My Dying Bride is Working on Their Next Album
Who’s ready for some new gothic/doom metal from My Dying Bride? Doesn’t matter if you’re ready or not, actually, as they were recently in the studio demoing some new material for what should be their follow up to 2024’s A Mortal Binding. Yet one major thing is missing… vocalist Aaron Stainthorpe.
In the two most recent posts from the studio, which you can see below, everyone in the band is pictured except the long-time frontman. We’re unsure what that omission means at the moment, since they’ve never made an official statement about Stainthorpe’s status with My Dying Bride. They posted the image with the following:
“My Dying Bride were demo-ing some new material this weekend at Vibration Studios in Huddersfield while recording the live set for reference. Pic below during a moments break. Expect videos soon.”
You may recall that things between both parties took a turn when the band cancelled all of their shows last year just before they released A Mortal Binding. At the time, guitarist Andrew Craighan said the band was having some “live problems” before Stainthorpe announced the band was going on hiatus to avoid breaking up outright in a September 2024 interview with Devolution magazine.
“We’ve worked relentlessly in My Dying Bride — without a manager. Me and Andrew managed the band as best we could over the years. We’ve had people interested in managing, but it’s never really [panned out]. And sometimes when you’re doing the admin, it really takes away from the artistic side of things. You’ve got tax men to deal with and politics and blah, blah, blah.
“And me and Andy, we’ve argued the toss like a married couple for years and years and years — artwork, lyrics. I normally pretty much get away with lyrics, but artwork particularly. And I think we’re both becoming grumpy old men. We’ve just got a bit loggerheaded like that. We said, ‘Let’s take a break before we have a massive bust-up.’ Even though it’s a rubbish time to take a break because the album is just coming out. But everyone just thought, ‘You two just take your breather. Take some time away. It happens to loads of bands. And then come back.’
“It’s a bad time to take [a break]. We’d had gigs booked and everything. And I apologize profusely to people who bought tickets and were coming to see us. But we just needed a break before we blew our heads off. So we’re taking a breather.”
We’ve all had issues with co-workers, so that’s relatable. Ever since, they’ve been playing live with Swallow The Sun vocalist Mikko Kotamäki. Who knows what means for whatever new material they’re working on right now.
