The Thrash of Naked Limbs
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| EP by My Dying Bride | |||||
| Released | February 1993 | ||||
| Recorded | 11th & 12th September, 1992 | ||||
| Genre | Doom metal Death metal |
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| Length | 18:03 | ||||
| Producer | My Dying Bride | ||||
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The Thrash of Naked Limbs is the third EP by death/doom metal band My Dying Bride. This EP was also released as an vinyl record.
By this time, the band was a 6-piece, having added session violinist and keyboardist Martin Powell as an official band member.
The EP was also released as part of the very limited box-set, "The Stories", alongside the band's other singles, "Symphonaire Infernus et Spera Empyrium" and "I Am the Bloody Earth". All three were released on one disc on the compilation "Trinity" in 1995.
The song's video, available on "For Darkest Eyes" features much slow motion footage of a girl writhing in her sleep, interspersed with barely visible footage of the band walking with torches. The video wersion of the song is an edited version, two minutes or so shorter than the EP version.
A live versions of the title track is available on "For Darkest Eyes".
The cover artwork was designed by Dave McKean.
[edit] Song Information
The title track is a straightforward doom/death metal song, shifting from a very slow opening to a very fast middle section and back again. Structurally, it is very similar to the track "Sear Me" from the band's debut, "As the Flower Withers". Whilst the third track, "Gather Me Up Forever" is too very similar to the doomier material from the band's earliest days, the middle track "Le Cerf Malade" (French for "The Dying Stag") is an atmospheric soundscape, without any guitars or vocals. The song features minimal ethnic percussion and is heavily keyboard-orientated, yet cannot be said to have any notable melody or tune. This song stands unique in the My Dying Bride catalogue as the only one of its style.
"Le Cerf Malade" also appears as a bonus track on the 2003 reissue of "Turn Loose the Swans".
[edit] Track listing
- "The Thrash of Naked Limbs" – 6:13
- "Le Cerf Malade" – 6:31
- "Gather Me Up Forever" – 5:17
[edit] Credits
- Aaron Stainthorpe - vocals, artwork, photos
- Andrew Craighan - guitar
- Calvin Robertshaw - guitar, photos
- Adrian Jackson - bass
- Martin Powell - violin
- Rick Miah - drums
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