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Cradle Of Filth has been given a lot of attention in
mainstream media lately due to them signing a major label deal with Sony Music
who decided to give them a chance to conquer the world for real. With a more
generous studio budget than before they have been able to include real
orchestration by The Budapest Film Orchestra and vocal performances by the
Budapest Film Choir. It was obvious to me already with "Bitter Suites To
Succubi" that the band adapted their sound to an even more commercial future
on Sony Music. I'm not certain if this was intentional or not but their music
became more straight-forward with a more sterile and less atmospheric sound.
The lyrics also lost some of the Shakespeare touch and became simpler so that
everyone would be able to read them without bigger problems. It is still
impossible to mistake this for being an album from any other band but Cradle
has definitely lost some of the magic that made them so special. Not really a
bad album but I am still disappointed with Dani and his colleagues although I
suspected that this would happen when they joined the Sony team. "Damnation
And A Day" is the most professional sounding and the heaviest album the band
has produced so far but it is also the most standardized and least interesting
one. The only thing that impressed me the way they used to was the pompous
classical intro. Cradle has always been one of my favorite bands and they
still are but I sincerely hope that they will manage to rise to the top again.
It doesn't help that Adrian Erlandsson is in the band now either (remember
I'm Swedish)... An era might have
ended.
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1. A Bruise Upon The |
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Silent Moon 2. The Promise Of Fever 3. Hurt And Virtue 4. |
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An Enemy Led The Tempest 5. Damned In Any Language (A Plague On |
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Words) 6. Better To Reign In Hell 7. Serpent Tongue 8. |
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Carrion 9. The Mordant Liquor Of Tears 10. Presents From The |
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Poison-Hearted 11. Doberman Pharaoh 12. Babalon A.D. (So Glad |
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For The Madness) 13. A Scarlet Witch Lit The Season 14. |
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Mannequin 15. Thank God For The Suffering 16. The Smoke Of Her |
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Burning 17. End Of Daze |
: 76.45
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