My Dying Bride

EXCLUSIVE: GODTHRYMM ‘Distortions’ 2xLP on Decibel-Exclusive Vinyl Available for Pre-Order RIGHT NOW!

June 19, 2023

We have only 100 copies available of Godthrymm‘s new 2xLP, Distortions, on exclusive Blue Vinyl with Gold, Black and Silver Splatter.

GODTHRYMM Premiere Exclusive New Track, “In Perpetuum,” via the Decibel Flexi Series

January 12, 2023

Hear and acquire this Godthrymm disc single, featuring an exclusive brand new track, available as part of the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!

Track Premiere: Forever Autumn – “The Forest and the Nyght”

December 21, 2022

Take a haunting woodland walk with Forever Autumn and My Dying Bride’s Aaron Stainthorpe in “The Forest and the Nyght.”

Exclusive Excerpt: ‘Doom Lexicanum II’ book Reveals Early Days of the Legendary My Dying Bride

January 24, 2022

In this exclusive Doom Lexicanum II book excerpt, co-founding frontman Aaron Stainthorpe explains how the original My Dying Bride lineup first met.

Peaceville Founder Paul “Hammy” Halmshaw Terminally Ill, JustGiving Campaign Launched

March 2, 2021

Legendary Peaceville founder Hammy diagnosed with hereditary dilated cardiomyopathy. Here’s how you can help.

My Dying Bride – The Angel and the Dark River

February 24, 2021

My Dying Bride‘s 1995 gothic doom landmark The Angel and the Dark River gets its Hall of Fame induction some 15 years after we gave Turn Loose the Swans the nod.

Decibel Examines the Impact of A Year Without Live Shows In Our April Issue

February 18, 2021

Decibel will donate 100 percent of the profits of individual sales of this issue to displaced independent music industry gig workers in our hometown of Philadelphia.

My Dying Bride Returns on “Your Broken Shore”

January 3, 2020

The high priests of beautiful gloom and sorrow have returned to offer their latest sermon. Check out My Dying Bride‘s “Your Broken Shore” here.

Doom Trio Godthrymm Release Live Studio Clip of “We Are the Dead”

March 18, 2019

Watch a live studio recording from Brit doomsters featuring former members of My Dying Bride, Solstice, Vallenfyre and Anathema.

Peaceville Records Founder Hammy Talks New Autobiography, ‘Peaceville Life’

September 18, 2018

Paul “Hammy” Halmshaw released some of the best extreme metal of the past three decades via Peaceville Records. Now he delivers a blow-by-blow account of how it happened in his first book.

Track Premiere: Godthrymm – ‘A Grand Reclamation’

November 21, 2017

Hail “A Grand Reclamation,” the first song from the brand new UK doom powerhouse Godthrymm.

LIMITED OFFER! Get five RARE BONUS flexi discs from DECIBEL!

June 28, 2017

Get out of print Immolation, Obituary, My Dying Bride, Goatwhore and Evoken flexis free with this special (limited) subscription offer! 

Track Premiere: Vallenfyre – ‘An Apathetic Grave’

May 18, 2017

Check out the lyric video for “An Apathetic Grave” from Vallenfyre‘s upcoming third record, Fear Those Who Fear Him.

Current and Former My Dying Bride Guitarists Speak Out About Loving Pallbearer

January 31, 2017

We checked in with two guitarists (Hamish Glencross and Andrew Craighan) and let them gush praise about one of their favorite bands.

HURRY! Get five RARE BONUS flexi discs from DECIBEL!

July 11, 2016

Act fast: Get free-out-of print Carcass, My Dying Bride, Nails, Pentagram and Orange Goblin flexis will this special Decibel subscription. Ends Friday July 15.

Flexi Premiere: My Dying Bride “Hollow Cathedra”

August 19, 2015

Misery loves company, so October’s Decibel lays out the welcome mat for some big name first-time cover stars: legendary U.K. death/doom powerhouse My Dying Bride.

My Dying Bride Heralds Early Winter in October Decibel

August 14, 2015

Misery loves company, so October’s Decibel lays out the welcome mat for some big name first-time cover stars: legendary U.K. death/doom powerhouse My Dying Bride.

My Dying Bride Share the Misery in Decibel Flexi Series

July 30, 2015

Not every magazine can make a special request for an original song from a legendary band. But Decibel did just that, and gothic death/doom institution My Dying Bride graciously lent their considerable talents to our Flexi Series.

Decbirity Playlist Revisited: My Dying Bride

July 29, 2015

To celebrate/wallow in the misery of our exclusive, not-on-any-album My Dying Bride flexi track, as well as their new album Feel the Misery, we would like to revisit a Decibrity playlist from their despair-mongering vocalist Aaron Stainthorpe.

Andrew Craighan (My Dying Bride) interviewed

October 25, 2013

** We make it no secret we’re fans of My Dying Bride. From their Hall of Fame induction to innumerable citations in pages and blogs, My Dying Bride has appealed to our inner and outer miser for an age or two. Well, this session was originally sent off to My Dying Bride in June, hoping…

Decibel’s Top 5 Doom Metal Logos

May 8, 2013

5. Saint Vitus. Crosses galore on the second Vitus logo. Three of them. For the Trinity perhaps. The original SVS logo only had one. Three’s a crowd, we say. But this logo is boss. Looks a bit cheap and overdone at first blush, but the barbed letters? Could be heavy metal cliché. Nope. Crown of…