Cradle
of Filth formed in Suffolk in 1991 and after a string of demo recordings
released their debut album, ‘The Principle of Evil Made Flesh’ in 1994. The
band have gone on to become one of the UK’s most successful metal acts, known
for their dynamic symphonic style of gothic black metal, along with the dark
poetic lyrics from the hand of enigmatic front-man Dani Filth.
The
Manticore & Other Horrors, Cradle of Filth’s tenth studio full-length, can
be likened to a bestiary, a collection of stories on Monsters; personal demons,
Chimeras, literary fiends and world-enslaving entities to blame but a few,
Manticore being the ravening title track. It is a song about a beautiful mythological
horror that comes to be feared as the disfigurehead of foreign occupation in
the Indian provinces.
The
songs ‘Illicitus’ and ‘Pallid Reflection’ bare the sweet ingredients of
vampirism and lycanthropy; the wicked ‘For Your Vulgar Delectation’ and ‘Frost
On her Pillow’ are woven perversely into grim fairytales, whilst classic,
monumental tracks like ‘The Abhorrent’ and ‘Siding With The Titans’ both extol
tentacular Lovecraftian values.
The
album itself possesses an altogether new atmosphere for the band, incorporating
a heavier, faster NWOBBM (New Wave of British Black Metal) punk vibe that is
both current and cruel, blended with ornate orchestration and the quirky
immediateness of 2000’s Midian opus.
Recorded
in eight weeks at both Springvale and Grindstone studios (where it was
also mixed by Scott Atkins), Suffolk, the album is testament to the longevity
of The ‘Filth, as not only does it reek of Cradle’s (feared or revered) brand
of delicious metal vamperotica, but this thoroughly modern album places the
band firmly in fresh killing fields anew.
Singer
Dani Filth had this to say on the new album:
‘This
is our tenth commandment in metal. We have diversified and kept alive the
spirit of this band and breathed it into something that I can proudly say,
slays like an absolute motherf**ker. The Manticore is coming… Long live the
filth!’
Cradle
of Filth is set to spread their darkness upon the Great Southern land this May.
KillRockStar
BigDog Entertainment by arrangement with X-Ray Touring present:
CRADLE OF FILTH
Australian Tour 2013
Thursday
9 May HiFi. Brisbane
Friday
10 May Palace Theatre. Melbourne
Saturday
11 May UNSW Roundhouse. Sydney
Sunday
12 May Metropolis. Fremantle
Tickets
on sale Monday 25 February via usual outlets.
