CRADLE OF FILTH - Dani Filth Reveals Song Titles For Upcoming New Album
October 2, 2014, 9 years ago
UK-based extreme metallers, Cradle Of Filth, have set November 24th as the date they will be entering the studio to start recording their new album, with a release date tentatively etched for the beginning of June, 2015, under the raw working title of Hammer Of The Witches.
The tracklist for this decadent display of devilish misdemeanour is currently standing at the fifteen song mark, under the premise that several tracks will be special edition bonus material.
Speaking with Dimitris Kontogeorgakos of Metal Kaoz, Dani Filth reveals some song titles that will appear on the new album. An excerpt from the interview follows:
Q: Now that you mentioned again the new Cradle Of Filth album, what is its status?
A: "Like I said, the album is 80% finished and we have a lot of material that sounds brilliant. It has a little bit of everything; very cool twin guitar work, very fast Thrash parts almost like deathcore and I mean stuff like Pap Smear, the really fast speed metal bands, but it’s very dark and symphonic. Everybody has contributed to this from Lindsay the keyboard player, Martin the drummer - everybody has been working very hard. We have to get most of it done by the time we get to Russia, so we have two and a half weeks and I have to finish the lyrics for a few songs but the songs are pretty much there; we just have to move stuff around and put some strange instrumentation."
Q: Should we be expecting a great difference in the guitars?
A: "Not in the scale of things but they are more akin to the guitar work that was on Dusk… And Her Embrace, Cruelty And The Beast and Midian. So, it’s more melodic and if you can imagine a dissection between death /thrash /black metal /NWOBHM, that’s the comparison: very extreme but very melodic in places and very soundtrack-ish. Like a fast Iron Maiden or Judas Priest."
Q: Do you have a working title?
A: "The working title for the album is Hammer Of The Witches, but it’s just a working one at present. Some of the song titles are: "Enshrined IN Crematoria", "Misery Code", "Yours Immotaly", "Achingly Beautiful", "Dantiesque", "Blackest Magic In Practice", "Deflowering The MaidenHead/Dispeasuring The Goddess"."
Read the full interview at this location.
Cradle Of Filth are set to decimate Russia with a blistering tour through October. The schedule has been updated, dates are as follows:
October
11 - St-Petersburg, Russia - Club Zal
12 - Moscow, Russia - Arena
13 - Krasnodar, Russia - Arena
15 - Nizhny-Novgorod, Russia - Milo
16 - Samara, Russia - Zvezda
18 - Ekaterinburg, Russia - TeleClub<
19 - Omsk, Russia - Angar
20 - Novosibirsk, Russia - Rock City
21 - Barnaul, Russia - Che Guevara
23 - Krasnojarsk, Russia - Havana
25 - Irkutsk, Russia - Rock'n'Roll Pub
26 - Khabarovsk, Russia - Velicano
On October 23rd, Cradle Of Filth will reissue The Principle Of Evil Made Flesh in special edition gatefold blue and white 2LP, limited to 1000 units.
That same date will also see COF reissue V Empire (or Dark Faerytales In Phallustein) in gatefold orange and black LP with double sided insert, limited to 1000 units.
Celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Principle Of Evil Made Flesh by placing a pre-order now at this location.
Often imitated, Cradle Of Filth helped usher in the second wave of black metal with their wholly unique sound, rife with dark keyboard melodies, vile riffs, and of course, Dani Filth's unmistakable vocals. These reissues are deluxe gatefold covers on colored vinyl, the first ever domestic vinyl reissue for both titles.
Grammy nominated Cradle Of Filth have been pioneers of extreme music since their debut in 1994 and have continued to evolve with each of their subsequent releases. Never shy of embracing the epic, Cradle have constantly sought to push the boundaries of their art and have continually refused to bow to convention or to conform to prevalent trends and fads. Despite this uncompromising stance, the band is still the most successful British heavy metal band since Iron Maiden with legions of fans around the globe. These two rare and early reissues are essential to the collections of any Cradle Of Filth or extreme metal fan.
