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Formed in 1991 in England, Cradle Of Filth spent two years producing demos, such
as Invoking the Unclean (1992), Orgiastic Pleasures (1992) and Total ****ing Darkness (1993). By the
time they released their debut album, The Principle of Evil Made Flesh (Cacophonous, 1994), the line-up had mutated
into a sextet: Daniel Davey (vocals), Paul Ryan (guitar), Robin Eaglestone (bass), Paul Allender (guitar), Benjamin Ryan (keyboards)
and Nicholas Barker (drums). The album immediately established them at the top of the black-metal pyramid.
With a new keyboardist and singer-guitarist Stuart Anstis, the band released the
six-song mini-album Vampire or Dark Faerytales in Phallestein (Cacophonous, 1996), mainly for contractual obligations,
and finally their masterpiece, Dusk and Her Embrace (Music For Nations, 1997). By fusing heavy metal and progressive-rock,
Cradle Of Filth achieved a kind of epic gothic that recalls more King Crimson than Venom (the instrumental The Graveyard
By Moonlight).
After more internal turmoil, the band released Cruelty and the Beast (Myahem,
1998) and their first single ever, From the Cradle to Enslave (1999).
The band's skills at arrangement and pomp get out of control on Midian (Koch,
2000) and Bitter Suites to Succubi (Koch, 2001).
Lovecraft and Witch Hearts (Music for Nations, 2002) is a double-CD anthology.
Vocalist and guitarist Stuart Anstis started the ambient project Aphelion I-IV
(Iris Light, 2001)
Cradle Of Filth's Damnation And A Day (Sony, 2003) marks a return to the heavy
sound of their origins, although in a lighter, poppier version.
Nymphetamine (Roadrunner, 2004)
and Thornography (2006) stuck to what they did best, forgetting the "pop" element and the pomp, but with as little
imagination as possible.
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