The Manuscript (My Dying Bride EP)

{{Infobox album

| name = The Manuscript

| type = ep

| artist = My Dying Bride

| cover = My dying bride manuscript.png

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2013|5|13|df=y}}

| recorded = 2012 at Futureworks Studios, Manchester

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Doom metal, gothic metal, death-doom

| length = {{Duration|m=27|s=23}}

| label = Peaceville

| producer = Rob "Mags" Magoolagan{{cite web|title=MY DYING BRIDE: 'The Manuscript' Title Track Available For Streaming - May 10, 2013|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=189752|publisher=Blabbermouth|accessdate=13 May 2013}}

| prev_title = A Map of All Our Failures

| prev_year = 2012

| next_title = Feel the Misery

| next_year = 2015

}}

The Manuscript is the sixth EP by English doom metal band My Dying Bride, released on 13 May 2013 on CD and vinyl. It contains four tracks, three of which were recorded at the same time as the band's previous album, A Map of All Our Failures.{{cite web|title=MY DYING BRIDE – ‘THE MANUSCRIPT’ COMING MAY 13th|url=http://www.mydyingbride.net/my-dying-bride-latest-news/item/my-dying-bride-the-manuscript-coming-may-27th|publisher=My Dying Bride|accessdate=13 May 2013}}

Background

Speaking to Metal Forces magazine, vocalist Aaron Stainthorpe said, "[the songs are] very similar to 'A Map of All Our Failures', because they were written and recorded at the same time, except for one song. That really stands out… [laughs] It's full-on sort of epic death metal; it's swords and axes, a proper warrior battle kind of track that's almost medieval in flavor. You can almost picture the scene; it's set in a snowy kind of mountainous landscape. There are sound effects and all sorts of mayhem going on in it, and death metal vocals not quite all the way through it, but near enough. It even has a Swedish title which because my Swedish isn't great, I'm not gonna repeat here. [laughs] I need to get the pronunciation right before I do that."

The EP's title track was made available to stream from SoundCloud by Terrorizer. Stainthorpe has announced that a music video for the title track is being produced.{{cite web|title=My Dying Bride: 'The Manuscript' – EP Review|url=http://www.fearnet.com/news/review/my-dying-bride-manuscript-%E2%80%93-ep-review|publisher=Fearnet|accessdate=17 May 2013}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = About.com

| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|last=Marsicano|first=Daniel|title=My Dying Bride - The Manuscript EP Review|url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/mydyingbride/fr/My-Dying-Bride-The-Manuscript-Ep-Review.htm|work=About.com|accessdate=20 June 2013}}

| rev2 = Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles

| rev2score = {{Rating|8|10}}{{cite web|last=Gromen|first=Mark|title=My Dying Bride - The Manuscript Review|url=http://www.bravewords.com/hardwares/1002444|work=Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles|accessdate=20 June 2013}}

| rev3 = Hellbound

| rev3score = {{rating|8|10}}{{cite web|last=Earles|first=Steve|title=My Dying Bride – The Manuscript EP|url=http://www.hellbound.ca/2013/06/my-dying-bride-the-manuscript-ep/|work=Hellbound|accessdate=23 June 2013|date=17 June 2013}}

| rev4 = Sputnikmusic

| rev4score = 3.1/5{{cite web|last=Spencer|first=Trey|title=Album Review - My Dying Bride: The Manuscript|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/56615/My-Dying-Bride-The-Manuscript/|publisher=Sputnikmusic|accessdate=13 May 2013|date=May 3, 2013}}

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