For the 1970s band, see Stories (band)

Stories (band)

Stories was a rock and pop music band, based out of New York in the early 1970s. The band consisted of keyboardist Michael Brown, bassist/vocalist Ian Lloyd, guitarist Steve Love, and drummer Bryan Madey, and had a Number 1 hit with a cover of Hot Chocolate's "Brother Louie."-Band history:Lloyd ...

The Stories is a boxset of three EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

s by death/doom metal band My Dying Bride

My Dying Bride

My Dying Bride are an English doom metal band formed in 1990. To date, My Dying Bride have released eleven full-length studio albums, three EPs, one demo, one box set, four compilation albums, one live album, and one live CD/DVD release. The band released their tenth studio album, For Lies I Sire,...

. The boxset was released as the EPs had become quite rare around the world. The Stories had a high amount of sales and ended up selling all 3,000 copies, causing it to be equally as rare as the individual EPs themselves. This is what prompted the release of the "Trinity

Trinity (My Dying Bride album)

Trinity is a compilation album by death/doom metal band My Dying Bride. The album combines tracks from previously released EPs. This compilation CD also has two different versions of the front cover. The American release version has a different cover to the version released in the rest of the world...

", which features the tracks from the three EPs on one CD, barring "Transcending (Into The Exquisite)".

Symphonaire Infernus et Spera Empyrium

1. "Symphonaire Infernus et Spera Empyrium" – 11:39
2. "God is Alone" – 4:51
3. "De Sade Soliloquay" – 3:42

The Thrash of Naked Limbs

1. "The Thrash of Naked Limbs" – 6:13
2. "Le Cerf Malade" – 6:31
3. "Gather Me up Forever" – 5:17

I Am the Bloody Earth

1. "I Am the Bloody Earth" – 6:37
2. "Transcending (Into the Exquisite)" – 8:39
3. "The Crown of Sympathy (Remix)" – 11:10

Credits

• Aaron Stainthorpe
  Aaron Stainthorpe
  Aaron Stainthorpe is the vocalist for doom metal band My Dying Bride. He was born in England but moved to Germany when he was six months old, because his British army officer father was stationed in the country...
  
   - vocals
• Andrew Craighan
  Andrew Craighan
  Andrew Craighan is one of My Dying Bride's guitarists. Along with Aaron Stainthorpe, he is the only original member of the band still in the lineup. He played the guitar from 1989 to 1990 in the band Abiosis....
  
   - guitar
• Calvin Robertshaw - guitar
• Adrian Jackson
  Adrian Jackson
  Adrian Jackson is My Dying Bride's former bassist. He was a member of the band from 1991 until January 2007 when he moved to the USA.-Equipment:* Warwick Thumb Bolt-On bass* Sansamp Processors...
  
   - bass
• Martin Powell
  Martin Powell
  Martin Powell is an English musician. In 1991, Powell auditioned for the position of bass-playing in the band My Dying Bride, but was turned down as the band had just filled the position...
  
   - violin, keyboard
• Rick Miah - drums

• Guest vocals on "I Am the Bloody Earth" by Ghost of GGFH
  GGFH
  G.G.F.H. is an industrial music band from Oakland, CA. The band’s musical inspiration derives from lyrical concepts such as death, murder, religion, drug abuse, rape, sex, and mental illness. They have received critical acclaim from Kerrang! and Terrorizer Magazine.- History :Michael Geist, also...