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)
The full line-up of Hanging Doll took form after Dan, (a classically trained guitarist with a degree in classical music) and Alex Cooper, who had been working together since 2002, invited Sally, a professional photographer, to take pictures of an early version of the band in 2004 (Alex, Dan, Kev and the original vocalist Emily Brownhill). After Emily quit shortly afterwards, Sally was invited to audition and recruited to fill the position. Aryan Amoli was brought into the fold on keyboards about a year later.
Hanging Doll made a name for themselves in the Birmingham, West Midlands rock scene with their (official) debut album Reason & Madness. Sally Holliday’s silky, sweeping voice soars above glorious classical power metal guitar solos, haunting gothic keyboards and a massive, crunching rhythm section, effortlessly creating an irresistible British gothic rock concoction.
Hanging Doll were signed to Rocksector Records in early 2012 and announced they would release their third studio album (second official release), 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 release of The Sacred & Profane was delayed and was released on 3 September. The previous album Reason & Madness was released on the record label Phoenix Music [UK] Ltd / Cargo Records.
Hanging Doll are currently working on new material for their third official album release.