Origin: England  
Genres: Black Metal
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Cradle Of Filth

One of the most popular extreme metal bands from England, Cradle Of Filth has parlayed a keen eye for marketing along with stunning visuals, and provocative/controversial lyrics to forge a stellar career that, even deep into their second decade of existence, still commands attention. While they are often thought of as a black metal band, they have little in common with the more traditional Norse bands, instead opting for a more symphonic, gothic black hybrid style, highlighted by increasingly versatile, yet always distinctive, vocals of mainman and visionary Dani Filth. Predictably, the band has survived numerous lineup changes over the years, with many members serving time in other prominent bands. Like many veteran bands, arguably the band has lost some luster in recent times, as it's increasingly hard for a band accustomed to living on the edge and pushing boundaries to continue to do so after some fifteen albums, yet Dani and crew continue to deliver.

Recent album: Trouble And Their Double Lives, released on April 28, 2023.

Current Members

Dani Filth (Dani Davey)

vocals (Devilment)

Ashok (Marek Smerda)

guitars (ex-Root)

Donny Burbage

guitars

Danny Firth

bass

Zoe Marie Federoff

keyboards

Martin Skaroupka

drums (Masterplan)

Former Members/Guests

Paul Ryan

guitars (ex-The Blood Divine)

Paul Allender

guitars (ex-The Blood Divine)

Stuart Anstis

guitars RIP: August 21, 2022, age 48

Jared Demeter

guitars

Gian Piras

guitars (ex-Solstice)

James McIlroy

guitars

Charles Hedger

guitars (Mayhem)

Rich Shaw

guitars

Robin Eaglestone

bass (ex-December Moon)

Dave Pybus

bass (ex-Anathema, ex-Angtoria)

Benjamin Ryan

keyboards (ex-The Blood Divine)

Damien Gregori

keyboards

Les Smith

keyboards (ex-Anathema)

Martin Powell

keyboards (ex-Anathema, ex-My Dying Bride)

Ashley Ellyllon

keyboards

Lindsay Schoolcraft

keyboards/backing vocals

Anabelle Iratni

keyboards (Devilment)

Nick Barker

drums (Brujeria, ex-Dimmu Borgir, ex-Lock Up, ex-Old Man's Child)

William Sarginson

drums (ex-The Blood Divine, ex-December Moon, ex-Deinonychus)

Adrian Erlandsson

drums (At The Gates, ex-Brujeria, guest for Code, The Haunted, ex-Netherbird, ex-Paradise Lost, ex-Vallenfyre)


Discography



The Principle Of Evil Made Flesh  
1994 Cacophonous
  1. Darkness our bride (Jugular wedding)
  2. The principle of evil made flesh
  3. The forest whispers my name
  4. Iscariot
  5. The black goddess rises
  6. One final graven kiss
  7. A crescendo of passion bleeding
  8. To eve the art of witchcraft
  9. Of mist and midnight skies
  10. In secret love we drown
  11. A dream of wolves in the snow
  12. Summer dying fast
  • Dani Filth
  • Paul Ryan
  • Paul Allender
  • Robin Eaglestone
  • Benjamin Ryan
  • Nick Barker
1994 Readers' Album #22



Vempire/Dark Faerytales In Phallustein  
1996 Cacophonous
  1. Ebony dressed for sunset
  2. The forest whispers my name
  3. Queen of winter, throned
  4. Nocturnal supremacy
  5. She mourns a lengthening shadow
  6. The rape and ruin of angels (Hosannas in Extremis)
  • Dani Filth
  • Stuart Anstis
  • Jared Demeter
  • Robin Eaglestone
  • Damien Gregori
  • Nick Barker


Dusk ... And Her Embrace  
1996 Music For Nations
  1. Humana inspired to nightmare
  2. Heaven torn asunder
  3. Funeral in Carpatia
  4. A gothic romance (Red roses for the devil's whore)
  5. Nocturnal supremecy '96
  6. Malice through the looking glass
  7. Dusk and her embrace
  8. The graveyard by moonlight
  9. Beauty slept in Sodom
  10. Haunted shores
  • Dani Filth
  • Stuart Anstis
  • Gian Piras
  • Robin Eaglestone
  • Damien Gregori
  • Nick Barker
1996 Readers' Album #7



