''A Mortal Binding'' is the fourteenth studio album by English

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band

My Dying Bride My Dying Bride are an English doom metal band formed in Bradford. Since their inception in 1990, they have released 15 studio albums, five EPs, one demo, one box set, four compilation albums, one live album, and one live CD/DVD release. Along ...

. It was released on 19 April 2024 through

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Background

The band released the first single of the album, "Thornwyck Hymn", on 9 February 2024. The song is named after the village of Thornwick in the band's home county of

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. Describing of theme of the song, frontman

Aaron Stainthorpe Aaron Stainthorpe (born 12 November 1968) is an English singer who is the lead vocalist for doom metal band My Dying Bride and the goth metal band High Parasite. In December 2005, it was announced that Stainthorpe would lend his voice and some ...

said, "Set upon the rugged coast of Yorkshire, Thornwyck village has spent an eternity being haunted by the chill waters that wash its shore — and the hidden folk who dwell in the salty depths. Woe betide anyone who fares into the briny sea, or even steals too close to its edge for they may never set foot back on mother earth." The single was released with an accompanying music video, directed by Daniel Gray. The album was produced, mixed, and mastered by Mark Mynett, who worked on the band's previous album, '' The Ghost of Orion''. The album was recorded in

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at Mynett's Mynetaur Productions studio between July and September 2023.

Track listing

Personnel

– vocals * Andrew Craighan – guitars *Neil Blanchett - guitars *Lena Abé – bass guitar * Shaun Macgowan – keyboards, violins *

Dan Mullins Dan Mullins (born 15 June 1978) is an English heavy metal music, metal drummer. He is most known for being the drummer of the doom metal band My Dying Bride. Mullins has cited drummers such as Buddy Rich, Mike Portnoy, Sean Reinert, and Paul Maz ...

– drums, percussion

Charts

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mortal Binding, A 2024 albums My Dying Bride albums Nuclear Blast albums