bal-Sagoth, The Axis of Perdition, Epitaph, Code (Session), The Enchanted, Thine, Broken (UK), Mine[thorn])

Shaun Macgowan - Keyboards, Violin (2009-) (Narcotic Death)


Past members


Guitars:

Calvin Robertshaw (1990-1999)


Bass:

Adrian "Ade" Jackson (1991-2007)


Drums:

Rick Miah (1990-1997) (Abiosis, Khang, Lazarus Blackstar)

Bill Law (1998) (Dominion)

Shaun Taylor-Steels (1999-2006) (Vagrant God, Solstice (UK), Anathema (UK), Ironside)


Keyboards:

Martin Powell (1991-1998, also Violin) (Anathema (UK), Cradle of Filth, Cryptal Darkness)

Sarah Stanton (2002-2008)

Katie Stone (2008-2009, also Violin) (A Forest of Stars)  


Discography

 

Albums


  • (1992) As the Flower Withers 
  • (1993) Turn Loose the Swans 
  • (1995) The Angel and the Dark River 
  • (1996) Like Gods of the Sun 
  • (1998) 34.788%...Complete 
  • (1999) The Light at the End of the World 
  • (2001) The Dreadful Hours 
  • (2004) Songs of Darkness, Words of Light 
  • (2006) A Line of Deathless Kings 
  • (2009) For Lies I Sire 

Demos, singles and EPs


  • (1990) Towards the Sinister (demo)
  • (1991) God Is Alone (7")
  • (1991) Symphonaire Infernus et Spera Empyrium (EP)
  • (1992) The Thrash of Naked Limbs (Single)
  • (1993) Unreleased Bitterness (7")
  • (1994) I Am the Bloody Earth (Single)
  • (1994) The Sexuality of Bereavement (7")
  • (2006) Deeper Down (Single)
  • (2009) Bring Me Victory (EP)[4] 

Compilations


  • (1994) The Stories (box set)
  • (1995) Trinity 
  • (2000) Meisterwerk 1 
  • (2001) Meisterwerk 2 
  • (2002) The Voice of the Wretched (live)
  • (2005) Anti-Diluvian Chronicles 
  • (2008) An Ode to Woe (live, also contains DVD version)

Video releases


  • (1997) For Darkest Eyes 
  • (2005) Sinamorata 
  • (2008) An Ode to Woe (live, also contains CD version)

Contacts and Links


http://www.mydyingbride.org/

http://www.myspace.com/officialmydyingbride