The thirteenth full-length studio release (fourteenth full-length album overall) by My Dying Bride was titled, “The Ghost of Orion”. It was released on March 6, 2020 via Nuclear Blast.
Background:
The album is the band's first with new member Jeff Singer, replacing Shaun Taylor-Steels who departed due to "unresolvable drumming issues". Aaron Stainthorpe's five-year-old daughter was diagnosed with cancer a couple years after the release of the band's previous album “Feel the Misery”, from which she was later declared in remission.
Mark Mynett is the producer and studio engineer for the album and Jo Quail performs cello on some songs.
The album's first single, "Your Broken Shore", was released on January 20, followed by a second single, "Tired of Tears", on February 7.
Critical Reception:
“The Ghost of Orion” received generally positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 81, based on four reviews.
Thom Jurek of AllMusic wrote a positive review, remarking that "The Ghost of Orion” was born in the aftermath of strife, strain, and fear; but these are balanced by gratitude, endurance, and even benevolence; the conflicting tensions exist with no attempt to alleviate them, and all of these qualities are among the many reasons My Dying Bride has, for more than three decades, reigned at the pinnacle of Doom Metal."
New Noise Magazine, in an article detailing an interview with Stainthorpe, described him as having "one of his most impressive vocal performances to date".
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