UK extreme
metal act, Cradle of Filth, has announced an October 30th North
American release date for the band’s 10th studio album, The
Manticore & Other Horrors, out just in time for Halloween courtesy
of Nuclear Blast Records.
Commented
the band’s infamous front man, Dani Filth, “This is our 10th 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!”
Recorded in
eight weeks at both Springvale and Grindstone studios (where it was also
mixed by Scott Atkins), Suffolk, the album is a 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.
The
Manticore & Other Horrors itself possesses an altogether new atmosphere for the band,
incorporating a heavier, faster NWOBBM punk vibe that is both current and
cruel, blended with ornate orchestration and the quirky immediateness of 2000's Midian opus.
The album’s
title can be likened to a bestiary, a collection of stories on monsters -
personal demons, Chimeras, literary fiends and world-enslaving entities to
blame but a few. “Manticore,” the ravening title track, 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” and “Pallid Reflection” bare the sweet ingredients of
vampirism and lycanthropy; the wicked “For Your Vulgar Delectation” and
“Frost On Her Pillow” are woven perversely into grim fairy tales, whilst
classic, monumental tracks like “The Abhorrent and Siding With The Titans” both
extol tentacular Lovecraftian values.
Cradle of
Filth will spread its darkness upon European lands with a tour throughout
November and December.
Stay tuned
for more information on Cradle Of Filth and The Manticore & Other
Horrors.
Cradle Of Filth is…
Dani Filth - vocals
Paul Allender - guitar
James McIlroy - guitar
David Pybus - bass
Martin Skaroupka - drums
Cradle Of Filth online…
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