Description

Double album on black and white bi-coloured vinyls. Limited 500 copies

Many had counted Cradle Of Filth out. Hammer Of The Witches in 2015 drew many back in. That album finally saw the band going back to their roots and creating an album that had some goth black metal melodrama far from the radio friendly music that had been going on for the last ten years. Its follow-up, Cryptoriana: The Seductiveness Of Decay, shows that this band still can combine elements of black, goth, melodeath, thrash, and power metal in a catchy and memorable cocktail of symphonic extreme metal. Cryptoriana stands head and shoulders with the best of their older material. Cryptoriana’s thick, melodramatic atmosphere makes it feel like a successful extension of Hammer Of The Witches, maintaining its rhythmic style while delving into the realms of romantic Victorian horror deeper than I’ve heard since Godspeed and Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa. Cryptoriana is a clear signal that Cradle Of Filth is currently in the middle of one of the best phases of their career, blending several genres with their trademark gothic atmosphere so effectively that it sounds deceptively simple in its execution.

Track list:
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
9. The Night At Catafalque Manor
10. Alison Hell-Annihilator cover