Aaron Stainthorpe says two unreleased My Dying Bride songs are sitting in limbo as tensions between the long-running doom steel band and its frontman proceed.
Talking to The Razor’s Edge, Stainthorpe confirmed the tracks had been recorded throughout periods for 2024’s A Mortal Binding however left off the ultimate album. “We at all times document extra songs than we really want, so we have one thing left over for an EP,” he defined. “Once we did A Mortal Binding, once more, there was a few songs left over for an EP. After which we had a giant argument. However these songs are nonetheless someplace, I feel most likely with Mark Mynett, the engineer.”
The singer says the 2 unheard songs stay shelved partly attributable to points on the band’s label, Nuclear Blast. “All my contacts have gone, so I actually do not know what’s occurring at Nuclear Blast, and I am not solely positive what’s occurring with My Dying Bride,” he admitted. “However there are two songs floating round in limbo in the mean time.”
As for utterly new materials, Stainthorpe says writing is underway — however private disputes are blocking his involvement. “I do know they’re writing new stuff in the mean time, however we have not obtained the argument out of the best way but. So till that is sorted, I will not be singing for them.”
When requested if he is eager for reconciliation together with his bandmates, Stainthorpe pointed to the group’s legacy: “I might prefer to assume so, as a result of there’s 30 years of actually, actually good work. And a band as respectful of that should not simply wither and die. So we have to work on fixing that.”
The break up grew to become public earlier this yr when the band introduced Swallow the Solar vocalist Mikko Kotamäki would entrance My Dying Bride dwell all through 2025. The transfer adopted a breakdown in communication between Stainthorpe and the remainder of the group.
In a separate interview with Metalirium, guitarist and co-founder Andrew Craighan mentioned the band solely found on the final minute that Stainthorpe wouldn’t carry out the remaining 2024 reveals, resulting in cancellations. “Provided that the album had simply been launched, the band was not ready to be sidelined,” he mentioned. “In consequence, a gathering was organized to debate the potential for a substitute. Mikko was the unanimous first alternative.”
Craighan claims Stainthorpe has not responded to band enquiries since March 2025 and has not engaged with them since April 2024, regardless of sustaining publicly that he’s nonetheless a member. “We’re solely conscious of his actions by social media and on-line interviews,” Craighan mentioned.
Kotamäki has already taken the stage with My Dying Bride at a number of European festivals this summer time, together with Rockmaraton in Hungary, Pit Of Steel in Slovakia, and Finland’s Darkish River. For now, the destiny of the 2 unreleased tracks — and Stainthorpe‘s place within the band — stays unclear.
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