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2004's Nymphetamine was the band's first full album since The Principle of Evil Made Flesh to not be based around any sort of overarching concept (although references to the works of H. P. Lovecraft are made more than once). Cradle's bassist Dave Pybus described it as an "eclectic mix between the group's Damnation and Cruelty albums with a renewed vigour for melody, songmanship [sic] and plain fucking weirdness spat into the smelting bowl."[17] Cradle's growing acceptance by the mainstream was confirmed when the album's title track was nominated for a Grammy award,[18] but the band's cover version of Cliff Richard's "Devil Woman" for the Nymphetamine special edition did little to convince its detractors of the band's integrity.[19]
The band's most recent album, Thornography,
was released in October 2006. According to Dani Filth, the title
"represents mankind's obsession with sin and self... An addiction to
self-punishment or something equally poisonous... A mania."[20] On the subject of the album's musical direction, Filth told Revolver
magazine, "I'm not saying it's 'experimental', but we're definitely
testing the limits of what we can do... A lot of the songs are really
rhythmical - thrashy, almost - but they're all also really catchy."[21]
A flurry of pre-release controversy saw Samuel Araya's original cover
artwork scrapped and replaced in May 2006, although numerous CD
booklets had already been printed with the original image.[16] Thornography received a similar reception to Nymphetamine, garnering generally positive reviews, but raising a few eyebrows with the inclusion of a cover of Heaven 17's "Temptation"[22] (featuring guest vocals from Dirty Harry), which was released as a digital single and accompanying video shortly before the album.
Long-term drummer Adrian Erlandsson
departed the band in November 2006. According to an official Roadrunner
press release, Erlandsson left with the intention of devoting his
energies to his two side projects Needleye and Nemhain
(the former of which is now defunct): "I have enjoyed my time with
Cradle but it is now time to move on. I feel I am going out on a high
as Thornography is definitely our best album to date".[20] On July 1st, 2007, the German band Samsas Traum stated that Erlandsson would be playing drums on the new album, Heiliges Herz—Das Schwert der Sonne, and its subsequent tour.
Cradle announced in early 2008 that their eighth studio album was
underway: "The world tour for the 'Thornography' album, which last saw
COF in Russia, Ukraine, UK, Romania, Slovakia and North America with GWAR
is now complete [and] the band has returned home to start writing for a
new record over the dark months in the rehearsal room. The new album,
which is not yet titled, will be released some time in 2008 via
Roadrunner Records."[23]
The band's official message boards recently revealed parts of an interview with Paul Allender,
conducted by MédiaMatinQuébec: "We already have four new songs ready
and I have to say that they are... much faster than the songs on Thornography. [They] sound like old Cradle of Filth... A mixture of Midian and Dusk.
. ." The interview goes on to state that the album is planned for
summer 2008 and will be followed by a European and American tour.[24]
The band will go on a tour around Europe with Gorgoroth, Moonspell, and Septic Flesh in December 2008.
The band's most recent album, Thornography,
was released in October 2006. According to Dani Filth, the title
"represents mankind's obsession with sin and self... An addiction to
self-punishment or something equally poisonous... A mania."[20] On the subject of the album's musical direction, Filth told Revolver
magazine, "I'm not saying it's 'experimental', but we're definitely
testing the limits of what we can do... A lot of the songs are really
rhythmical - thrashy, almost - but they're all also really catchy."[21]
A flurry of pre-release controversy saw Samuel Araya's original cover
artwork scrapped and replaced in May 2006, although numerous CD
booklets had already been printed with the original image.[16] Thornography received a similar reception to Nymphetamine, garnering generally positive reviews, but raising a few eyebrows with the inclusion of a cover of Heaven 17's "Temptation"[22] (featuring guest vocals from Dirty Harry), which was released as a digital single and accompanying video shortly before the album.
Long-term drummer Adrian Erlandsson
departed the band in November 2006. According to an official Roadrunner
press release, Erlandsson left with the intention of devoting his
energies to his two side projects Needleye and Nemhain
(the former of which is now defunct): "I have enjoyed my time with
Cradle but it is now time to move on. I feel I am going out on a high
as Thornography is definitely our best album to date".[20] On July 1st, 2007, the German band Samsas Traum stated that Erlandsson would be playing drums on the new album, Heiliges Herz—Das Schwert der Sonne, and its subsequent tour.
Cradle announced in early 2008 that their eighth studio album was
underway: "The world tour for the 'Thornography' album, which last saw
COF in Russia, Ukraine, UK, Romania, Slovakia and North America with GWAR
is now complete [and] the band has returned home to start writing for a
new record over the dark months in the rehearsal room. The new album,
which is not yet titled, will be released some time in 2008 via
Roadrunner Records."[23]
The band's official message boards recently revealed parts of an interview with Paul Allender,
conducted by MédiaMatinQuébec: "We already have four new songs ready
and I have to say that they are... much faster than the songs on Thornography. [They] sound like old Cradle of Filth... A mixture of Midian and Dusk.
. ." The interview goes on to state that the album is planned for
summer 2008 and will be followed by a European and American tour.[24]
The band will go on a tour around Europe with Gorgoroth, Moonspell, and Septic Flesh in December 2008.
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