Aaron Stainthorpe

Aaron Stainthorpe (born 12 November 1968) is an English singer who is the lead vocalist for the gothic metal band High Parasite. He is best known as the former lead vocalist for doom metal band My Dying Bride, which he helped found in 1990 and fronted until his departure in October 2025.

In December 2005, it was announced that Stainthorpe would lend his voice and some lyrics to a song with Sarah Jezebel Deva's new band Angtoria. "Original Sin", taken from the band's first album God Has a Plan for Us All, was released in April 2006.

Stainthorpe has made other guest appearances on Dominion's Interface and Disincarnate's Dreams of the Carrion Kind. He also made a narration appearance on Dreambreed's Sometime mini-album in 1995. In 2021 he was a guest vocalist on the debut album of the Romanian doom metal band Olympus Mons.

He also appears on Marianas Rest's Album "Auer" as guest vocalist in the last track "Sirens".