As CRADLE OF FILTH gear up to release their new album, The Manticore And Other Horrors, on October 29th in The UK and Europe via Peaceville, and on October 30th in North America via Nuclear Blast, vocalist Dani Filth has "put fresh cut to paper" in his latest blog, an excerpt follows:

"Paul (Allender, guitarist) has flown in from the US for the week, but has to suffer a day off in sunny London as the video for 'Frost On Her Pillow' (at very late notice) is postponed to when we return half asleep and bedraggled from our journey around Europe, now scheduled for the following Saturday. The reason being that the castle we had intended to shoot in has since declined the presence of the band. Apparently we pose a liability for said establishment, though our track record does boast of country estates, regal houses and famous churches, the first things we'd obviously defile rotten, so we don't really see the problem other than that of finding another location pretty bloody sharpish."

To read Dani's blog in its entirety, click here.

The artwork and tracklisting for The Manticore And Other Horrors can be found below:

'The Unveiling Of O'

'The Abhorrent'

'For Your Vulgar Delectation'

'Illicitus'

'Manticore'

'Frost On Her Pillow'

'Huge Onyx Wings Behind Despair'

'Pallid Reflection'

'Siding With The Titans'

'Succumb To This'

'Nightmares Of An Ether Drinker' (bonus track)

'Death, The Great Adventure' (bonus track)

'Sinfonia'

‘For Your Vulgar Delectation’ is currently streaming:

In live news, Cradle Of Filth has announced they will be touring across Europe on their next Creatures From The Black Abyss Tour that will feature GOD SEED, ROTTING CHRIST, DARKEND and BLYND. Rotting Christ will join the tour from November 7th to November 27th and from December 11th till December 19th; Darkend from November 7th to November 27th (first part); and Blynd from November 27th to December 19th (second part).

Tour dates are as follows:

November

7 – Haarlem, Holland - Patronaat
8 – Leeuwarden, Holland - Romeein
9 – Osnabrück, Germany - Hyde Park
10 – Aarhus, Denmark - Train
12 – Gothenburg, Sweden - Trädgarn
13 – Stockholm, Sweden - Klubben
15 – Tampere, Finland - Klubbi
16 – Helsinki, Finland - Nosturi
17 – Tallinn, Estonia - Rock Cafe
19 – Minsk, Belarus - Re:Public
20 – Kiev, Ukraine - Bingo
22 – Warsaw, Poland - Progressja
23 – Krakow, Poland - Kwadrat
24 – Zlin, Czech Republic - Winter Masters Of Rock
26 – Bologna, Italy - Estragon
27 – Milan, Italy - Alcatraz (Small Hall)
29 – Montpellier, France - Rockstore
30 – Bilbao, Spain - Santana 27

December

1 - Santiago De Compostela, Spain - Capitol
2 – Porto, Portugal - Hard Club
4 – Madrid, Spain - La Riviera
5 – Barcelona, Spain - Salamandra
7 – Geiselwind, Germany - Musichall
8 – Bochum, Germany - Matrix
9 – Pratteln, Switzerland - Z-7
11 – Prague, Czech Republic - Meet Factory
13 – Bratislava, Slovakia - Majestic Music Club
14 – Munich, Germany - Theaterfabrik
15 – Wels, Austria - Schlachthof
16 – Berlin, Germany - C-Club
19 – London, UK - Forum