The Ghost of Orion

The album is the band's first with new member Jeff Singer, replacing Shaun Taylor-Steels who departed due to "unresolvable drumming issues".^[4] Aaron Stainthorpe's five-year-old daughter was diagnosed with cancer a couple years after the release of the band's previous album Feel the Misery, from which she was later declared in remission.^[5]

Mark Mynett is the producer and studio engineer for the album and Jo Quail performs cello on some songs.^[6]

The album's first single, "Your Broken Shore", was released on 20 January,^[7] followed by a second single, "Tired of Tears", on 7 February,^[8] and finally a third single with accompanying music video directed by Hal Sinden of Eulogy Media Ltd. on 9 March.^[9]

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	81/100[10]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[11]
Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles	[2]
Kerrang!	[12]
Metal Storm	(6.0/10)[13]

The Ghost of Orion received generally positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 81, based on four reviews.^[10]

Thom Jurek of AllMusic wrote a positive review, remarking that "The Ghost of Orion was born in the aftermath of strife, strain, and fear; but these are balanced by gratitude, endurance, and even benevolence; the conflicting tensions exist with no attempt to alleviate them, and all of these qualities are among the many reasons My Dying Bride has, for more than three decades, reigned at the pinnacle of doom metal."^[11]

New Noise Magazine, in an article detailing an interview with Stainthorpe, described him as having "one of his most impressive vocal performances to date".^[14]

• Aaron Stainthorpe – vocals
• Andrew Craighan – all guitars
• Lena Abé – bass guitar
• Shaun Macgowan – keyboards, violins
• Jeff Singer – drums, percussion

• Jo Quail – cello
• Lindy-Fay Hella – vocals on "The Solace"