''Cryptoriana – The Seductiveness of Decay'' is the twelfth studio album by English

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band

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. It was released on 22 September 2017 through

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. It is the second and final album to feature Lindsay Schoolcraft on narration before her departure in February 2020.

Background and promotion

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said the album "is deeply infused with Victorian

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and thus the title is a reflection of that. 'Cryptoriana' implies the Victorians' infatuation with the supernatural, the grave and the ghoulish. And the subtitle, 'The Seductiveness of Decay', further cements this attraction to death and the glittering lengthy process of self-annihilation". The first promotional single, "Heartbreak and Seance", premiered alongside an accompanying music video on 11 July 2017. The second single, "You Will Know the Lion by His Claw", premiered together with a lyric music video on 8 August 2017. The third single, "Achingly Beautiful", was also released in conjunction with a lyric video on 15 September. Vocalist

stated the single "has a very old-school Cradle vibe" and compared it to the song "A Gothic Romance" from the album ''

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Track listing

Personnel

All information from the album booklet.(2017). "''Cryptoriana – The Seductiveness of Decay'' liner notes". In ''Cryptoriana – The Seductiveness of Decay'' D booklet Nuclear Blast. Cradle of Filth *

– lead vocals, lyrics * Martin "Marthus" Škaroupka – drums, keyboards,

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, choir vocals, score arrangements, choir and soprano arrangements *Daniel Firth – bass *Lindsay Schoolcraft – narration *Richard Shaw – guitars *Marek 'Ashok' Šmerda – guitars Additional musicians *

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– vocals on "Vengeful Spirit" *Linda Nepivodova – choir and alto vocals *Lucie Korinkova – choir, alto and soprano vocals *Petr Janovsky – choir and bass vocals *Vit Starka – choir and bass vocals *Miloš Makovský – choir vocals *Martin Franze – choir and baritone vocals, artistic leader *Dana Toncrová – choir and soprano vocals *Ivan Nepivoda – choir and tenor vocals *Jakub Herzan – choir and tenor vocals Production *Chris Schäfer – engineering *Arthur Berzinsh – artwork *Scott Atkins – producer, engineering, mixing, mastering *Roman Jez – engineering *Igor Mores – engineering *Flame Hel – photography *Dan Goldsworthy – layout

Charts

References

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