Cradle of Filth

Burial – this is the name with which Cradle of Filth started their career in 1990. Only a year later they changed it to the current one and in 1992, they did everything they could to earn their place on the British extreme underground scene. The black metalheads, under the leadership of Dani Filth, released three demos and a split album through Malediction Records, and when they entered the studio to record their debut album, The Principle of Evil Made Flesh, it was as a well-respected band on the scene. The development showcased on the aforementioned record and the marked improvement of the atmospheric yet still utterly black metal formula present on the demos allowed them to sign with an industry giant, Music For Nations, and while there, in 1996, the band released the iconic album Dusk and Her Embrace. On their sophomore full-length album, Filth & co. put gothic and symphonic elements on an even bigger display, which, as such stylistic trends were slowly gaining momentum at that moment, opened the doors for them to a great career. The records the band went on to release in the first half of the 2000s, such as Midian or Nymphetamine, made them a part of the metal mainstream for good and earned the guys from Ipswich legendary status. Although with each subsequent album Cradle of Filth sounds more and more melodically, moving further away from the black metal paradigm, they retain the extreme style throughout their evolution which continues to this day. However, since the release of the acclaimed Hammer of the Witches in 2015, the English have eagerly dipped their toes back into their black metal and gothic origins.