MY DYING BRIDE: 'Evinta' Mini-Site Launched

U.K. doom metal legends MY DYING BRIDE have launched a mini-site in anticipation of the band's forthcoming 20-year anniversary collection, "Evinta". The mini-site contains an album audio teaser, desktop backgrounds, an iTunes app and more. Fans can also sign up for the Peaceville Records mailing list to receive a free download of a song from the commemorative collection. Go to this location to access the exclusive MY DYING BRIDE content.

2010 marked the 20th anniversary of MY DYING BRIDE. To commemorate two decades of doom and gloom from the elite British act, the band embarked upon a special project to re-work familiar melodies and themes from its extensive catalogue into long, flowing symphonic compositions, incorporating new vocals and passages from vocalist, Aaron Stainthorpe. These arrangements have been brought to life in co-operation with keyboard maestro Johnny Maudling (of BAL-SAGOTH fame),as well as a clutch of talented classical musicians, and shared vocals courtesy of professional opera singer Lucie Roche. The collection titled "Evinta" will be released on May 31 via Peaceville Records as a two-disc set and deluxe three-disc edition with 64-page book inspired by MY DYING BRIDE's illustrious recordings of the past two decades.

"Evinta" track listing:

Disc 1

01. In Your Dark Pavilion
02. You Are Not The One Who Loves Me
03. Of Lilies Bent With Tears
04. The Distance, Busy With Shadows
05. Of Sorry Eyes In March

Disc 2

01. Vanit Triomphante
02. That Dress And Summer Skin
03. And Then You Go
04. A Hand Of Awful Rewards

Disc 3 (deluxe edition only)

01. The Music Of Flesh
02. Seven Times She Wept
03. The Burning Coast Of Regnum Italicum
04. She Heard My Body Dying
05. And All Their Joy Was Drowned

Commented the band: "'Evinta'. A project almost 15 years in the making. An idea that has sat smoldering and never really had a reason to burn alive until now. Nine albums worth of darkness recreated anew to mark 20 years of MY DYING BRIDE. Music arranged to the soundscapes of sorrows past. Finally the 20th anniversary allows us to release this music in a form it has been desperately, woefully waiting for. Enjoy the darkness."

MY DYING BRIDE has been the leading light of doom metal since the debut album, "As the Flower Withers", was released on Peaceville Records back in 1992. Influenced by acts such as CELTIC FROST and CANDLEMASS, the band's heavy atmospherics have carved a huge worldwide following over the years, as it remains a pinnacle of the genre.

MY DYING BRIDE's "Albion In Ruin" tour dates:

May 18 - The Electric Ballroom - London, England
May 19 - Manchester Academy - Manchester, England
May 20 - Wulfren Hall Wolverhampton, England
May 21 - Button Factory Dublin, Ireland
May 22 - The Spring & Airbrake Belfast, N. Ireland