01/10/2020 14:09
My Dying Bride
My Dying Bride return with 'The Ghost of Orion' album; new music video out
Like a phoenix from the ashes, a legend rises again in 2020: My Dying Bride went through tough some times in last years and fought many struggles along their way, but now the British doom metal band are proud to announce their new studio album 'The Ghost of Orion' for 6th March, 2020, via Nuclear Blast Records.
The new record of My Dying Bride is the product of a vibrantly creative band that is more than willing to build on their successes in the past.
Singer Aaron Stainthorpe about 'The Ghost Of Orion': "A new album for a new era of My Dying Bride with fresh faces and a more accessible style compared to some of their past, highly technical releases. 'The Ghost of Orion' features compositions not only of epic proportions but of intimate quality too, from death metal vocals to the pained cries of a vocalist in longing, the LP will raise and fall like the beautiful landscape of Yorkshire in which it was recorded. With layer upon layer of guitars both heavy and harmonic, Andrew Craighan has created a rich soundscape that is beautifully epic, enhanced with violins and keys from Shaun MacGowan along with the ominous murmur of cello from acclaimed cellist Jo Quail. And speaking of guest artists, the wondrous voice of Lindy-Fay Hella (Wardruna) adds an ethereal beauty to the album. Adding his particular style of drumming this time round is Jeff Singer whose percussion exploits have elevated the bands' rhythm section to another level aided by the effortlessly stylish Lena Abe on bass guitar. Aaron Stainthorpe delivers a compelling and often disturbing performance with his own particular style of vocals offering sincere eulogies along with the visceral carnage of a soul in pain, with poetic lyrics of a quality not often seen in this genre. This collection of songs is the bands most brilliant yet, honing 30 years of experience into the well crafted offering that is 'The Ghost of Orion'."
Track listing:
1. Your Broken Shore (7:43)
2. To Outlive The Gods (7:57)
3. Tired of Tears (8:37)
4. The Solace (5:52)
5. The Long Black Land (10:01)
6. The Ghost of Orion (3:31)
7. The Old Earth (10:32)
8. Your Woven Shore (2:10)
The album will be available as CD, black 2LP in gatefold, white 2LP in gatefold, red 2LP in gatefold and picture 2LP in gatefold.
Directed by James Sharrock.
Singer Aaron Stainthorpe comments: "The first song from My Dying Bride for five years comes laced with passion, power and their unyielding desire to create the most thoughtful and heavy music possible. 'Your Broken Shore' is recognisably theirs despite an evolution spanning 30 years, it's new and fresh but with unmistakable provenance and production surpassing anything they have previously released. This track represents just a taster of things to come as the new LP 'The Ghost of Orion' is upon the horizon containing seven further compositions of deliciously crushing gothic doom/death metal."
(source: Nuclear Blast Records)