My Story As Metal Frontman #81: Aaron Stainthorpe (My Dying Bride) 

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My Dying Bride saved my life. I have depressions since is was a child. And suddenly there was this soundtrack for my pain. I was 15 and now Im 44. Thank you Aaron!

He sells himself short on his vocal abilities, he has a ton of range and he's one of my favorite for both death vocals and clean singing...

Once wrote a polite formal letter to Mortiis asking for merch info in 1996, thinking nothing would happen, and amazingly I received a reply packed with cards, label brochures and stickers after 2 months. Those were the days.

Aaron seems to be very enthusiastic about MDB music after all these years. And this is great, waiting for their new stuff

One of the best clean/death metal vocals.

I can listen to Aaron talk all day. Such a awesome guy! Great interview

It all started with As the flower withers back when it was released and became Album of the month in the Dutch magazine Aardschok. I bought the album and not long after also the EP's preceding that album. Aaron says he never lost his voice, but I was at one gig where he only sang clean vocals, due to a cold I think. This was during the tour for Like gods of the sun. Still a great show, although I missed the harsh vocals that night. Luckily I have seen them plenty of times over the years. Although the first gig took some time. Anyway, they are still my favourite band, and I regret not approaching Aaron before one show where he was hanging out at the merch stand. Star struck at the time I think, while he is only 5 months older than I am. 😁 I have seen several interviews and it is always very pleasant to watch those as he comes across very friendly. I tried to sing along the MDB songs (even did Your river live once) but my voice is not really suited for this kind of vocals. Can't do any head voice anymore. I would also sing Queensrÿche and Maiden songs, I can't anymore.

One of the best moments in my life was seen MDB in THE METAL FEST in Chile in 2015. Absolutely brilliant band! Hope the guys made another South America tour before I grow up too old!

One of the best interviews in the series.

To me Aaron Stainthorpe had the best death metal grunt out there. Just so incredibly powerful and with the best lyrical delivery.

I was 16 when I heard them for the first time. Fell in love with the people able to express my pain. I'm 46 now and I realize no week goes by without listening to their music. I doubt this will change soon.

Aaron's death metal vocals are brilliant! One of the greatest ever in fact.😎🤘

I'm 45 and I used to be a death metal vocalist. Learned how to roar from listening to old my dying bride. Aaron is great. He's continued to grow and evolve as a vocalist over the years. He has many voices. He's improved on the clean vocals a lot.

I really like that you, Arto, allow your guests to speak instead of interrupting them, like some interviewers sadly do. This was an amazing interview! Great questions! I have been a huge fan of My Dying Bride for over 20 years, and it’s fun to see Aaron so enthusiastic about their music. Keep up the amazing work! 🤘😃👍

What a great Interview!👏👏👏👏 Greetings from Brazil!

I was so fortunate to have seen My Dying Bride here in my hometown of North Canton Ohio USA. They played at a place long closed now called Sadie Rene's. That day was May 10th 1997 and I will never forget it. Thank you so much Mr. Stainthorpe and MDB for a lifetime memory.

Fantastic. Aaron is definitely the gentleman of doom metal. Hope they can somehow appreciate what they mean for the fans. What would the life be like without ever having heard Catherine Blake !!

What a terrific character, great British eccentric.

Great interview, Aaron is in top form here, you've done a great job again Arto !..! !..!

Aaron keeps saying he is not a great singer, but his voice is actually one of my favorite voices i've ever heard, especially with the British accent, it kinda reminds me of Davy Jones from pirates of the caribbean. I personally think almost everyone can sing, unless you're completely tone deaf, the difficult part is finding out which style best suits your voice. I've always loved belting out the high notes like in phantom of the opera, but i've noticed my voice is more comfortable with singing really low, like the version of sound of silence by Disturbed. I am a heavy smoker though and i pretty much only drink coffee, so some days i can sing with a clear voice, but other days i can only do the extreme vocals, i might try drinking more milk.

Awesome interview. Aaron is such a likeable gentleman.

Love how he just learned how to sing with a clean voice when they already formed a band without any prior experiences holding the mic before. Guy is really a legend, and honestly, they are the only doom metal band I listen to.

Brilliant interview, Arto! One of your best. Aaron is a treasure.

Excellent interview with Aaron. Been a fan of MDB since around '95 and I may be the only one on the planet who thinks The Ghost of Orion is a pure masterpiece across the board. I see quite often fans of the band say they don't care for that album for one reason or another. And now hearing Aaron say he feels the constant layered vocals may have been a mistake, breaks my heart a little. In my humble opinion, as a long-time fan, nothing is out of place on that album. It's perfect as is. Bought the new album A Mortal Binding and I absolutely love it as well. Between Ghost of Orion and Mortal Binding, I'm loving the more mature sound the band has been going in. It's just a shame that last week it came to light that the band have been in some type of discord with each other. I sincerely hope they don't break up. But if they happen to break up, they have left us a brilliant discography.

Fantastic interview! I lost track of MDB after The Dreadful Hours because that album just gave me everything I always wanted from that band. The classic albums get regular rotations in the wildmanfisher household. It's great to see and hear Aaron still have so much passion and drive in his art.

Love Aaron what a great personality and metal legend..I was watching some of those 70 tonnes cruise videos online and the first thing I noticed was his death metal vocals sounded great 55 and sounding as good as ever

Всем привет из Беларуси! С помощью суббтитров посмотрел интервью. Очень интересно! Да,Аарон прав,надо разнообразие в пении,особенно на концертах. P.S. И наслаждаемся новым шедевром от My Dying Bride! 🇬🇧🤘👍🍷

Aarons story about the microphone being quite hard and the elderly friends seeing him live was just brilliant. That are stories that stick and as a frontman myself for Metal and Rock bands I can totally relate to both

Awesome. Been a fan since their first album.

Thanks for doing the interview from Australia great stuff & looking forward to their new album

New album is excellent!!

I could listen to Aaron talking all day! He's a real gentleman and a very well-spoken, intelligent person. ❤ He even swears with grace! Lol

I remember seeing him walking to their tourbus when Maiden played at Cirkus in Stockholm (during the X Factour). He's still the only rockstar I have seen remotely up close. It must have been him at least. They were great that evening.

Aaron you’re so humble man!!!!!

Great interview 🤘🤘

I did listen the friday rock show here in Portugal

Enjoyed so much, how did it go so fast, could've listened for longer! 🎸

The angel and the dark river had no death vocals and the album after like gods of the sun also.

Amazing interview

Aaron is def smart enough he could have been a lawyer or doctor, a brilliant man!

We don't just get on stage and put our sunglasses on top of our heads and drink Jack Daniels 😂

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20:18 - Aaron makes a funny. 20:23 - Aaron smiles, Arto is unphased. 20:24 - Aaron turns away, realizing it didn't land. it's okay Aaron, I chuckled.

wow milk. that's new, most vocalists avoid dairy