ArtistInfo

My Dying Bride

Band, *1990 GB, City of Bradford
Rock

British doom band, formed sometime in 1990 as some "slower-than-usual" death metal act by Calvin Robertshaw (guitars), Aaron Stainthorpe (vocals), Andrew Craighan (guitars) and Rick Miah (drums). What they played was soon to become the first example of the second wave of doom metal, which mixed elements of other uber-heavy genres such as death and black metal. "Towards The Sinister" was the band's first recording ever, an early demo which immediately got them a deal for their first real release, the classic EP "Symphonaire Infernus Et Spera Empyrium". "As the Flower Withers", the band's very first full length, followed in 1992, allowing the group to gain more popularity. "Turn Loose The Swans" and "The Angel And The Dark River" (released in 1994 and 1996 respectively) followed the original album's success, but took the band's style further, mixing all sorts of different musical styles together. Despite My Dying Bride's quite evident commercial success the band never stopped experimenting (1998's "34.788%...Complete" demonstrating this more than any other release) and has now settled with it's own original style which differs quite a lot from other band's, even though it has given birth to many pioneers (and some say a whole subgenre!). On June 27, 2008, the band announced that due to Sarah Stanton's pregnancy she has been replaced by Katie Stone. Stone left the band only a year later, she was replaced by Shaun Macgowan. On June 6, 2014, the band announced the departure of Hamish Glencross, and that Calvin Robertshaw would rejoin the band 15 years after he left My Dying Bride.

Members

	Martin Powell key *1973 GB
	Andrew Craighan g *1970 GB
	Calvin Robertshaw g GB
	Jonny Maudling key, dr *1971 GB
	Jeff Singer dr *1971 GB
	Shaun Taylor-Steels dr *1970 GB
	Aaron Stainthorpe voc *1968 GB
	Adrian Jackson b *1970 GB
	Hamish Glencross g *1978 GB
	Sarah Stanton key *1978
	Rick Miah dr GB
	Bill Law dr
	Dan Mullins dr, perc *1978 GB
	Lena Abé b *1983 GB
	Katie Stone vn, key *1981 GB
	Shaun MacGowan vn, key *1988 GB