Peaceville Records is celebrating the 25th anniversary of My Dying Bride with a deluxe 92-page 12” hardback book on the rise of the UK doom metal legends. The book will contain five discs of rarities, early works, newly unearthed and never-previously-heard pre-production demos, band track favorites, and live audio. A Harvest Of Dread is scheduled for release on December 9th. Order at this location.

A Harvest Of Dread is a limited edition deluxe hard book featuring a 92 page book written by Greg Moffitt chronicling the rise of the long-standing genre leaders from their beginnings in West Yorkshire, UK, through their ascension towards becoming one of the UK’s primary metal forces, along with a look into why and how their creative vision and attitude has been so unwavering over the years. The book features interviews with the band members plus others associated with the scene from the early 1990’s to present day, giving a great insight into the nature of the beast.
 
“I am astounded at the body of work this outfit has created over quarter of a century but immensely proud too. From humble beginnings of demo tape, draughty rehearsal rooms and transit vans up to the heady heights of digi-packs, hotels and tour buses, we’ve done just about everything a rock ‘n’ roll band is supposed to do. Members have come and gone, some lost forever and others staying in touch and all, thankfully, still friendly and welcoming. I look back at our extensive career, much of it laid out here for all to see in this impressive collection, and feel strong and thrilled at what our output has achieved. There surely is something for everyone scripted here within A Harvest Of Dread as it’s been hand-picked by the band and a select number of friends who know better. And if this isn’t enough, we are working on new material already so that, perhaps in another 25 years, we may be sat here again doing something very similar” comments Aaron Stainthorpe.
 
This special deluxe book/disc set contains five discs, and an expansive selection of rarities uncovered from the vaults, and presented for the first time. Among these essential historical treasures are pre-production tracks from The Angel & The Dark River, Like Gods Of The Sun, plus vastly different development versions of tracks which were eventually featured on (or intended for) the 34.788%...Complete album, showing a much darker, stripped down and metallic edge to the tracks generally.
 
Also featured on the set is a collection of the early works of the band, including the Towards The Sinister demo, plus tracks from My Dying Bride’s rare early 7” releases and EPs, plus a previously unheard live concert from back in 1997.
 
Joining these rarities are a special selection of catalogue tracks chosen by core members Aaron Stainthorpe and Andrew Craighan, including their own words on why each tracks holds a particular poignancy to them, and the legacy of My Dying Bride.
 
A Harvest Of Dread also notably features a foreword by the legendary Tom G Warrior of Triptykon/Celtic Frost/Hellhammer fame.

Also set for release on December 9th is the reissue of the band’s rare 1994 EP, I Am The Bloody Earth presented on 12” heavyweight vinyl with the original cover artwork.

Tracklisting:

CD1
“Vast Choirs”
“The Thrash Of Naked Limbs”
“The Snow In My Hands”
“Black Voyage”
“Apocalypse Woman”
“The Light At The End Of The World”
“Feel The Misery”

CD2
“Like A Perpetual Funeral”
“Two Winters Only”
“My Hope, The Destroyer”
“I Cannot Be Loved”
“A Doomed Lover”
“You Are Not The One Who Loves Me”
“And Then You Go”

CD3 – Early Releases And Pre-Production Tracks
“Symphonaire Infernus Et Spera Empyrium (Demo)
“Vast Choirs” (Demo)
“The Grief Of Age” (Demo)
“Catching Feathers” (Demo)
“God Is Alone”
“De Sade Soliloquy”
“The Bitterness And The Bereavement”
“Your Shameful Heaven”
“The Cry Of Mankind” (Studio Instrumental)

CD4 – Pre-Productions And Rarities
“All Swept Away” 
“Like Gods Of The Sun” 
“The Whore, The Cook, The Mother”
“An Unforgettable Journey” 
“I Believe” 
“On Monolith” 
“Glorious Midnight” 
“The Fool” 
“The Child Of Eternity” 
“Scarborough Fair” 
“Failure” 
“Hollow Cathedra”

CD5 – Live In Voorst, The Netherlands 1997
“From Darkest Skies”
“The Cry Of Mankind”
“The Dark Caress”
“For You”
“A Kiss To Remember”
“Like Gods Of The Sun”
“All Swept Away”
“Your Shameful Heaven”