My Dying Bride and vocalist Aaron Stainthorpe might be done with each other, however Stainthorpe is clearly not carried out with My Dying Bride. Prophecy Fest 2026 has simply introduced that Stainthorpe will crew up with keyboard participant Mark Deeks and cello sorceress Jo Quail to play My Dying Bride songs, Arð songs, and Jo Quail‘s personal materials collectively.
Different new acts to the competition embrace Maunah, Non secular Entrance frontman Simone Salvatori doing a solo factor, and Neun Welten celebrating 20 years of Vergessene Pfade plus an unique metallic set.
Prophecy Fest founder Martin Koller feedback: “We’re thrilled to welcome extra fascinating artists and associates of a few years, who’ve provided to carry out particular reveals to the programme of 2026. We’re all the time working exhausting to current as soon as in a lifetime experiences at Prophecy Fest and we sincerely hope you’re as curious and crammed with anticipation about these newly introduced reveals as we’re.”
Prophecy Fest 2026 will deliver darkish, ahead pondering music with an angle to one of many world’s most fascinating cultural areas, the legendary, pure Balve Cave. The three-day occasion will begin on Thursday, September 3 and it’ll conclude with a closing live performance beginning earlier than midnight of Saturday, September 5. The worth for a 3-Day-Cross 2026 stays at 149€ (plus 10% service cost). Get your tickets for Prophecy Fest 2026 here.
These acts have been confirmed (in alphabetical order):
- The third And The Mortal (particular Sorrow and Tears Laid In The Earth set)
- Camerata Mediolanense
- Dold Vorde Ens Navn
- Dornenreich (solely metallic present of the yr)
- Empyrium (celebrating 30 years of A Wintersunset…)
- Farsot
- Klimt 1918
- Maunah
- Misþyrming & Nergal (performing Sventevith (Storming Close to the Baltic) by Behemoth)
- Neun Welten
- Paragon Of Magnificence
- Secrets and techniques Of The Moon (reunion for 20 years of Antithesis)
- Simone Salvatori
- Sleeping Pulse (reside for the primary time ever)
- Non secular Entrance
- Stainthorpe, Deeks & Quail
- Solar Of The Sleepless
- Tiamat (particular Wildhoney set)
My Dying Bride has not introduced a brand new everlasting vocalist simply but, although they’ve been taking part in reside with Swallow The Solar vocalist Mikko Kotamäki in latest occasions… and maybe even working on a new record with him?
“My Dying Bride have determined to half methods with vocalist Aaron Stainthorpe,” wrote My Dying Bride in an announcement.
“Please perceive that this choice doesn’t come calmly, therefore our preliminary and painful silence whereas we gathered our ideas and thoroughly thought-about our response to the disengaged, eerily deserted state we all of the sudden discovered ourselves in.
“Our collective choice to maneuver ahead with out him will not be one thing we thought we’d ever be compelled to say, however to make sure a continued legacy for what we maintain pricey to our hearts, we merely have to maneuver previous this. While change will be troublesome, we’re doing our greatest to deliver this new chapter ahead with highly effective positivity.
“My Dying Bride are usually not on hiatus, we have been by no means on hiatus. Nevertheless, we do genuinely want Aaron all of the luck on this planet in his new solo endeavours.”
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