Cruelty And The Beast  
1998 Music For Nations
  1. Once upon atrocity
  2. Thirteen autumns and a widow
  3. Cruelty brought thee orchids
  4. Beneath the howling stars
  5. Venus in fear
  6. Desire in violent overture
  7. The twisted nails of faith
  8. Benighted like usher
  9. A murder of ravens in fugue
  10. Eyes that witnessed madness
  11. Portrait of a dead countess
  12. Lustmord and wargasm (the lick of carnivorous winds)
  • Dani Filth
  • Stuart Anstis
  • Gian Piras
  • Robin Eaglestone
  • Les Smith
  • Nick Barker
1998 Readers' Album #5



From The Cradle To Enslave  EP
1999 Music For Nations
  1. From the Cradle To Enslave
  2. Of Dark Blood And Fucking
  3. Death Comes Ripping
  4. Sleepless
  5. Funeral In Carpahia (Be Quick Or Be Dead Version)
  6. Dawn Of Eternity
  • Dani Filth
  • Stuart Anstis
  • Gian Piras
  • Robin Eaglestone
  • Les Smith
  • Nick Barker
  • William Sarginson
  • Adrian Erlandsson
1999 Readers' Album #53



Midian  
2000 Music For Nations
  1. At The Gates Of Midian
  2. Cthulhu Dawn
  3. Saffron's Curse
  4. Death Magick For Adepts
  5. Lord Abortion
  6. Amore E Morte
  7. Creatures That Kissed In Cold Mirrors
  8. Her Ghost In The Fog
  9. Satanic Mantra
  10. Tearing The Veil From Grace
  11. Tortured Soul Asylum
  • Dani Filth
  • Paul Allender
  • Gian Piras
  • Robin Eaglestone
  • Martin Powell
  • Adrian Erlandsson
2000 Readers' Album #6



Bitter Suites To Succubi  
2001 Spitfire
  1. Sin Deep My Wicked Angel
  2. All Hope In Eclipse
  3. Born In A Burial Gown
  4. Summer Dying Fast
  5. No Time To Cry
  6. The Principle Of Evil Made Flesh
  7. Suicide and Other Comforts
  8. Dinner at Deviant's Palace
  9. The Black Goddess Rises II
  10. Scorched Earth Erotica
  • Dani Filth
  • Paul Allender
  • Gian Piras
  • Robin Eaglestone
  • Martin Powell
  • Adrian Erlandsson


Lovecraft & Witch Hearts  COMPILATION
2002 Spitfire
  1. Creatures That Kissed In Cold Mirrors
  2. Dusk and her Embrace
  3. Beneath The Howling Stars
  4. Her Ghost In The Fog
  5. Funeral In Carpathia(Be Quick Or Be Dead Mix)
  6. The Twisted Nails Of Faith
  7. From The Cradle To Enslave
  8. Saffron’s Curse
  9. Malice Through The Looking Glass
  10. Cruelty Brought Thee Orchids
  11. Lord Abortion
  12. Once Upon Atrocity
  13. Thirteen Autumns And A Widow - Red October mix
  14. For Those Who Died – Return To The Sabbat Mix
  15. Sodomy And Lust
  16. Twisting Further Nails (remix)
  17. Amor E Morte - Lycanthroy mix
  18. Carmilla’s Masque
  19. Lustmord And Wargasm-The Relicking Of Cadaverous Wounds
  20. Dawn Of Eternity
  21. Of Dark Blood And Fucking-Stripped To The Bone mix
  22. Dance Macabre (remix)
  23. Hell Awaits
  24. Hallowed Be Thy Name
2002 Readers' Album #42



Live Bait For The Dead  LIVE
2002 Abracadaver
  1. Intro - The Ceremony Opens
  2. Lord Abortion
  3. Ebony Dressed For Sunset
  4. The Forest Whispers My Name
  5. Cthulhu Dawn
  6. Dusk And Her Embrace
  7. The Principle Of Evil Made Flesh
  8. Cruelty Brought Thee Orchids
  9. Her Ghost In The Fog
  10. Summer Dying Fast
  11. Interlude - Creatures That Kissed In Cold Mirrors
  12. From The Cradle To Enslave
  13. Queen Of Winter Throned
  14. Born In A Burian Gown - The Polished Coffin Mix
  15. No Time To Cry - Sisters Of No Mercy Mix
  16. Funeral In Carpathia - Soundcheck Recording
  17. Deleted Scenes Of A Snuff Princess
  18. Scorched Earth Erotica - Original Demo Version
  19. Nocturnal Supremacy - Soundcheck Recording
  20. From The Cradle To Enslave - Under Martian Rule Mix
  21. The Fire Still Burns
  • Dani Filth
  • Paul Allender
  • Gian Piras
  • Robin Eaglestone
  • Martin Powell
  • Adrian Erlandsson


