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Mannequin (video)
Cradle of Filth was formed in Suffolk, England, in 1991. The band's original members consisted of vocalist Dani Filth, guitarist Paul Ryan, keyboardist Ben Ryan (Paul's brother), bassist John Pritchard and drummer Darren Gardner. With this line-up, Cradle of Filth recorded a demo in 1992, titled ''Invoking the Unclean''. Soon after, they recorded their second demo, ''Orgiastic Pleasures Foul'' with new guitarist Robin Eaglestone (aka Robin Graves) and new drummer Was Sarginson. Robin left the band shortly afterwards, but following the departure of John Pritchard, Eaglestone returned to take his place as bassist. Guitarist Paul Allender joined the band at the same time. Following these changes, another demo was recorded, titled ''Total Fucking Darkness'' (released commercially in 2014, bolstered with rehearsal sessions and a surviving track from the abandoned ''Goetia'' album). Sarginson left the band soon after, paving the way for the entry of drummer Nicholas Barker. Cradl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cradle Of Filth
Cradle of Filth are an English extreme metal band formed in Suffolk in 1991. The band's musical style evolved originally from black metal to a cleaner and more "produced" amalgam of gothic metal, symphonic metal and other metal genres. Their lyrical themes and imagery are heavily influenced by Gothic literature, poetry, mythology and horror films. The band consists of its founding member, vocalist Dani Filth, drummer Martin Marthus Å karoupka, Martin 'Marthus' Å karoupka, bassist Daniel Firth, guitarists Marek 'Ashok' Å merda and Donny Burbage, and keyboardist Zoe Marie Federoff. The band has broken free from its original niche by courting mainstream publicity. This increased accessibility has brought coverage from the likes of ''Kerrang!'' and MTV, along with frequent main stage appearances at major festivals such as Ozzfest, Download Festival, Download and even the mainstream Sziget Festival. They have sometimes been perceived as Satanism, Satanic by casual observers, even tho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Haunted (Swedish Band)
The Haunted is a Swedish heavy metal band from Gothenburg, formed in 1996. The original members were Anders and Jonas Björler, Peter Dolving, Adrian Erlandsson and Patrik Jensen. Both of the Björler brothers and Erlandsson were members of the seminal melodic death metal band At the Gates, a pioneering force in the Swedish death metal scene. History Formation and ''The Haunted''; first Dolving-era (1996–1999) On 27 July 1996, Patrik Jensen co-created the band with Adrian Erlandsson, who had just become an ex-member of his former band, At the Gates, due to the band's split the day before. They had made their demo, called ''Demo '97'', in 1997. The band were signed to Earache Records and subsequently released their first album, the self-titled debut ''The Haunted'' in 1998. The album resulted in The Haunted being praised as ''Newcomer of the Year'' by several magazines, and the album being called ''Album of the Year'' by Terrorizer Magazine. The Haunted made a respectable l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa
''Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa'' is the ninth studio album by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth. It was released on 1 November 2010 by record label Peaceville and is a concept album centred on the demon Lilith. It is Cradle of Filth's only album to feature keyboardist Ashley Ellyllon, and is also the band's final album with Dave Pybus as their bass player and James McIlroy as their second guitar player. Background Prior to its release the album was erroneously referred to as ''All Hallows Eve'', probably because the announced release date was close to Halloween. Concept and musical style ''Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa'' is a concept album in the same vein as its predecessor ''Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder'', this time centering on the demon Lilith, the first wife of the biblical Adam. Dani Filth revealed to ''Metal Hammer'' in September 2010 that it would be a "feminine" companion piece to ''Godspeed'', "which was a very masculine album, obviously due to its protago ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godspeed On The Devil's Thunder
''Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder'' (subtitled ''The Life and Crimes of Gilles de Rais'') is the eighth studio album by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth. It was released on 28 October 2008, through record label Roadrunner. It is the band's fourth concept album, after ''Cruelty and the Beast'' (1998), ''Midian'' (2000), and ''Damnation and a Day'' (2003), dealing with the life of the 15th-century French baron Gilles de Rais. Recording and production The album was produced by Sabbat guitarist Andy Sneap, who had previously worked with Cradle of Filth while mixing the band's 2006 album, ''Thornography''. ''Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder'' is Cradle of Filth's first album as a four-piece, rather than its usual six-man staple. It is also the last album to feature backing vocalist Sarah Jezebel Deva (although she briefly returned for '' Midnight in the Labyrinth'' in 2012) and the first to feature drummer Martin Å karoupka, replacing Adrian Erlandsson. The band's official ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thornography
''Thornography'' is the seventh studio album by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth. It was released on 17 October 2006, by record label Roadrunner. It was produced by former Anthrax guitarist Rob Caggiano, engineered by Dan Turner and mixed by Andy Sneap, and once again features narration by Doug Bradley (as with ''Midian'' and ''Nymphetamine''). It is Cradle of Filth's second album as a five-piece, as keyboardist Martin Powell left the band in 2005. This would also be the band's final album to feature drummer Adrian Erlandsson, and the only full-length to feature guitarist Charles Hedger. Content Album title Dani Filth explained the album's title in 2006: This title represents mankind's obsession with sin and self. The thorn combines images of that which troubled Christ, the Crown of Thorns, thus intimating man's seeming desire to hurt God and also of the protecting thorn and the need to enclose a secret place or the soul from attack. An addiction to self-punishmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nymphetamine
''Nymphetamine'' is the sixth studio album by Cradle of Filth. Recorded between February and July 2004, it was released on 28 September by record label Roadrunner. ''Nymphetamine'' marks the first recorded appearance of guitarist James McIlroy on a Cradle of Filth album. He would later record guitar for the band's 2010 release '' Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa''. ''Nymphetamine'' is also the band's final album to feature keyboardist Martin Powell. Content The title is a portmanteau of " nymphette" and "amphetamine", and Dani Filth explained it as referring to "a drug-like addiction to the woman in question, with her insidious vampire qualities literally bringing her lover back from the brink of the spiritual grave, only to bury him further on the strength of a whim. This is very Edgar Allan Poe in style, and leaves one thinking that, despite the character's inner agonies, he is really a welcome submissive who readily enjoys the terrible highs and lows of his relationship with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roadrunner Records
Roadrunner Records is an American record label focused on heavy metal and hard rock bands. Founded in the Netherlands in 1980, it is now a division of Warner Music Group and is based in New York City. History The label was launched in 1980 in the Netherlands. Roadrunner's initial business was importing North American metal-band recordings into Europe. In 1986, Roadrunner opened its US headquarters in New York City and later opened offices in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Japan, Australia, Denmark, Russia and Canada. Early successes included albums from King Diamond (the first Roadrunner artist to enter the Billboard Top 200 albums chart) and Annihilator. The label also handled early Metallica releases in the Scandinavian region. The end of the 1980s saw the release of two albums that are now considered classics of their respective genres: Obituary's ''Slowly We Rot'' and Sepultura's ''Beneath the Remains''. The 1990s saw the arrival of acts such as Life of Agony, Machin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damnation And A Day
''Damnation and a Day'' (subtitled ''From Genesis to Nemesis...'') is the fifth studio album by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth. It was released on 10 March 2003 and is Cradle of Filth's only album on a major label, Sony Records, after which they transferred to Roadrunner. It features the one hundred and one-piece Budapest Film Orchestra including the forty-piece Budapest Film Choir. The album is partly based on John Milton's epic poem ''Paradise Lost''. Background In addition to the Miltonic arc, the album also features stand-alone tracks such as the Nile tribute "Doberman Pharaoh" and the Aleister Crowley- influenced "Babalon A.D. (So Glad for the Madness)". Recording This is the first Cradle of Filth release since '' V Empire'' to feature only one full-time guitar player (Paul Allender), as former guitarist Gian Pyres quit the band shortly before the writing and recording process. Keyboardist Martin Powell played session guitars for the album as well as keyboar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spitfire Records
