BW&BK; scribe Carl Begai recently caught up with ANGTORIA vocalist / ex-CRADLE OF FILTH backing singer Sarah Jezebel Deva to discuss her new solo album, A Sign Of Sublime. An excerpt from the story is available below, starting with her low key departure from Cradle Of Filth.

“That’s probably because Dani (Filth / vocals) and Paul (Allender / guitars) didn’t feel it was worth mentioning and I didn’t feel it was worth announcing,” Sarah explains. “I’m just the backing singer, right? And yet another line-up change never looks good. It’s funny ‘cos I was just about to send the email saying I wasn’t gonna do it anymore, and just as I was about to write it an email came my end saying there’s not a spare bunk so I’ll have to sit out this tour, but then it escalated. No hard feelings, business is business. I feel it was my fate. Fourteen years of ‘oohs’ and ‘aahs’… I’m almost 33! It was time to move on. So good luck to them, Paul especially with his art. He needs to focus on that. He’s brilliant.”

With regards to A Sign Of Sublime, much to Sarah’s chagrin the album will almost definitely be lumped in with the symphonic metal crowd thanks to her singing style(s) and the classic orchestration used to fill out the songs. The fact she’s female and fronting her own band further guarantees she’ll be propped up against the likes of Epica and Nightwish.

“I couldn’t give a toss about being popular or fitting in or being part of any scene,” she states. “I’m me. I’m not into these female fronted bands, sorry. Black metal really is my thing but that doesn’t mean I wouldn’t listen to it and don’t appreciate what they’re doing. Good luck to them. It’s not a competition. It’s not about being sexy, it’s about the music. If I wanted to be sexy I would have joined Weight Watchers, had a boob job and surgery. This is music, NOT the catwalk! Since when did metal become about being sexy? It annoys me. People throwing shit at people because they have the balls to get off their computer and make something of themselves? I have amazing friends, I love my boyfriend, and their support and point of view is more important to me than any category I could be part of. I may rap my next album, that will really piss people off (laughs).”

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Sarah recently unveiled the video for the title track of her new album, which is available below.

The limited edition digi-pack version of A Sign Of Sublime, the forthcoming solo album from Deva will be released through Rising Records on February 15th. The tracklist is as follows; the digi pack contains one bonus track plus video.

'Genesis'

'A Sign Of Sublime'

'She Stands Like Stone'

'The Devils Opera'

'They Called Her Lady Tyranny'

'The Road To Nowhere'

'Your Woeful Chair'

'Newborn Failure'

'Daddy's Not Coming Home'

A Sign Of Sublime is now available for pre-order below.