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Cradle Of Filth - Announce South American Tour Dates

Cradle Of Filth will tour South America in support of their upcoming album All Hallows Eve. The band announced a couple of shows in December, with more dates to be announced soon.

UPDATED (on 03.08.2010):

Dec. 12 - Teatro Metropol - Bogotá, Colombia
Dec. 14 - Ciec - Caracas, Venezuela
Dec. 16 - Teatro Caupolican - Santiago, Chile
Dec. 17 - El Teatro Flores - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Dec. 18 - Carioca Club - São Paulo, Brazil
Dec. 19 - Bar Opinião - Porto Alegre, Brazil

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Source: blogs.myspace.com
Band profile: Cradle Of Filth
Event: Cradle of Filth
Posted: 21.07.2010 by BudDa | Comments (0)


Cradle Of Filth - To Release New Album In USA Via Nuclear Blast

Cradle Of Filth will release their new album All Hallows Eve in North America on November 9 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD will be issued in Europe through Peaceville Records on the band's own AbraCadaver imprint.

Frederick Jude, managing director of Peaceville Records, comments on this upcoming cooperative effort: "Football aside, we're pleased to be teaming up with Nuclear Blast on this very important release. Given their resources, interest in the band, and track record in the U.S., we believe Cradle Of Filth will be best positioned to better the sales of their last album in North America."

The band recently entered Monkey Puzzle studios near Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk this month to start work on the follow-up to 2008's Godspeed On The Devil's Thunder, with a full world tour in its support to follow.

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Source: cradleoffilth.com
Band profile: Cradle Of Filth
Posted: 09.07.2010 by Windrider | Comments (19)


Cradle Of Filth - New Album Via Peaceville Records

British extreme metallers Cradle Of Filth will release their new album, All Hallows Eve, in October via Peaceville Records on the band's own AbraCadaver imprint. The group will enter Monkey Puzzle studios near Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk this month to start work on the follow-up to 2008's Godspeed On The Devil's Thunder.

Cradle Of Filth remain stalwarts to the satanic horror ethos by again composing a full-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.

For this release, the band wanted mastery of their own destiny, choosing to release the album on their very own AbraCadaver label in conjunction with Peaceville Records, home to such illicit luminaries as Darkthrone, Katatonia, My Dying Bride, Bloodbath and Gallhammer, among many others. Vocalist Dani Filth has described the move as being "a choice to move away from the artistic restrictions/mindless inhibitions imposed by dwelling on a major label" and cites the current financial clime as "the perfect opportunity to start doing things our own way again, with the added benefit of being a far bigger fish in a proverbial pool, surrounded by people who have been handpicked to get the job best done. And more importantly... who still are hungry for the taste of music."

Having recently published the long-awaited Gospel Of Filth grimoire of all things ghastly and ghoulish, the band will finish the new album, undertake its heavy press schedule and then embark on a full world tour in its support.

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Source: peaceville.com
Band profile: Cradle Of Filth
Posted: 29.04.2010 by Thryce | Comments (27)


Cradle Of Filth - Update From Dani

Dani has posted a lengthy blog on his myspace page. The blog states that Cradle Of Filth have started working on a new album with "the skeletal structures of a few songs laid out", sounding "very much like the 'Godspeed...' album thrust up a gear".

He once again emphasises how stupid it was to sell such "candy balls" at this year's Bloodstock Open Air, regarding the incident that happened.

And also reminds us that his new book five years in the making, "The Gospel Of Filth" is finally ready to ore-order from the band's website.

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The full message can be read here:

Greetings to all you merchants of menace and skinny villainesses, Dani here again with a belated update on all things fantastic and filthy;

At the time of writing, September is almost through, with skies fire-paved and a gorgeous Indian Summer settling like a phoenix on the East coast of England, the last few weeks finding me extremely busy with the trivialities of being at home and working in a band at the same time. Thus creativity has flourished under this wonderful boon and the first ideas for a new Cradle album have started to creep and crawl in the far-flung shadows of our combined imaginations. Bearing in mind we have merely the skeletal structures of a few songs laid out, that Autumnal vibe is already spreading like a mist, and the tunes are sounding very malefic indeed. Very much like the 'Godspeed...' album thrust up a gear.

