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Cradle Of Filth - Midian



8.4 | 828 votes |
Release date: 30 October 2000
Style: Extreme gothic metal, Symphonic metal

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01. At The Gates Of Midian
02. Cthulhu Dawn
03. Saffron's Curse
04. Death Magick For Adepts
05. Lord Abortion
06. Amor E Morte
07. Creatures That Kissed In Cold Mirrors
08. Her Ghost In The Fog
09. Satanic Mantra
10. Tearing The Veil From Grace
11. Tortured Soul Asylum
12. For Those Who Died [Sabbat cover] [Japanese bonus]

Additional info
Recorded at Parkgate Studios, Battle, Sussex, 2000.
Mastered at Whitfield Street, London.

Midian is the town where the monsters live in Clive Barker's book, "Cabal".
"Amor E Morte" is Portuguese for "Love And Death".

Guest review by
Slayer666
Rating:
9.0
This album, released exactly on Halloween of the year 2000, represents the beginning of Cradle of Filth's commercial era. A bitter disappointment for me, great for some other people. Don't get me wrong, I think that this album is anything but bad, but it's simply softer, more Gothic orientated than I would like. OK, let's descend into Midian.

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published 17.01.2009 | Comments (12)

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Comments: 17   Visited by: 961 users
02.05.2010 - 12:23
SATANSCHAMBER666
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One of there Best Albums and my Favorite by Cradle Of Filth
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10.08.2010 - 04:49
thatmetalhead666
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An album of absolute brilliance!
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15.07.2011 - 22:48
Rating: 7
Cynic Metalhead
Paisa Vich Nasha
One of their best stuff they ever produced.
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30.08.2011 - 22:43
Valentin B
Iconoclast
Paul Allender.. why are you so awesome at what you do? (creating awesome riffs and melodies)
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31.12.2011 - 17:20
Rating: 9
musicalkaratekid

Though my favourite COF album will always be 'Cruelty...', 'Midian' has the best riffs and solos-all of the guitar work is just so choppy and clean sounding, and the keyboards only help to make everything sound more epic than it already is. The reason its not a 10 is because i felt that this was the beginning of the decline of Dani Filth's vocals...
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01.03.2012 - 21:09
Korah

My fav by far. Love Lord Abortion and his intro and riffs!
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Don't cry for my English
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29.07.2012 - 02:40
Cüca Beludo
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Didn't liked it at all....
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01.11.2016 - 00:12
Doge of Venice

Just like to say that while I haven't sat through the entire album, I love Her Ghost In the Fog. Those really soft, slow sections with the whispers and the "Queen of snow" vocal parts are amazingly creepy. Shame I've never really enjoyed much else of theirs too much.
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14.02.2017 - 02:13
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Tage Westerlund
Best song was cover and last good CoF album ever, call me poser, but it is after it band became copy of them selfs and get way to much overrated and over popular in a masses
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Life is to short for LOVE, there is many great things to do online !!!

Stormtroopers of Death - ''Speak English or Die''
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I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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19.06.2018 - 01:13
Rating: 10
Furiator

Has parts which could make it an absolute masterpiece of an album.
Contains some of the Cradle's best songs.
Unfortunately, the first part of the album is sometimes underwhelming.
Still a 10 for me.
Just not perfect.
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04.01.2019 - 13:52
Rating: 9
nonZero

A great album!

Consistently strong songs from start to finish with plenty of original ideas and a haunting atmosphere rivalling some of the black metal greats.
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03.04.2020 - 04:17
Rating: 9
DeathMetal

Great album. Could have dropped Satanic Mantra though..
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31.05.2020 - 22:28
Rating: 8
TheH2K

Really Epic.Just look at the line-up,full of talented people.
Her Ghost In The Fog is brilliant and really atmospheric.
The package is quite well-produced and the drum parts by Adrian and the key parts by Martin are fabulous.
Impressive !!!
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04.11.2021 - 08:46
Rating: 9
GrimReaper85

Finally I can hear the lyrics, Haunted Shores from Dusk was way over the top.
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26.12.2023 - 13:01
Rating: 10
Dean0495

Their best album in my opinion. Definitely a masterpiece.
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27.12.2023 - 16:51
Rating: 10
Metal Rasputin

I remember back in the early 2000's when I wanted to get into Cradle of Filth and asked a friend for a recommendation, he gave me this album. I think Midian is still their best overall. Her Ghost in the Fog is my favourite CoF song to this day.
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You've got a lot of guts. Let's see what they look like!
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27.12.2023 - 18:58
Rating: 8
AndyMetalFreak
A Nice Guy
"Her Ghost In The Fog" is definitely the best song COF have done IMHO. This is a great album, and probably my second favorite release of theirs, though I've always preferred Dusk And Her Embrace overall.
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