Spitfire Records was a subsidiary of Eagle Rock Entertainment located in New York City, United States. In September 1998, Paul Bibeau founded, launched and rapidly developed Spitfire Records Inc. from a two-man operation located in his home bedroom in suburban Long Island, New York, to one of the premier independent record labels worldwide. The label experienced consistent growth from start-up, Mr. Bibeau successfully negotiated a partnership with Eagle Rock Entertainment (Eagle Vision), a London, England-based audio and visual company. Releases * Crimson Glory – '' Astronomica'' – 1999 * Testament – '' The Gathering'' – 1999 * Pride & Glory – '' Pride & Glory'' (reissue) – 1999 * Zakk Wylde – '' Book of Shadows '' (reissue) – 1999 * Black Label Society – ''Sonic Brew'' – 1999 * Eric Carr – ''Rockology'' – 1999 * Sebastian Bach – ''Bring 'Em Bach Alive!'' – 1999 * TNT – ''Transistor'' – 1999 * Enuff Z'Nuff – ''Paraphernalia'' – 1999 * N17 †... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bitter Suites To Succubi
''Bitter Suites to Succubi'' is an EP by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth. It was released on 22 May 2001, through the band's own Abracadaver label. Content and recording According to frontman Dani Filth, ''Bitter Suites to Succubi'' is a "transitional mini album; essentially an EP", bridging the gap between ''Midian'' and ''Damnation and a Day'' while the band negotiated their label change from Music for Nations to Sony Records. It features six new compositions (two of which are instrumentals), but is bolstered to album-length with three reworkings of songs from '' The Principle of Evil Made Flesh'' ("The Principle of Evil Made Flesh", "Summer Dying Fast" and "The Black Goddess Rises") and a cover of The Sisters of Mercy's "No Time to Cry". It was the band's first release on their own Abracadaver label. "Dinner at Deviant's Palace" features a recording of Paul Allender's son reading ''The Lord's Prayer'' played backwards. This would be the last studio release to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halloween
Halloween or Hallowe'en (less commonly known as Allhalloween, All Hallows' Eve, or All Saints' Eve) is a celebration observed in many countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Saints' Day. It begins the observance of Allhallowtide, the time in the liturgical year dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints ( hallows), martyrs, and all the faithful departed. One theory holds that many Halloween traditions were influenced by Celtic harvest festivals, particularly the Gaelic festival Samhain, which are believed to have pagan roots. Some go further and suggest that Samhain may have been Christianized as All Hallow's Day, along with its eve, by the early Church. Other academics believe Halloween began solely as a Christian holiday, being the vigil of All Hallow's Day. Celebrated in Ireland and Scotland for centuries, Irish and Scottish immigrants took many Halloween customs to North America in the 19th century,Brunvand, Jan (editor). ''Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midian (album)
''Midian'' is the fourth studio album by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth. It was released on 30 October 2000, through Music for Nations. The album marks the return of guitarist Paul Allender to the band, as well as the introduction of drummer Adrian Erlandsson (At the Gates, The Haunted (Swedish band), The Haunted) and keyboard player Martin Powell (My Dying Bride, Anathema (band), Anathema). It also features Doug Bradley (''Hellraiser, Hellbound: Hellraiser II, Hellbound'') as the narrator for various songs. Thematic inspiration ''Midian'' is inspired by English author Clive Barker's novel ''Cabal (novella), Cabal'' and his subsequent film version ''Nightbreed''. Dani Filth explained to the magazine ''Empire (magazine), Empire'' in September 2012: We loved ''Cabal'', ''The Damnation Game (novel), The Damnation Game'' and ''The Books of Blood'', and we liked that everything had "Clive Barker presents..." on it before people even knew who he was. That gave it an air of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
