07/31/2021 23:43

Cradle Of Filth

Cradle Of Filth's new album 'Existence Is Futile'

The gates of hell have finally opened up again, to reveal Cradle Of Filth's 13th manifesto, recorded during the lockdown periods of 2020 and entitled 'Existence Is Futile'.

Track listing:
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

Pieced together in isolation, at Grindstone Studios in Suffolk with studio guru Scott Atkins, the album is pitch-black, perverse and at times absurdly brutal, following a nihilistic concept both evocative and relentless.

"The album is about existentialism, existential dread and fear of the unknown," frontman Dani Filth explains. "The concept wasn't created by the pandemic. We'd written it long before that began, but the pandemic is the tip of the cotton-bud as far as the way the world is headed, you know? I guess the title, 'Existence Is Futile', does sound a little morbid. But again, it's more about recognising that truth and saying that everything is permitted because nothing really matters, which mimics the occultist Aleister Crowley's maxim. We all know we're going to die, so we might as well indulge life while we possess it. The final track on the album – 'Us, Dark, Invincible' – really drives that point home. Also, the artwork for this record was created by the Latvian visionary Arthur Berzinsh, who also dressed the last two albums, and that reeks of the exceedingly beautiful yet apocalyptic too."

Diehard fans will be thrilled to learn that horror icon Doug 'Pinhead' Bradley makes a welcome return to the Cradle fold, lending his dulcet tones to the band's most polictically astute song to date, the epic 'Suffer Our Dominion' as well as the album bonus track 'Sisters of the Mist', which is the conclusion to the 'Her Ghost in the Fog' trilogy that started over 20 years ago on the infamous and classic 'Midian'.

Now poison your eyes and ears with the most brutal new album track, 'Crawling King Chaos', accompanied by an infernal music video directed by Vicente Cordero.

Cradle Of Filth, 2021 A.D., are:
Dani Filth | Vocals
Richard Shaw | Guitar
Ashok | Guitar
Daniel Firth | Bass
Martin 'Marthus' Skaroupka | Drums
Anabelle | Female vocals, keys, lyre and orchestration

'Existence Is Futile' wil be out via Nuclear Blast on October 22nd, 2021.

Editions:
- CD jewelcase
- CD digipak (incl. 2 bonus tracks)
- Collector's edition boxset including digipak, 2LP in gatefold, necklace with band symbol pendant, 5 buttons, flag with album artwork, lyric sheet from Dani Filth (also available as strictly limited NB mailorder edition featuring an alternative cover artwork)
- 2 LP in gatefold with 2 bonus tracks:
Black
Picture
Glow in the dark
Red + yellow marbled (NB mailorder excl.)
Purple + black marbled (UK exclusive)
Silver + black splatter (US exclusive)
Blue transparent (EMP excl.)
White + black marbled (Revolver excl.)
- cassette tape (US exclusive)

(source: Cradle Of Filth / Nuclear Blast Records)