We are able to’t act like we didn’t see this coming. If you happen to’ve been up on My Dying Bride information, you then’re doubtless already conscious that their founding vocalist Aaron Stainthorpe has mainly been ghosting the band since final yr. The English doom legends have been pressured to work round him since, however now, they received’t have to fret about all that in any respect. Stainthorpe and My Dying Bride are not wed.
My Dying Bride launched the next assertion earlier right now (Thursday, October 9):
“My Dying Bride have determined to half methods with vocalist Aaron Stainthorpe.
“Please perceive that this choice doesn’t come flippantly, therefore our preliminary and painful silence whereas we gathered our ideas and thoroughly thought of our response to the disengaged, eerily deserted state we immediately discovered ourselves in.
“Our collective choice to maneuver ahead with out him will not be one thing we thought we might ever be pressured 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 might be tough, we’re doing our greatest to carry this new chapter ahead with highly effective positivity.
“My Dying Bride will not be on hiatus, we had been by no means on hiatus. Nonetheless, we do genuinely want Aaron all of the luck on the planet in his new solo endeavours.”
Nobody, not even the band themselves, truly perceive why Stainthorpe has so publicly but secretively ducked away from the band he’s been part of since 1990. In keeping with MDB guitarist Andrew Craighan, their former frontman has been dodging their calls and makes an attempt to reconnect, solely talking of the band in social media posts or in interviews. That pressured the band to rent on singer Mikko Kotamäki of Swallow the Solar for all the reside appearances they’ve had this yr.
Craighan stated:
“As Aaron has, in fact, distanced himself from the band, we’re solely conscious of his actions by means of social media and on-line interviews. The band contacted him in March 2025 to investigate about his intentions with My Dying Bride, however he has not responded. We first realized by means of social media that he was on a hiatus from MDB. Though he states on-line that he’s nonetheless a part of the band, he has not engaged with us since April 2024. So, in response to your query, the band doesn’t know what his plans with MDB are.”
It has but to be revealed if Kotamäki will keep on completely.