Damnation And A Day  
2003 Abracadaver
  1. A Bruise Upon The Silent Moon
  2. The Promise Of Fever
  3. Hurt And Virtue
  4. An Enemy Led The Tempest
  5. Damned In Any Language (A Plague On Words)
  6. Better To Reign In Hell
  7. Serpent Tongue
  8. Carrion
  9. The Mordant Liquor Of Tears
  10. Presents From The Poison-Hearted
  11. Doberman Pharaoh
  12. Babalon A.D. (So Glad For The Madness)
  13. A Scarlet Witch Lit The Season
  14. Mannequin
  15. Thank God For The Suffering
  16. The Smoke Of Her Burning
  17. End Of Daze
  • Dani Filth
  • Paul Allender
  • Dave Pybus
  • Adrian Erlandsson
2003 Readers' Album #9



Nymphetamine  
2004 Roadrunner
  1. Satyriasis (Intro)
  2. Gilded Cunt
  3. Nemesis
  4. Gabrielle
  5. Absinthe with Faust
  6. Nymphetamine (Overdose)
  7. Painting Flowers White Never Suited My Palette
  8. Medusa and Hemlock
  9. Coffin Fodder
  10. English Fire
  11. Filthy Little Secret
  12. Swanson For A Raven
  13. Mother of Abominations
  • Dani Filth
  • Paul Allender
  • James McIlroy
  • Dave Pybus
  • Martin Powell
  • Adrian Erlandsson
2004 Readers' Album #5



Thornography  
2006 Roadrunner
  1. Under Pregnant Skies she Comes Alive Like Miss Leviathan
  2. Dirge Inferno
  3. Tonight in Flames
  4. Libertina Grimm
  5. Byronic Man
  6. I am the Thorn
  7. Cemetery and Sundown
  8. Lovesick for Mina
  9. The Foetus of a New Day Kicking
  10. Rise of the Pentagram
  11. Under Huntress Moon
  12. Temptation (Heaven 17)
  • Dani Filth
  • Paul Allender
  • Charles Hedger
  • Dave Pybus
  • Adrian Erlandsson
2006 Readers' Album #22



Godspeed On The Devil's Thunder  
2008 Roadrunner
  1. In Grandeur and Frankincense Devilment Stirs
  2. Shat Out of Hell
  3. The Death of Love
  4. The 13th Caesar
  5. Tiffauges
  6. Tragic Kingdom
  7. Sweetest Maleficia
  8. Honey And Sulphur
  9. Midnight Shadows Crawl to Darken Counsel With Life
  10. Darkness Incarnate
  11. Ten Leagues Beneath Contempt
  12. Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder
  13. Corpseflower
  • Dani Filth
  • Paul Allender
  • Charles Hedger
  • Dave Pybus
  • Martin Skaroupka
2008 Readers' Album #23



Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa  
2010 Abracadaver
  1. . The Cult of Venus Aversa
  2. One Foul Step From the Abyss
  3. The Nun with the Astral Habit
  4. Retreat of the Sacred Heart
  5. The Persecution Song
  6. Deceiving Eyes
  7. Lilith Immaculate
  8. The Spawn of Love and War
  9. Harlot on a Pedestal
  10. Forgive Me Father (I Have Sinned)
  11. Beyond the Eleventh Hour
  • Dani Filth
  • Paul Allender
  • James McIlroy
  • Dave Pybus
  • Ashley Ellyllon
  • Martin Skaroupka
2010 Readers' Album #29



Evermore Darkly ...  
2011 Peaceville
  1. Transmission From Hell?
  2. Thank Your Lucky Scars
  3. Forgive Me Father (I Have Sinned) - Elder Version
  4. Lilith Immaculate (Extended Length)
  5. The Persecution Song - Elder Version
  6. Forgive Me Father (I'm In A Trance)
  7. The Spawn Of Love And War - Elder Version
  8. Summer Dying Fast ("Midnight In The Labyrinth" breadcrumb trail)
  • Dani Filth
  • Paul Allender
  • James McIlroy
  • Dave Pybus
  • Martin Skaroupka
2011 Readers' Album #86



