My Dying Bride

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My Dying Bride is a doom metal band formed in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. They are known for their slow yet extremely heavy riffs and remarkably morose poetic lyrics. Along with former Peaceville labelmates Anathema and Paradise Lost, My Dying Bride is one of the pioneering acts of the death doom metal movement in the early 1990s.

The initial formation consisted of vocalist Aaron Stainthorpe, guitarists Andrew Craighan and Calvin Robertshaw plus drummer Rick Miah, who founded the band in 1990. The band released the "Towards the Sinister" demo, noted for its complete absence of bass, recorded over two days in late November at Revolver Studios with Tim Walker manning the production desk. They followed this with the "God Is Alone" 7" single, restricted to 1000 copies, on the French Listenable label, again utilising both Tim Walker and Revolver Studios in May 1991. The band signed to budding Yorkshire label Peaceville Records to release the "Symphonaire Infernus et Spera Empyrum" EP in 1992, debuting new bassist Ade Jackson in the process.

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Doom Metal Death-Doom Metal Gothic Metal

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My Dying Bride members

Current members: Andrew Craighan (electric guitar, original), Lena Abé (electric bass guitar), Shaun MacGowan (keyboard, violin), Dan Mullins (drums (drum set)), Neil Blanchett (electric guitar)

Former members: Aaron Stainthorpe (lead vocals, original), Adrian Jackson (electric bass guitar), Hamish Glencross (electric guitar), Calvin Robertshaw (electric guitar, original), Shaun Taylor‐Steels (drums (drum set)), Rick Miah (drums (drum set), original), Martin Powell (keyboard, violin), Sarah Stanton (keyboard), Jeff Singer (drums (drum set)), Katie Stone (keyboard, violin), Bill Law (drums (drum set))