British death-doom legends, MY DYING BRIDE, recently announced their 15th studio album, “A Mortal Binding,” which is set to be released on 19th April. Today, the Yorkshire-based sextet have revealed the second single from the record. The solemn, mournful track titled “The 2nd of Three Bells” comes accompanied by a richly gothic video directed by Daniel Gray.
MY DYING BRIDE‘s Andrew Craighan commented,
“‘The 2nd of three Bells’ see the band in a more musical performance role juxtaposed with artistic metaphor of the struggles between the death-knell itself and the lust for life’s brief joys.”
You can pre-order “A Mortal Binding” here: https://mydyingbride.bfan.link/a-mortal-binding
“A Mortal Binding,” the much-anticipated follow-up to “The Ghost of Orion” (2020) finds the Yorkshire-based quintet delighting in anxiety, loss, and toil to resplendent effect. From the raw distress of “Her Dominion” and twisted horror of “Thornwyck Hymn” to the funerary violins of the 11-minute monolith “The Apocalyptist” and the classic-feeling “The 2nd of Three Bells,” “A Mortal Binding” is pinnacle MY DYING BRIDE. If “Songs of Darkness, Words of Light” (2004) elevated the band to new heights and “A Map of All Our Failures” (2012) expanded upon the group’s mid-tens grandeur, then “A Mortal Binding” stages MY DYING BRIDE‘s next exultant phase of elegiac misery.
“A Mortal Binding” tracklisting:
01. Her Dominion
02. Thornwyck Hymn
03. The 2nd of Three Bells
04. Unthroned Creed
05. The Apocalyptist
06. A Starving Heart
07. Crushed Embers
“A Mortal Binding” formats:
- CD jewelcase
- Vinyl 2LP gatefold – green
- Vinyl 2LP gatefold – red w/ black smoke
- Vinyl 2LP gatefold – clear w/ black smoke
MY DYING BRIDE hired “The Ghost of Orion” studio wizard Mark Mynett to produce, mix, and master “A Mortal Binding.” The group holed up at Mynett’s Mynetaur Productions (PARADISE LOST, ROTTING CHRIST) in Manchester, UK, where they tracked the album consecutively from July to September 2023.
My Dying Bride are:
Aaron Stainthorpe | vocals
Andrew Craighan | guitars
Lena Abé | bass
Shaun MacGowan | keyboards / violin
Neil Blanchett | guitars
Dan Mullins | drums
