The Ghost of Orion

2020 studio album by My Dying Bride
The Ghost of Orion
Studio album by
My Dying Bride
Released6 March 2020 (2020-03-06)
Recorded2018–2019
Genre
  • Doom metal
  • gothic metal[1]
  • death-doom[2]
Length56:06
LabelNuclear Blast
ProducerMark Mynett
My Dying Bride chronology
Feel the Misery
(2015) 		The Ghost of Orion
(2020) 		Macabre Cabaret
(2020)

The Ghost of Orion is the thirteenth[a] studio album by British heavy metal band My Dying Bride. It was released on 6 March 2020 through Nuclear Blast.[3]

Background

The album is the band's first with new member Jeff Singer, replacing Shaun Taylor-Steels who departed due to "unresolvable drumming issues".[4] 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.[5]

Mark Mynett is the producer and studio engineer for the album and Jo Quail performs cello on some songs.[6]

The album's first single, "Your Broken Shore", was released on 20 January,[7] followed by a second single, "Tired of Tears", on 7 February.[8]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic81/100[9]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[10]
Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles[2]
Kerrang![11]
Metal Storm(6.0/10)[12]

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.[9]

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."[10]

New Noise Magazine, in an article detailing an interview with Stainthorpe, described him as having "one of his most impressive vocal performances to date".[13]


Track listing

The Ghost of Orion track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Your Broken Shore"7:40
2."To Outlive the Gods"7:55
3."Tired of Tears"8:35
4."The Solace"5:50
5."The Long Black Land"9:59
6."The Ghost of Orion"3:29
7."The Old Earth"10:30
8."Your Woven Shore"2:08
Total length:56:06[10]

Personnel

Additional personnel

Charts

Sales chart performance for The Ghost of Orion
Chart (2020) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[14] 22
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[15] 107
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[16] 160
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[17] 34
French Albums (SNEP)[18] 172
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[19] 12
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[20] 27
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[21] 34
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[22] 35
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[23] 19

Notes

  1. ^ It is the band's fourteenth studio album if including Evinta.

References

  1. ^ Cordova, Daniel (6 March 2020). "THE WEEKLY INJECTION: New Releases From BODY COUNT, MY DYING BRIDE, and More Out Today - 3/6". Metal Injection. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b Balazs, Nick. "My Dying Bride - The Ghost of Orion". Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  3. ^ "MY DYING BRIDE To Release 'The Ghost Of Orion' Album In March; 'Your Broken Shore' Single Available". blabbermouth.net. 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  4. ^ "MY DYING BRIDE Parts Ways With Drummer SHAUN STEELS, Announces Replacement". blabbermouth.net. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  5. ^ "MY DYING BRIDE Singer Opens Up About 5-Year-Old Daughter's Cancer Diagnosis". Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Andrew Craighan from My Dying Bride". Echoes and Dust. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  7. ^ "My Dying Bride Announce New Album, Share First Song 'Your Broken Shore'". Loudwire. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  8. ^ "My Dying Bride Premiere New Song & Lyric Video "Tired of Tears" From Upcoming New Album "The Ghost of Orion"". Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  9. ^ a b "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  10. ^ a b c Jurek, Thom. "The Ghost of Orion - My Dying Bride". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  11. ^ Davey, Angela. "Kerrang! Review". Kerrang!. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  12. ^ "My Dying Bride - The Ghost Of Orion review". Metal Storm. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  13. ^ "Interview: My Dying Bride's Aaron Stainthorpe on The Ghost of Orion". Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  14. ^ "Austriancharts.at – My Dying Bride – The Ghost of Orion" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  15. ^ "Ultratop.be – My Dying Bride – The Ghost of Orion" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  16. ^ "Ultratop.be – My Dying Bride – The Ghost of Orion" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  17. ^ "My Dying Bride: Ghost of Orion" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  18. ^ "Top Albums (Week 11, 2020)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  19. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – My Dying Bride – The Ghost of Orion" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  20. ^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2020. 11. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  21. ^ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  22. ^ "Top 100 Albumes – Semana 11: del 6.3.2020 al 12.3.2020" (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  23. ^ "Swisscharts.com – My Dying Bride – The Ghost of Orion". Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
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