Midnight In The Labyrinth  
2012 Peaceville
  1. A Gothic Romance (Red Roses for the Devil's Whore)
  2. The Forest Whispers My Name
  3. The Twisted Nails of Faith
  4. The Rape and Ruin of Angels (Hosannas in Extremis)
  5. Funeral in Carpathia
  6. Summer Dying Fast
  7. Thirteen Autumns and a Widow
  8. Dusk and Her Embrace
  9. Cruelty Brought Thee Orchids
  10. Goetia (Invoking the Unclean)
  11. The Rape and Ruin of Angels (Hosannas in Extremis)
  12. Dusk and Her Embrace
  13. Summer Dying Fast
  14. The Twisted Nails of Faith
  15. Funeral in Carpathia
  16. The Forest Whispers My Name
  17. Cruelty Brought Thee Orchids
  18. A Gothic Romance (Red Roses for the Devil's Whore)
  19. Thirteen Autumns and a Widow


The Manticore & Other Horrors  
2012 Nuclear Blast
  1. The Unveiling of O
  2. The Abhorrent
  3. For Your Vulgar Delectation
  4. Illicitus
  5. Manticore
  6. Frost on Her Pillow
  7. Huge Onyx Wings Behind Despair
  8. Pallid Reflection
  9. Siding with the Titans
  10. Succumb to This
  11. Sinfonia
  • Dani Filth
  • Paul Allender
  • Danny Firth
  • Martin Skaroupka
2012 Readers' Album #37



Hammer Of The Witches  
2015 Nuclear Blast
  1. Walpurgis Eve
  2. Yours Immortally…
  3. Enshrined in Crematoria
  4. Deflowering the Maidenhead, Displeasuring the Goddess
  5. Blackest Magick in Practice
  6. The Monstrous Sabbat (Summoning the Coven)
  7. Hammer of the Witches
  8. Right Wing of the Garden Triptych
  9. The Vampyre at My Side
  10. Onward Christian Soldiers
  11. Blooding the Hounds of Hell
  • Dani Filth
  • Ashok
  • Rich Shaw
  • Danny Firth
  • Lindsay Schoolcraft
  • Martin Skaroupka
2015 Readers' Album #17



Cryptoriana - The Seductiveness Of Decay  
2017 Nuclear Blast
  1. Exquisite Torments Await
  2. Heartbreak and Seance
  3. Achingly Beautiful
  4. Wester Vespertine
  5. The Seductiveness of Decay
  6. Vengeful Spirit
  7. You Will Know the Lion by His Claw
  8. Death and the Maiden
  • Dani Filth
  • Ashok
  • Rich Shaw
  • Danny Firth
  • Lindsay Schoolcraft
  • Martin Skaroupka
2017 Readers' Album #17



Live At Dynamo Open Air 1997  LIVE
2019 Dynamo
  1. To Eve the Art of Witchcraft
  2. The Forest Whispers My Name
  3. Dusk and Her Embrace
  4. Malice Through the Looking Glass
  5. Haunted Shores
  6. The Black Goddess Rises
  • Dani Filth
  • Stuart Anstis
  • Gian Piras
  • Robin Eaglestone
  • Damien Gregori
  • Nick Barker


Existence Is Futile  
2021 Nuclear Blast
  1. The Fate of the World on Our Shoulders
  2. Existential Terror
  3. Necromantic Fantasies
  4. Crawling King Chaos
  5. Here Comes a Candle... (Infernal Lullaby)
  6. Black Smoke Curling from the Lips of War
  7. Discourse Between a Man and His Soul
  8. The Dying of the Embers
  9. Ashen Mortality
  10. How Many Tears to Nurture a Rose?
  11. Suffer Our Dominion
  12. Us, Dark, Invincible
  13. Sisters of the Mist
  14. Unleash the Hellion
  • Dani Filth
  • Ashok
  • Rich Shaw
  • Danny Firth
  • Anabelle Iratni
  • Martin Skaroupka


Trouble And Their Double Lives  LIVE
2023 Napalm
  1. She Is a Fire
  2. Heaven Torn Asunder
  3. Blackest Magick in Practice
  4. Honey and Sulphur
  5. Nymphetamine (Fix)
  6. Born in a Burial Gown
  7. Desire in Violent Overture
  8. Bathory Aria
  9. The Death of Love
  10. Demon Prince Regent
  11. Heartbreak and Seance
  12. Right Wing of the Garden Triptych
  13. The Promise of Fever
  14. Haunted Shores
  15. Gilded Cunt
  16. Saffron's Curse
  17. Lustmord and Wargasm (The Lick of Carnivorous Winds)
  18. You Will Know the Lion by His Claw
  • Dani Filth
  • Ashok
  • Rich Shaw
  • Danny Firth
  • Lindsay Schoolcraft
  • Martin Skaroupka



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