UK-based black metallers Cradle Of Filth have checked in with a new update for the fans:

"With lots of worthwhile comments about the direction for the new album under our belts, and with the never-before-released original 1995 Dusk... And Her Embrace album being released via Cacophonous Records in July, we'd also like to know your thoughts about a 20th anniversary Dusk tour, where we would play the opus in its entirety plus 'Nocturnal Supremacy' (first track on the original album) and our furious cover of 'Hell Awaits' from the coffin box set.

Would this be something fans would like to witness firsthand?

On another tract, Russian tour sales are going exceedingly well and with only one short month before we fly, all our Federation fans should be scooping the rapidly dwindling tickets up now!"

Fans can respond to COF's question about a Dusk... And Her Embrace 20th Anniversary tour via Facebook here.

Cradle Of Filth will be returning to Belarus and Russia in May with support from Xandria. Dates are listed on the poster below.

The band’s video for the track "Blackest Magick In Practice" (streaming below) was directed by Sam Scott-Hunter. The track is taken from the groups latest tome of horror and romance, Hammer Of The Witches.

Comments the director: "There’s dark madness in this video. “Blackest Magick In Practice” is a deeply tragic tale of lost love. It’s the grief stricken insanity of trying to bring back that loved one from the dead; desperately trying to hold onto that person who’s gone, even if that leads down a dark and gruesome path. I don’t want to give it all away, but I will say that the hardest part of the production was getting hold of a human ear.

"I wanted to convey the power of the band too, in amongst the romance, madness and magick. Behind the imagery of the lyrics is a great and powerful metal band of amazing musicians, and I hope people can feel the intensity of the band when they watch this. It is intense viewing. There should be a bit of madness in the video, because there’s madness in this song."