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Story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. who still are hungry for the taste of music." 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. "We can't wait to play this shit live," admits Dani.įor 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. And with an as-near-as-dammit release date of All Hallow's Eve 2010, CRADLE OF FILTH are snarling at the leash to get out to all of their fans across the world. The bandmembers 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.
"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."ĬRADLE OF FILTH - consisting of Dani Filth on vocals, Paul Allender and James McIlroy on guitar, David Pybus on bass, Martin Skaroupka on drums and Ashley Ellyllon on keyboards - recorded the follow-up to 2008's "Godspeed On The Devil's Thunder" at Monkey Puzzle studios near Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk.
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. "Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa" is, in the words of CRADLE's infamous frontman Dani Filth, "without doubt the fastest and most brutal album we've created to date. "Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa" was released on November 1 through Peaceville Records on the band's own AbraCadaver imprint (November 9 in North America via Nuclear Blast Records). * The Making Of "Forgive Me Father (I Have Sinned)" * Forgive Me Father (I Have Sinned) - promo video *An official certificate of authenticity from the band * Five 8" x 6" photographic prints of members of the band. * A stunning limited-edition lenticular 3D image of the album cover art, ready for framing. * An exclusive t-shirt available only in this box.
A sneak preview of some of the pages from the book, which will also house the 2CDs and DVD included in the set, is now on the band's mini-site. The book features high-quality artwork and photos and a short story based around the album written by Dani.
* DVD - the promo video for "Forgive Me Father (I Have Sinned)" plus a documentary on the making of the video. * 2CDs - the album plus a disc of bonus tracks and demos (including "Adest Rosa Secreta Eros", an exclusive track that will not be available on any other edition of the album). The fans' edition comes packaged in a deluxe box containing: The special fans' edition of CRADLE OF FILTH's new album, "Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa", is only available at this location and will be strictly limited once they sell out they will never be re-pressed.Īs vocalist Dani Filth stated, this is will be "the best CRADLE OF FILTH release that we have ever created, the ultimate version of our ultimate album.