A preview of a new track from Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa, the forthcoming album by CRADLE OF FILTH, is now streaming on the album’s mini-site at this location.

The track, titled 'The Cult Of Venus Aversa', is also playing on the band’s new iPhone app which launched this week.

The free app contains audio samples, videos, pics and allows you to keep up with all the latest news from the band. The app also has a top users function which awards users points every time they use the app (i.e. write on the fan wall, post photo, share items to Facebook and Twitter, listen to tracks) and then ranks these users. The band are offering a special prize of a unique signed art print of the album’s artwork plus a signed copy of the album to whoever is the top user at midday (UK time) on the day of release (November 1st). Full terms and conditions are on the mini-site.

In addition to the new track the mini-site also features a video blog, info about the album, a gallery featuring new band pics and elements from the album artwork, a link to download a MP3 of the track 'Lilith Immaculate', downloads and more. The site is being updated on a weekly basis with new video blogs, fan competitions, promo videos, new downloads and more.

A video of Cradle Of Filth discussing Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa, can be seen below. In the video, Dani and the rest of the band discuss the recording process, the meaning behind the title, the album artwork and more.

Dani Filth issued the following update earlier this week: "Greetings to thee, great army of darkness,

We are currently working like rabid dogs on the extra special fan edition of the album (Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa). The final details of what exactly will be in this super deluxe set are being finalised as we look at all possible options to make this the best Cradle Of Filth release that we have ever created, the ultimate version of our ultimate album. For you, our loyal mortal appreciators.

This lavish set shall include 2CDs (replete with bonus tracks), a DVD, a hard-back 64 page book (band photos, musings and artwork), exclusive photo prints, a lenticular 3D version of the album cover art ready for framing, plus a few more unearthly treasures which we are currently in the midst of concocting.

This special set will only be available from Peaceville.com/CradleOfFilth and will cost a maximum of £50. This set shall be strictly limited edition and once they sell out shall never be re-pressed, save only in Hell.

If you want the chance to order this monumental fan edition then sign up to this Mailing List to receive a special pre-order notification, which will give you the chance to order the set 24 hours before the final product is officially announced and offered for sale.

The devil is in the detail."

Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa is the bands ninth studio album and in the words of Cradle's infamous frontman Dani Filth is "without doubt the fastest and most brutal album we've created to date". As an acquaintance of the band so aptly noted, this is like IRON MAIDEN on crack in a graveyard of angels!

"This album is Cradle at our most sinister and darkened fairytale", continues Dani. "A 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."

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. Unafraid of ruffling a few feathers, the band have continually refused to bow to convention or to conform to prevalent trends and fads. Yet despite this uncompromising stance the band are still the most successful British heavy metal band since Iron Maiden, with legions of fans around the globe.

Never shy of embracing the epic, Cradle have constantly sought to push the boundaries of their art. Whether through elaborately theatrical stage shows (incorporating giant lumbering puppets, fire-breathing dancers, freaks and stilt-walkers from the notorious Circus Of Horrors), provocative merchandise (including the now legendary Jesus Is A C*** t-shirt), breathtaking artwork or the weighty subject matter of their albums (their previous one was a concept album telling the story of a French Lord who fought alongside Joan Of Arc, before embarking on a horrific killing spree), this is a band who have refused to be confined by the labels that have been placed on them.

The band (comprising of Dani Filth-vocals, Paul Allender and James McIlroy-guitars, David Pybus-bass, Martin Skaroupka-drums and Ashley Ellyllon-Keys) recorded Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa, the follow up to 2008s Godspeed On The Devil's Thunder, at Monkey Puzzle studios near Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk. Cradle of Filth remain stalwarts to the satanic horror ethos by again composing a fully blown concept album, this time based on Adam's first wife, the lascivious Demoness Lilith; throwing Medieval nuns, Knights Templars, Greek mythology and lashings of sex, occult lore and violent bloodshed into the smelting pot, to create a darkly erotic nightmare set to their unique scope of supreme vampyric metal. And with an as-near-as-dammit release date of All Hallows Eve 2010, Cradle of Filth are snarling at the leash to get out to all of their fans across the world.

"We can't wait to play this shit live", admits Dani. Long live the Filth.