Sarah Stanton (keyboardist)

My Dying Bride
Clockwise: Aaron Stainthorpe, Andrew Craighan, Lena Abé, Hamish Glencross.
Background information
Origin	Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
Genres	Doom metal death-doom gothic metal
Years active	1990–present
Labels	Peaceville Records
Website	Mydyingbride.net
Members	Aaron Stainthorpe Andrew Craighan Lena Abé Shaun MacGowan Calvin Robertshaw Shaun Taylor-Steels
Past members	Martin Powell Yasmin Ahmed Bill Law Rick Miah Adrian Jackson Sarah Stanton Katie Stone Dan Mullins Hamish Glencross

My Dying Bride are an English doom metal band formed in Bradford in 1990. To date, My Dying Bride have released twelve full-length studio albums, three EPs, one demo, one box set, four compilation albums, one live album, and one live CD/DVD release.

Along with Anathema and Paradise Lost, My Dying Bride was a forerunner of the death doom metal and gothic metal genres during the early 1990s. They are considered part of the "Peaceville Three" as all three bands were signed to Peaceville Records at the time.

My Dying Bride were formed in Bradford in the north of England in June 1990 after guitarist Andrew Craighan and drummer Rick Miah co-formed the band after they had split from Abiosis, joining vocalist Aaron Stainthorpe and guitarist Calvin Robertshaw while ending Abiosis. After six months of rehearsing, the band recorded and released their demo, Towards the Sinister, which was produced by Tim Walker of Voltage Records. Its title was taken from a line in the song "Symphonaire Infernus et Spera Empyrium". The band would soon release their first single, "God Is Alone", on a small French label called Listenable. After the single had sold out almost immediately, they were picked up by Peaceville Records, and they could release their first EP, Symphonaire Infernus et Spera Empyrium, which also featured their latest recruit, bassist Adrian Jackson. The EP was soon followed by their first full-length album, As the Flower Withers.

As the Flower Withers was followed by a big tour in the UK and the mainland Europe, and in 1992 they recorded their next EP, The Thrash of Naked Limbs. Another tour was planned, but cancelled when their current drummer had a bad fall while shooting the accompanying video. In 1993, Martin Powell joined as My Dying Bride's keyboardist and violinist, and they started the recording of their second studio album, Turn Loose the Swans. With the joining of Martin Powell, the usage of violin increased even more since their As the Flower Withers album. The album was followed by a tour and the release of another EP, I Am the Bloody Earth, in 1994.