Hanging Doll

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Hanging Doll
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Hanging Doll performing in Birmingham
Background information
Origin Birmingham, England, UK
Genres Symphonic gothic metal
Years active2002–2014
LabelsRocksector Records
Phoenix Records
Cargo Records
Past membersAlex Cooper - Drums, Aryan Amoli- Keyboard, Dave Cox - Live guitar, Rachel Lilley - Bass

Hanging Doll are a British gothic metal band from Birmingham. The members include Sally Holliday (vocals/songwriter), Dan Leddy (guitars/vocals) and Kev Wilson (bass/vocals).

Contents

The full line-up of Hanging Doll took form after Dan (a guitarist with a degree in orchestral composition) and Alex Cooper, who had been working together since 2002, invited Holliday, a professional photographer, to take pictures of an early version of the band in 2004 (Cooper, Leddy, Wilson and the original vocalist Emily Brownhill). After Brownhill quit shortly afterwards, Holliday was invited to audition and recruited to fill the position. Aryan Amoli was brought into the band on keyboards about a year later.

Hanging Doll's debut album was Reason & Madness, released on the record label Phoenix Music [UK] Ltd / Cargo Records.

Hanging Doll were signed to Rocksector Records in early 2012 and announced they would release their next album, The Sacred & Profane, on 30 April 2012, with the first music video for the track "Carnival Of Sin" having already been released on 22 February of the same year. However, the album was delayed and was released on 3 September.

Hanging Doll reform

On 19 April 2014 Cooper and Amoli left the band on good terms. [1] The remaining members tried to keep things going, but on 5 July 2014 they disbanded.[ citation needed ] Holliday, Leddy and Wilson have since taken new management, and are working on new material for a new album.[ citation needed ]

Line-up

Current members

Discography

Studio albums

Whispers & Screams

CD, 2004 - Auto-Production

  1. Sleeping Beauty
  2. Beneath the Skin
  3. Land of the Living
  4. Not About Revenge
  5. Ring of Roses
  6. Last Straw Drawn
  7. Cut Me Up
  8. Sick
  9. Merciful Sleep
  10. No Doubt to Depart
  11. In This
  12. Slave to Circumstance

Reason & Madness

CD, October 2008 - Once Bitten Music (OBM)

  1. Reason & Madness
  2. Blood Ridden Skies
  3. Hope Springs Eternal
  4. Sweet Retribution
  5. Echoes of Sorrow
  6. A Formidable Mistake
  7. Forlorn
  8. Twist of a Deity
  9. Iniquity
  10. Silence in Solitude

The Sacred & Profane

CD, 3 September 2012 - Rocksector Records

  1. Cradle to the Grave
  2. Carnival of Sin
  3. Dark Narcissus (The Forest)
  4. Lacrimosa
  5. Only in My Reveries
  6. Immortal Beloved
  7. Tincture
  8. The Sacred & Profane
  9. Flames of Woe
  10. The Final Descent
  11. Bound in Servitude
  12. The Inauspicious Host
  13. A Question of Faith

EPs and singles

"Perverted Innocent" (EP)

EP, 2004 - Auto-Production

  1. Beneath the Skin
  2. Not About Revenge
  3. Last Straw Drawn
  4. In This

"What Lies in Truth" (EP)

EP, 2006 - Once Bitten Music (OBM)

  1. Sweet Retribution
  2. Forlorn
  3. Iniquity

Demos

"Hanging Doll" (Demo)

Demo, 2002 - Auto-Production

  1. Beneath the Skin
  2. Merciful Sleep
  3. Sickus Vomitus
  4. Appearances

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References

  1. "Hanging Doll Street Team Official - Home". Facebook.com. Retrieved 10 June 2020.