My Dying Bride - A Mortal Binding (CD)

British death-doom legends MY DYING BRIDE will release their 15th studio album, "A Mortal Binding", on April 19 via Nuclear Blast Records. Today's news is accompanied by the release of tempestuous, heart-wrenching new single "Thornwyck Hymn". The track comes with a stunning video directed by Daniel Gray, depicting a maritime story of unfolding desire and tragedy.

MY DYING BRIDE's Aaron Stainthorpe commented: "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 steels to close to its edge for they may never set foot back on mother earth."

"A Mortal Binding", the much-anticipated follow-up to 2019's "The Ghost Of Orion", finds the Yorkshire-based quintet delighting in anxiety, loss, and toil to resplendent effect. From the raw distress of "Her Dominion" and twisted horror of "Thornwyck Hymn" to the funerary violins of the 11-minute monolith "The Apocalyptist" and the classic-feeling "The 2nd Of Three Bells", "A Mortal Binding" is pinnacle MY DYING BRIDE. If "Songs Of Darkness, Words Of Light" (2004) elevated the band to new heights and "A Map Of All Our Failures" (2012) expanded upon the group's mid-tens grandeur, then "A Mortal Binding" stages MY DYING BRIDE's next exultant phase of elegiac misery.

Tracklist
1. Her Dominion
2. Thornwyck Hymn
3. The 2nd of Three Bells
4. Unthroned Creed
5. The Apocalyptist
6. A Starving Heart
7. Crushed Embers