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UK extreme metal act, Cradle of Filth, has announced an October 30th North American release date for the band\u2019s 10th studio album, The Manticore & Other Horrors, out just in time for Halloween courtesy of Nuclear Blast Records.<\/p>\n
UK extreme metal act, Cradle of Filth, has announced an October 30th North American release date for the band\u2019s 10th studio album, The Manticore & Other Horrors, out just in time for Halloween courtesy of Nuclear Blast Records.<\/p>\n
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Commented the band\u2019s infamous front man, Dani Filth, \u201cThis 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\u2026 Long live the filth!\u201d<\/p>\n
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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.<\/p>\n
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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.<\/p>\n
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The album\u2019s title can be likened to a bestiary, a collection of stories on monsters –\u00a0 personal demons, Chimeras, literary fiends and world-enslaving entities to blame but a few. \u201cManticore,\u201d 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.<\/p>\n
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The songs \u201cIllicitus\u201d and \u201cPallid Reflection\u201d bare the sweet ingredients of vampirism and lycanthropy; the wicked \u201cFor Your Vulgar Delectation\u201d and \u201cFrost On Her Pillow\u201d are woven perversely into grim fairy tales, whilst classic, monumental tracks like \u201cThe Abhorrent and Siding With The Titans\u201d both extol tentacular Lovecraftian values.<\/p>\n
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Cradle of Filth will spread its darkness upon European lands with a tour throughout November and December.<\/p>\n
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Stay tuned for more information on Cradle Of Filth and The Manticore & Other Horrors.<\/p>\n
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Dani Filth – vocals<\/p>\n
Paul Allender – guitar<\/p>\n
James McIlroy – guitar<\/p>\n
David Pybus – bass<\/p>\n
Martin Skaroupka – drums<\/p>\n
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