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The Manticore & Other Horrors

Cradle Of Filth

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Format: CD

Cat No: CDVILED760

Release Date:  07 September 2018

Label:  Peaceville

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  801056776020

Genres:  Hard Rock & Metal  Heavy Metal  

Release Date:  24 March 2023

Label:  Peaceville

Packaging Type:  Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  801056802538

Genres:  Hard Rock & Metal  Heavy Metal  

  • Description

    THE 2012 MASTERPIECE OF UK BLACK METAL NOW ON MID-PRICE CD

    “A foul blizzard of grotesque metal grandeur and mutant punk squalor... this is Cradle’s best album in years!� Metal Hammer (UK)

    One of the most infamous and notorious names in metal, Cradle Of Filth continue to shock, excite, disgust and inspire in equal measure.

    Recorded in eight weeks at both Springvale and Grindstone studios (where it was also mixed by Scott Atkins), Suffolk, the album is testament to the longevity of The 'Filth, as not only does it reek of Cradle's (feared or revered) brand of delicious metal vamperotica, but this thoroughly modern album places the band firmly in fresh killing fields anew.

    Described by Cradle's infamous singer: "This is our tenth commandment in metal. We have diversified and kept alive the spirit of this band and breathed it into something that I can proudly say, slays like an absolute motherf**ker. The Manticore is coming… Long live the filth!"

    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.

    This mid-price CD edition of ‘Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa’ is presented in jewel case packaging complete with a 24-page booklet.

    Description

    CRADLE OF FILTH'S 2012 OPUS OF SUPREME INFERNAL DECADENCE - A FOUL BLIZZARD OF GROTESQUE METAL GRANDEUR & MUTANT PUNK SQUALOR - DOM LAWSON METAL HAMMER. Cradle of Filth formed in Suffolk in 1991 & after a string of demo recordings released their debut album,The Principle Of Evil Made Flesh in 1994. The band have gone on to become one of the UK's most successful metal acts, known for their dynamic symphonic style of gothic black metal, along with the dark poetic lyrics from the hand of enigmatic front-man Dani Filth.

    The title of 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 & world-enslaving entities to blame but a few, Manticore being the ravening title track. It is a song about a beautiful mythological horror that comes to be feared as the disfigurehead of foreign occupation in the Indian provinces.

    The songs 'Illicitus' & 'Pallid Reflection' bare the sweet ingredients of vampirism & lycanthropy; the wicked 'For Your Vulgar Delectation' & 'Frost On Her Pillow' are woven perversely into grim fairy tales, whilst classic, monumental tracks like 'The Abhorrent' & 'Siding With The Titans' both extol tentacular Lovecraftian values.

    The album itself possesses an altogether new atmosphere for the band, incorporating a heavier, faster NWOBHM punk vibe that is both current & cruel, blended with ornate orchestration & the quirky immediateness of 2000's 'Midian' opus.
    Recorded in eight weeks at both Springvale & Grindstone studios (where it was also mixed by Scott Atkins), Suffolk, the album is testament to the longevity of The 'Filth, as not only does it reek of Cradle's (feared or revered) brand of delicious metal vamperotica, but this thoroughly modern album places the band firmly in fresh killing fields anew.

    Singer Dani Filth had this to say on the new album: "This is our tenth commandment in metal. We have diversified & kept alive the spirit of this band & breathed it into something that I can proudly say, slays like an absolute motherf**ker. The Manticore is coming? Long live the filth!'"

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. The Unveiling Of O ( 02:08 )
      • 2. The Abhorrent ( 05:53 )
      • 3. For Your Vulgar Delectation ( 04:47 )
      • 4. Illcitus ( 05:24 )
      • 5. Manticore ( 05:54 )
      • 6. Frost On Her Pillow ( 04:11 )
      • 7. Huge Onyx Wings Behind Despair ( 04:21 )
      • 8. Pallid Reflection ( 05:33 )
      • 9. Siding With The Titans ( 05:15 )
      • 10. Succumb To This ( 04:43 )
      • 11. Sinfonia ( 03:25 )

    Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. The Unveiling Of O ( 02:08 )
      • 2. The Abhorrent ( 05:53 )
      • 3. Pallid Reflection ( 05:33 )
      • 4. Illicitus ( 05:24 )
      • 5. Manticore ( 05:54 )

      Side 2

      • 1. Frost On Her Pillow ( 04:11 )
      • 2. Huge Onyx Wings Behind Despair ( 04:21 )
      • 3. For Your Vulgar Delectation ( 04:47 )
      • 4. Siding With The Titans ( 05:15 )
      • 5. Succumb To This ( 04:43 )
      • 6. Sinfonia ( 03:25 )