Paul has moved to a luxury apartment on the dockside quay in Ipswich, the apocalyptic vision of a reddened sun split by the thin silhouettes of bobbing yacht masts, highly inspirational, tempering his writing with furious abandonment. In the meantime Martin is hard at work on his practice kit back in the Czech Republic, providing the midi backbone to Paul's initial structures, which are then later embellished by guitars and keyboards. Luckily Dave lives in spitting distance of Paul's new gaff, so he's in partnership with the basic skeleton of every track, which is then flown past Ashley (who has just moved this week from Phoenix to LA...), who then goes all symphonic on it's rugged ass. Things therefore are moving well towards our new, as-yet-untitled album, with a possible studio start date of early January to be ringed in all gothic diaries. Bring it on!

Now I think everybody got to hear about the stupid happenings at this year's Bloodstock with the kilo weight candy balls and the cancelled set, so much so this will be the last thing I'll say about it. Period. It's just a crying shame that some idiot ruined for so many people, least of all and very selfishly, me, as it was the last of our Summer festival run, it was on home turf and friends and family were present. Plus the weather was damn near perfect and there was a really cool vibe amongst people as the sun slunk towards our headline set. Aside from the fact that Paul, in really bad pain, had to be whisked to hospital for a body scan, two children, one of whom was handicapped, were almost hit by these deadly projectiles. And who the hell sells these things at a fucking festival anyway? Stupid beyond belief.

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Source: blogs.myspace.com
Band profile: Cradle Of Filth
Posted: 17.10.2009 by Baz Anderson | Comments (17)


Cradle Of Filth - Issue Statement Regarding Bloodstock Incident

This past weekend at the Bloodstock Open Air in England, Cradle Of Filth's headlining slot on the second day was cut short after a giant gobstopper hit, and hospitalised guitarist Paul before the encore.

Cradle Of Filth have issued this statement:

"Cradle Of Filth would just like to apologise to all Cradle Of Filth fans at Bloodstock for not being able to perform the full length of set on Saturday. This was due to a selfish and stupid person in the crowd throwing dangerous objects at the band and injuring Paul, who then had to be hospitalised.

This person threw what were being sold at the site as 'gobstoppers', but which were actually heavy, solid, pieces of candy, approximately the size of a cricket ball and weighing close to a pound, at the band. Approximately 6 of these were thrown, one narrowly missed hitting Ashley in the face and also a terminally ill young fan in a wheelchair sitting side of the stage, a couple just missed Dani and then one hit Paul in the spine, causing him to collapse. The paramedics called an ambulance and Paul was taken to hospital with suspected spinal damage; where he was subjected to numerous tests before the doctors said they didn't think Paul had sustained any lasting damage.

This act of stupidity caused the show to finish prior to the encore, caused Paul serious pain and everyone else a lot of anxiety. This person is lucky that no one was seriously injured or worse, which could easily have been the case and a serious police matter.

Why does someone buy a ticket for a festival where everyone should be enjoying the weekend and having a good time and then have to ruin it for other people? A very selfish, sad person, one can only imagine.

So again, full apologies to everyone who was at Bloodstock to have a good time and to see the band and if you think you know who the person was that spoiled everyone else's evening, please let us, the Bloodstock staff or the Police know as soon as possible, because next time someone may not be so lucky."

Dani Filth also had this to say:

"No-one could be more disappointed than I about the ridiculous and callous incident that happened on Saturday night. Bloodstock is an event that we have long endorsed and looked forward to headlining due to it's united European metal vibe, it's growing popularity and of course, it being one of the better festivals held on English soil. The crowd, as expected, were great and we were playing well with an arsenal of songs yet to deliver, when the stupidity started. I actually thought one of the balls thrown was an apple and was going to head-butt it as it flew past my head and on toward Ashley, then luckily thought twice about it. The missiles were the size of cricket balls but solid and almost a pound in weight. Enough to kill a person at that speed, according to a medic who attended Paul behind stage.

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Source: cradleoffilth.com
Band profile: Cradle Of Filth
Event: Bloodstock Open Air 2009
Posted: 19.08.2009 by Baz Anderson | Comments (60)


Cradle Of Filth - New Video Online

"The Death Of Love", the new video from UK metallers Cradle Of Filth, has been made available online.

"The Death Of Love" comes off the band's latest album, entitled "Godspeed On The Devil's Thunder", which was released on October 2008 via Roadrunner Records.


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Source: link.brightcove.com
Band profile: Cradle Of Filth
Posted: 03.08.2009 by Abattoir | Comments (3)


Bloodstock Open Air - Blind Guardian & Cradle Of Filth To Co-Headline

Posted on the Bloodstock website:

"The Bloodstock team are delighted to announce that both Blind Guardian and Cradle Of Filth have been added to the bill for Bloodstock Open Air 2009. The pair will co-headline one day of the festival and the event will mark the ONLY UK shows of 2009 for both bands!

