Cradle of Filth (thing)

Cradle of Filth don't get a lot of respect in the black metal scene, due to their relative popularity and the fact that they are from the U.K., not Norway. Also, lead vocalist Dani Filth is sort of a silly happy little goth gremlin and is difficult to take seriously. However, I enjoy their work because it is loud, fast, and melodramatic in the extreme. They make use of synth and string sounds, breathy female vocals and long, convoluted lyrics which are usually unintelligable through Dani's high-pitched, lightening-fast delivery but are interesting as poems on their own.

Discography:

• Invoking The Unclean (demo 1992)
• The Black Goddess Rises (demo 1992)
• Orgiastic Pleasures(demo 1992)
• Total Fucking Darkness (demo 1993)
• The Principle of Evil Made Flesh (1994)
• Vempire or Dark Faerytales.... (1996)
• Dusk..... and Her Embrace (1996)
• Cruelty and the Beast (1998) (released in two versions with alternate cover art, one containing an extra remix cd.

  Cradle of Filth have also released a video called PanDaemonAeon, which contains footage from the making of their video, From the Cradle to Enslave as well as live footage.