BloodyGoodHorror.com's M. Drew reports:

"After several years of cooking, outspoken CRADLE OF FILTH frontman Dani Filth has completed his book, Gospel Of Filth. The book serves both as a chronology of the band and their influences, as well as a complete study of the occult and man's obsession with it throughout history.

Each chapter is filled with parallels between the occult and themes found in horror, heavy metal, black metal, comic books, literature, and just about every other facet of popular culture. Many luminaries in each field are showcased or interviewed. I recently had the opportunity to talk to Dani concerning the book, and his career as a whole."

The following is an excerpt from the interview:

Q: How did it feel to finally finish Gospel Of Filth, so many years after its inception? Did you feel it was complete?

A: "It was on the cusp of massive relief even up to a few days ago when it finally managed to claw it's way down to the printers!

One of the main problems we had to face was the fact that each chapter adopts a Cradle album as it's initial springboard (so, for example, the chapter entitled Cruelty And The Beast concern's itself with crime and serial killer chic), so the longer the book was taking, the more chapters were being added to accommodate the next Cradle Of Filth excretion. We were writing albums quicker than chapters in the book at one laborious stage!

That said though, the book is a literal tome. Serving as a modern day black grimoire, it covers all areas of the dark-side and the occult and infuses this with accounts from real life practitioners, be they musicians, actors, writers, historians, serial killers or real-life vampires, the grisly facts are always expertly corroborated and then fleshed out."

Q: Is there a message that you're trying to convey in the book, or is "Gospel of Filth" more of an objective examination of the occult and its relation to metal, almost like a reference material?

A: "I think the over-arcing message is man's attraction to the dark-side and the fun he can have with it! Everybody seems to have a morbid fascination with something and this book presents it all under one gargoyle-encrusted roof and with unusual clarity (remembering that Gavin Baddeley is a bloody good occult historian!)."

Read the full interview, here.

The Gospel Of Filth Bible-style signed and numbered SPECIAL EDITION is now available to order.

The 'Bible' style Signed and Numbered Special Edition is available to buy as a PRE-ORDER ITEM ONLY. Act fast as once the CUT-OFF TIME shown below has passed it will not be possible to order this special edition. The cut-off time will be strictly enforced.

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