Following Blind Guardian's unfortunate cancellation in 2007, the Bloodstock Open Air team have responded to constant demand from the festival's core fans and brought the band back to Bloodstock at the earliest possible opportunity.

Neither Cradle Of Filth nor Blind Guardian will need any introduction to metal fans. Both are leaders in their genres, and both have built long and successful careers through hard work, dedication, a refusal to compromise and, of course, some very fine metal music along the way.

Cradle Of Filth; influenced by the Scandinavian black metal scene of the early '90s, they soon developed their own unique take on its frenetic sound, delivering a gothic and decidedly English take on the genre which broke into the mainstream consciousness with the release of the landmark Dusk And Her Embrace album in 1996. Since then, the band has steadily expanded their base without diluting either their sound, their spectacular stage shows or the controversial themes which their music so vividly brings to life.

When it comes to power metal, few bands have proved as influential or inventive as Blind Guardian. Starting life in Germany in 1984, the band issued their debut album Battalions Of Fear in 1988, following it up with Follow The Blind in '89. It was with their third opus, however, 1990's Tales From The Twilight World that they began to move in a more epic direction which later culminated in the classics Nightfall In Middle Earth (1998) and A Night At The Opera (2002).

Blind Guardian mainman Hansi Kürsch sent the following message:
"It's almost seven years since we played Bloodstock for the first time. Still we have never forgotten our first appearance in front of a fantastic British audience. Easy to imagine how thrilled we are by the chance to play there for a second time. I expect nothing but some outraging bards singing our songs with us and a band in perfect shape - take that for granted."

Cradle sent the following message:
"Cradle Of Filth, metal forged from the hot friction of wanking nuns, are very much looking forward to headlining the Bloodstock heavy metal festival this summer, especially knowing and loving most of the other bands playing on the bill over the three day weekend. But obviously not in a gay way. Carcass, Kreator, Moonspell, Arch Enemy, The Haunted, Apocalyptica, Satyricon, Enslaved, Saxon, Gwar, Candlemass, Turisas... this line-up alone places this up-and-coming British festival right up there with its sometimes-a-pain-in-the-arse-hard-to-reach European rivals. So hail to England! Hail to Bloodstock! This is a proper metal festival for proper festive metallers. No shoddy haircut screamo pap allowed! F.O.A.D.!" (Insane screaming continues and then fades to black...)

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Source: bloodstock.uk.com
Event: Bloodstock Open Air 2009
Posted: 27.03.2009 by Baz Anderson | Comments (3)


Cradle Of Filth - Australian Tour Dates

Cradle Of Filth have scheduled some new Australian tour dates. Tour will be at the end of May next year.

All confirmed dates:

22 May 2009 - Metro City, Perth
24 May 2009 - Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide
26 May 2009 - The Palace, Melbourne
28 May 2009 - The Metro, Sydney
31 May 2009 - The Arena, Brisbane

Commented the band: "Australia has very fragmented and restrictive age policies in place. Each state government passes laws for such events and they are like stated, set in law. We have all ages shows in only Adelaide and Sydney. In these places you can be as young as 9 years old and still attend. Government laws in the other states do not allow us to have all ages shows in Perth, Melbourne and Brisbane, these shows will be 18+. See you there!"

Source: cradleoffilth.com
Band profile: Cradle Of Filth
Event: Cradle Of Filth: Godspeed On The Devil Downunder Australian Tour 2009
Posted: 14.12.2008 by Abattoir | Comments (3)


Cradle Of Filth - Two New Songs And Video, Entire Album Streaming Online

Original news, posted on 27.08.2008

A new song, "Tragic Kingdom", from the forthcoming new album "Godspeed On The Devil's Thunder" of British extreme metallers Cradle Of Filth, has been made available for free download at this location:

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/godspeedonthedevilsthunder/
(A free registration is required)

"Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder" will be released on October 28th via Roadrunner Records.

Updated, on 16.10.2008 (thanks to Abattoir)

Another new Cradle Of Filth track, entitled "Midnight Shadows Crawl To Darken Counsel With Life", is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page.

UPDATED (thanks to SlaytallicA)

Click here to watch the video for "Honey And Sulphur" coming off Cradle of Filth's forthcoming album.

