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Formación:
Dani Filth, voz
Paul Allender, Guitarra
Martín Powell, teclados
Adrian, batería
Dave, bajo
Biografía
Cradle of Filth nació en el año 1991, después de que las escenas
Death Metal y Doom estuvieran en su apogeo y cuando habían
comenzando su declive. En ellas se inspira este
grupo inglés, pero lo hace de una forma original. La
banda se creo en la ciudad de Suffolk y denominaron a su estilo
"black gothic romantic metal". Este enrevesado título lo
utilizan para describir una música de base metal, vertientes
death, black y doom, sumada a elementos de la ópera y la música
instrumental romántica.
Utilizan instrumentos como el contrabajo, los tambores, el
teclado o las guitarras clásicas, junto a los normales en una
banda de metal. guitarras eléctricas, bajo y batería. Además
emplean una singular combinación vocal. alternando las voces
guturales y oscuras, junto a otras muy agudas. Sus
canciones están planteadas como relatos en los que se dan cita
ambientes de terror, inspiradas por películas de ese género, y
poesía de corte gótico. La dualidad amor y odio es frecuente en
ellas. Y la estética de sus discos ha estado pareja
a éste planteamiento. atractivo diseños en los que el terror y
lo sangriento se mezclaban con la sensualidad y el erotismo.
El grupo ha estado marcado por frecuentes cambios de formación,
siendo la actual la compuesta por Dani Filth (voz), Paul
Allender (guitarra), Germs Warfare (guitarrista), Martin Foul
(pianista), Herr Publis (bajista), y Adrián Erlandson
(batería).
Tienen una nutrida discografía, que se inició en el año 1994,
con "The Principle of Evil Made Flesh", y que logró sus mejores
momentos con discos como "Dusk And Her Embrace" (1996) o "Crulty
and the Beast" (1998), disco basado en la vida y crímenes de
Elizabeth Bathory.
Ahora acaba de lanzar un nuevo álbum, "Nymphetamine", un disco
que retoma la línea de sus mejores trabajos, explotando la
melodía, las estructuras dinámicas, el romanticismo y los
contrastes sonoros que han hecho famoso al grupo. En
el disco colabora Liv Kristine, miembro de Leaves' Eyes, que
aporta su cristalina voz femenina al tema "Nymphetamine" y
además cuenta con un atractivo y espectacular libreto, que en
esta ocasión parece un homenaje (más duro y sangriento) a las
pinturas de Luis Royo. lo firma el inglés Matt Lombard y en él
se mezcla el terror, la fantasía y el erotismo del cuerpo
femenino.
Cradle of Filth , grupo de culto y referencia para todos
los seguidores del metal, tiene un directo de los más
espectaculares, controvertidos y extravagantes de la historia,
Moonspell está considerada una verdadera deidad del gothic
metal y The Haunted ha conseguido, innovando en el deth
metal, que su público les situe entre los preferidos de este
estilo.
Cradle Of Filth Biography
''Touched By Jesus, Fingered By God', a slogan from a T-shirt
produced by Cradle Of Filth's own merchandise enterprise
Vampyrotica. Tasteless? Maybe. Provocative? Certainly.
Necessary? Well, that one will always be debatable. Cradle Of
Filth are just doing their job. They are the biggest black metal
band in the world, and are not only performing it, but also
living it to the fullest. From BBC documentaries to features in
cult style magazine The Face, worldwide tours and awards, and
even female and male adoration alike, Cradle Of Filth, love them
or hate them, have a business acumen second to none.
Having completed their fifth album 'Midian', released on
Halloween 2000, the band will return to the live circuit
throughout Europe and the UK in November and December this year.
Imagine, if you dare, the scene: the year is 1645, people lie
where they fall. The murderer is hailed a hero, but many people
now believe the infamous Witch-Finder General, Matthew Hopkins,
was born some 200 years too early. For now, a threat from his
hometown is not just spreading it's magic over Suffolk or the
country in which he lived, but throughout the entire world.
