Aaron Aedy
{{Short description|British guitarist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Aaron Aedy
| image = Paradise Lost Rockharz 2018 07.jpg
| caption = Aedy performing in 2018
| birth_name = Anthony Edward Aaron Aedy
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|12|19|df=yes}}
| genre = Gothic metal, doom metal, death-doom
| occupation = Guitarist
| years_active = 1988–present
| current_member_of = Paradise Lost
| website =
}}
Anthony Edward Aaron Aedy (born 19 December 1969) is an English guitarist who is best known as the rhythm guitarist of the gothic metal/doom metal band Paradise Lost.{{Cite web |title=Paradise Lost Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/paradise-lost-mn0000018691 |access-date=15 October 2023 |website=AllMusic |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Journalist |first=Rock'n'Roll |date=16 April 2019 |title=Aaron Aedy Interview Brutal Assault |url=https://rocknrolljournalist.com/2019/04/aaron-aedy-interview-brutal-assault.html |access-date=15 October 2023 |website=Rock'n'Roll Journalist |language=en-US}} He founded the band in 1988 alongside Stephen Edmondson, Gregor Mackintosh and Nick Holmes.{{Cite web |title=Paradise Lost Biography, Songs, & Albums |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/paradise-lost-mn0000018691/biography |access-date=15 October 2023 |website=AllMusic |language=en}} Outside from playing the rhythm guitar, sometimes he plays acoustic guitar on some albums such as Shades of God and Draconian Times.{{Citation |title=Paradise Lost – Shades of God Album Reviews, Songs & More {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/shades-of-god-mw0000107277 |access-date=15 October 2023 |language=en}}{{Citation |title=Paradise Lost – Draconian Times Album Reviews, Songs & More {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/draconian-times-mw0000179810 |access-date=15 October 2023 |language=en}}
Just like his bandmate Gregor Mackintosh, he is left-handed, but has always played right-handed guitars because they are cheaper than left-handed guitars.{{Cite web |title=Aaron Aedy – Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives |url=https://www.metal-archives.com/artists/Aaron_Aedy/2566 |access-date=15 October 2023 |website=www.metal-archives.com}}
He has also remixed the compilation of German industrial metal band Die Krupps titled The Final Remixes.