UPDATED (thanks to getcloser)

GetCloser.com has announced the following:

"GetCloser has always prided itself on getting you exclusive access to the bands you love. In keeping with this, we are delighted to announce that this weekend we will be exclusively streaming "Godspeed And The Devil's Thunder".

You can hear the album in its entirety before it's release on Monday. To access the stream, simply log in (free registration is required) to http://www.getcloser.com and click on the music tab on the top of the page."

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Source: roadrunnerrecords.com
Band profile: Cradle Of Filth
Posted: 25.10.2008 by Abattoir | Comments (47)


Cradle Of Filth - Album Samples Online

Amazon is streaming 30 second audio clips of all songs featured on Cradle Of Filth's new album entitled "Godspeed On The Devil's Thunder".

"Godspeed On The Devil's Thunder" will be released on October 28 via Roadrunner Records.

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Source: amazon.de
Band profile: Cradle Of Filth
Posted: 27.09.2008 by SlaytallicA | Comments (17)


Cradle Of Filth - Reveal Album Title And Tracklisting

Cradle Of Filth has set "Godspeed On The Devil's Thunder" as the title of its new album. The album is expected to be released in October via Roadrunner Records. The new labum is a 72-minute concept record about a legendary serial killer from the 15th Century, Gilles De Rais, a French nobleman who fought alongside Joan of Arc and accumulated great wealth before becoming a satanist, sexual deviant and a murderer.

"Godspeed On The Devil's Thunder" track listing:

01. In Grandeur And Frankincense Devilment Stirs
02. Shat Out Of Hell
03. The Death Of Love
04. The 13th Caesar
05. Tiffauges
06. Tragic Kingdom
07. Sweetest Maleficia
08. Honey And Sulphur
09. Midnight Shadows Crawl To Darken Counsel With Life
10. Darkness Incarnate
11. Ten Leagues Beneath Contempt
12. Godspeed On The Devil's Thunder
13. Corpseflower

Source: euro.thegauntlet.com
Band profile: Cradle Of Filth
Posted: 23.07.2008 by Abattoir | Comments (46)


Deathstars - Ex-Cradle Of Filth Drummer To Tour With Band

Adrian Erlandsson (Cradle Of Filth, At The Gates, The Haunted, Nemheim) is going to tour with the Deathstars for their upcoming European tour with Korn during Jan/Feb 2008.

Deathstars's drummer, Ole "Bone W Machine" Öhman, will not be able to tour with the band for undisclosed personal reasons.

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Source: deathstars.net
Band profile: Deathstars
Posted: 05.01.2008 by Bararey | Comments (3)


Cradle Of Filth - Working On New Album

Notorious British extreme metallers Cradle Of Filth have posted the following short update:

"The world tour for the "Thornography" album, which last saw COF in Russia, Ukraine, U.K., Romania, Slovakia and the USA with Gwar is now complete. The band has now returned home to start writing for a new record over the dark months in the rehearsal room. The new album, which is not yet titled, will be released some time in 2008 via RoadRunner Records. Keep your eyes peeled for updates on our website."

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Source: cradleoffilth.com
Band profile: Cradle Of Filth
Posted: 07.12.2007 by Thryce | Comments (27)


Cradle Of Filth - New Video Online

Cradle Of Filth's new video for the song "The Foetus Of A New Day Kicking", comes off the British extreme metallers' seventh album, "Thornography", which was released in October 2006 through Roadrunner Records.

The video can be watched at this location.

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Source: myspace.com
Band profile: Cradle Of Filth
Posted: 24.09.2007 by BurbotsRevenge | Comments (5)


Cradle Of Filth - UK Tour Dates Confirmed

Cradle Of Filth have line up for the following UK tour dates, with 13 shows scheduled for April.
Here the list of those shows:

April 16 Peterborough Cresset
April 17 Preston 53 Degrees
April 18 Newcastle Carling Academy
April 19 Glasgow ABC 1
April 20 Liverpool Carling Academy
April 22 Sheffield The Plug
April 23 Bristol Carling Academy
April 24 Exeter Great Hall
April 26 Oxford Brooks
April 27 Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall
April 28 Nottingham Rock City
April 29 Cambridge Corn Exchange
April 30 Portsmouth Pyramids Centre

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Source: cradleoffilth.com
Band profile: Cradle Of Filth
Event: Cradle Of Filth: UK Tour
Posted: 27.03.2007 by White Winter Sun | Comments (2)