Cradle Of Filth have unleashed their sorcery through the release
of three full length albums and two EP's, the latest of which
being the earth shattering 'From The Cradle To Enslave E.P.'
It all began (no doubt beneath a full moon on a stormy, windy
night) in 1991, the first of an unholy trinity of demos was
complete. The young lads knew they had started something dark;
something evil; something out of this world. They didn't
disappoint with the release of their debut album 'The Principle
of Evil Made Flesh' in 1994 on the label Cacophonous. The full
length CD was a menagerie of gothic keyboards, metal riffing and
Vampyric imagery. In other words the ultimate hammer horror
soundtrack. Drawing from an incredibly infinite list of
influences, including the likes of Bathory, Celtic Frost and
Diamanda Galas, and also the literary genius of Lord Byron,
Sheridan LeFanu, Friedrich Nietzsche, Bram Stoker and Charles
Baudelaire, Cradle Of Filth have produced albums of ever
increasing quality. Soaring, sonic masterpieces that envelop you
and take you away into the darkest depths of the collective
Cradle mind. A dreamlike place full of legend, myths and
Vampyres.
Unfortunately, trouble brewed in and around the Cradle of Filth
estate resulting in members moving on, and their next release,
'Vempire', would be their last for Cacophonous. Raging, bloody,
business battles aside, the music on 'Vempire' was what everyone
expected. A natural progression had taken place, yet none of the
ability to produce beautiful gothic epics had left. But, to be
fair, everyone was waiting with bated breath for the new full
length, on a new label, with newly acquired members. 'Dusk And
Her Embrace', their third CD, had breakthrough album written all
over it, the one that would start Cradle Of Filth on their
controversial, provocative, premeditated ascension. Music For
Nations signed Cradle Of Filth immediately, showing off their
new signing at London venue The Astoria, where the band played a
blood curdling set of savage heaviness. The start of a
successful relationship had begun and the music on the
aforementioned 'Dusk and her Embrace' was again unique to Cradle
Of Filth. However, at the same time it was different ...very
different. There was better production, better artwork, a wider
range of formats, and most importantly, better songs. Material
that the band deemed 'too good for Cacophonous' was included on
the album and the result was simply breathtaking. With a guest
appearance by 'Mr Black Metal' himself, Cronos from the
influential 80's band Venom, this was believed to be their best
ever work, but the best was yet to come.
After several successful tours around the world, Cradle of Filth
returned home and began to think about their next album, the
second for Music For Nations. 'Cruelty And The Beast' was
finished in 1998. This was their most musically mature album,
with amazing artwork and another special guest appearance, this
time from Mrs Hammer Horror, Ingrid Pitt. Hugely successful
tours followed in the US, Russia and Japan. Cradle of Filth
became a phenomenon. A regular fixture in the music press,
whilst still maintaining a hardcore following is one side of
their success, but it is mainly due to the total devotion and
energy they have for producing music which the band believe in.
Never threatening to disown their roots for success, their music
is becoming harsher and the promotion more provocative. Their
last release was no exception, containing two highly charged
original songs, two covers, a live recording and an experimental
dance/black metal track. Under the title of 'From The Cradle To
The Enslave', the E.P. made a considerable dent in the rock
charts, together with the simultaneously released long-form
video, 'PanDaemonAeon', which was swiftly banned from daytime
MTV. The massive company's decision only served to further prove
the truly deserved reputation Cradle have built up over the
years, of being the most controversial band in the world.
T-shirt designs, which include the infamous line 'JESUS IS A
C**T'' do anything BUT dampen the ever flowing flame of
controversy.
The future is all that COF have left to conquer, for the past 10
years have spawned the new metal princes. There has been nothing
but success for the new sorcerers of Suffolk; it's almost as if
the witches of 250 years ago, slaughtered by Witch Finder
General Matthew Hopkins, have been reincarnated into not just a
band but an entity.
That entity is Cradle of Filth....
http://www.cradleoffilth.com/
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