The intended cover of Thornography (not this one) has been banned in the US. Presumably, North Americans are shocked more easily.
Left to right: Dave Pybus, Rosie Smith, Charles Hedger, Adrian Erlandsson, Dani Filth, Paul Allender, Sarah Jezebel Deva
Dani Filth - Vocals
Adrian Erlandsson - Drums
Paul Allender - Guitar
Charles Hedger - Guitar
Dave "Herr Pubis" Pybus - Bass
Rosie Smith - Keyboards
Sarah Jezebel Deva - Backing Vocals
CRADLE OF FILTH's upcoming new album, Thornography, will now be released on October 16th through Roadrunner Records. You can view the cover artwork here, and the tracklisting is as follows:
1. Under Pregnant Skies She Comes Alive Like Miss Leviathan
2. Dirge Inferno
3. Tonight in Flames
4. Libertina Grimm
5. Byronic Man
6. I Am The Thorn
7. Cemetery And Sundown
8. Lovesick For Mina
9. The Foetus Of A New Day Kicking
10. Rise Of The Pentagram
11. Under Huntress Moon
12. Temptation
British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH have begun mixing their new album, "Thornography", at Backstage Studios in Derbyshire, England with producer Andy Sneap (MACHINE HEAD, SKINLAB, NEVERMORE). And what would a CRADLE OF FILTHrecord be without a visit from one Doug Bradley — a.k.a. "Hellraiser"'s chief Cenobite, Pinhead? Having already put his narrative stamp on such older CRADLE OF FILTH classics as "Her Ghost in the Fog" and "Swansong for a Raven".
Cradle of Filth will release their next studio album, Thornography, through Roadrunner Records on October 16, 2006. The album is mixed by Andy Sneap, and once again features narration by Doug Bradley (as with Midian and Nymphetamine).
Dani Filth has explained the album's title thus: "This title represents mankind's obsession with sin and self. The thorn combines images of that which troubled Christ, the crown of thorns, thus intimating man's seeming desire to hurt God and also, of the protecting thorn and the need to enclose a secret place or the soul from attack. An addiction to self-punishment or something equally poisonous. A mania. Twisted desires. Barbed dreams. A fetish. An obsession with cruelty. Savage nature. Paganism over Christianity. The title can also represent a sexual attraction to religious iconography as in the case of the 'possessed' Lourdon nuns. I like the title because to me it invokes images of a darker, sexier pre-Raphaelite scene wherein Sleeping Beauty's castle is won and she is awoken by a poisonous kiss. A darker adult faerytale."[1]
Paul Allender told Terrorizer magazine, "There are quite a few guitar solos on this album. To be honest, I've never really classed myself as a lead player as such, but this is the first time I've sat down and seriously practiced lead work. I've been so involved in actually writing new material and coming up with song structures that I haven't had time to practice all the frilly things that go on top of it. Up 'till now, there hasn't really been much room for guitar solos as such. The riffs we write, they're not riffs that are meant to be soloed on top of. They're melodic within themselves. But I'm a great believer than less is definitely more. I love listening to all the shreddy, widdly stuff, but I have no interest in playing it. This new album is quite guitar-orientated. The last album was, but this is definitely more melodic. Dare I say it, there are quite a lot of typical Maiden-esque harmonies in there."
In news posted on the official Cradle Of Filth website in mid May 2006, it was revealed that the planned artwork for Thornography had been banned by Roadrunner Records. A second album cover has now been released (see box), although numerous CD booklets had already been printed with the original image. The "banned" cover has not yet been revealed. Charles Hedger told Gothtronic.com that the new cover "is practically the same; the first one was a bit more sinister. A lot of Americans are really religious and Roadrunner were basically saying that Wal-Mart was not going to take Cradle albums with that on the cover. But Wal-Mart never takes Cradle albums anyhow, so it doesn’t make any difference."
Two cover versions were recorded during the album's sessions, namely Shakespears Sister's "Stay" (featuring Liv Kristine, as did the title track on Nymphetamine) and Heaven 17's "Temptation". "Temptation" seems to be part of the album's finalised track listing, but "Stay" has yet to surface.
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