Well this sucks. Over one year after My Dying Bride and vocalist Aaron Stainthorpe went on hiatus from one another, and now they’ve made their split permanent. In a statement, My Dying Bride said their decision to split with Stainthorpe does not come lightly and that their “collective decision to move forward without him is not something we thought we would ever be forced to say.”
My Dying Bride has not announced a new permanent vocalist just yet, though they have been playing live with Swallow The Sun vocalist Mikko Kotamäki in recent times… and maybe even working on a new record with him?
“My Dying Bride have decided to part ways with vocalist Aaron Stainthorpe,” wrote My Dying Bride in a statement.
“Please understand that this decision does not come lightly, hence our initial and painful silence while we gathered our thoughts and carefully considered our response to the disengaged, eerily abandoned state we suddenly found ourselves in.
“Our collective decision to move forward without him is not something we thought we would ever be forced to say, but to ensure a continued legacy for what we hold dear to our hearts, we simply have to move past this. Whilst change can be difficult, we are doing our best to bring this new chapter forward with powerful positivity.
“My Dying Bride are not on hiatus, we were never on hiatus. However, we do genuinely wish Aaron all the luck in the world in his new solo endeavours.”
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