The European goth-metal band
My Dying Bride formed in June 1990. The four-piece first recorded the demo tape Towards the Sinister, and after the release of a seven-inch single for the French Listenable label, the group sigend to Peaceville Records in 1991.
My Dying Bride's first release was a 1991 EP,
Symphonaire Infernus Et Spera Empyrium. Debut album
As the Flower Withers appeared the following year, and after touring Great Britain and Europe, the band released another EP,
The Thrash of Naked Limbs. Third album
Turn Loose the Swans coincided with another European tour, after which the band disappeared for a year.
In the meantime, Peaceville issued a box set titled The Stories as well as the three-EP compilation
Trinity.
My Dying Bride returned later in 1995 with
The Angel and the Dark River, also available in a double-pack with a live EP. The band's fourth album,
Like Gods of the Sun, appeared in late 1996; 34.7888% Complete followed two years later, and
My Dying Bride was issued in early 2001.
My Dying Bride biography by allmusic.com
