Due on September 2nd, Classic Filth is a triple disc set combining the Peaceville era trilogy of releases from the UK’s premier extreme metallers. One of the most infamous and notorious names in metal, Cradle Of Filth shock, excite, disgust and inspire in equal measures across 30 tracks of darkness and debauchery.

First on the menu is the band’s ninth studio album from 2010, Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa. Described at the time by Cradle's infamous frontman Dani Filth as “without doubt the fastest and most brutal album we've created to date,” this is a relentless gothic horror themed slay-ride of fervour and perversion; yet amidst the orchestral melodrama and lush, cinematic production, there sits stalwart a ravening beast of furious riffing, flesh ripping vocals and monstrous, unstoppable percussion.

Originally released as a companion piece to Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa, the Evermore Darkly release features new tracks, reworkings and rarities, including the exclusive track "Thank Your Lucky Scars", plus a special remix of album track "Forgive Me Father", courtesy of Rob Caggiano from Anthrax. Also featured are tempered demo versions of Darkly, Darkly… songs, along with a choice cut from the band's orchestral project which eventually manifested as Midnight In The Labyrinth, in the form of a haunting, classic reworking of fan-favourite, "Summer Dying Fast".

Closing the circle of this trilogy is the band’s 2012 opus The Manticore And Other Horrors. This, 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. The album itself possesses an altogether new atmosphere for the band, incorporating a heavier, faster NWOBBM punk vibe that is both current and cruel, blended with ornate orchestration and the quirky immediateness of 2000's acclaimed Midian opus.

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In other news, Cradle Of Filth have been in the Czech Republic working on the follow-up to 2015's Hammer Of The Witches album, which could have a Victorian horror theme.

Leader Dani Filth tells TeamRock: "I'm looking at something based on Victorian horror. We've already written about 50% of material, but we're collating all our ideas. We've got a big pool of riffs."

"I often wait until the others have done their parts. I've made the mistake of writing stuff which then dictates the way that the songs have to go for everybody else – or you get into the studio and we've got way too much material and we've spread ourselves too thinly. So we're hoping to have the majority of the album written, and then I'll be locked away in my garret composing lyrics between now and December, when I go on tour with Devilment."

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The new Cradle Of Filth album is expected to be released in September 2017. Stay tuned for updates.