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This Black-Metal band, led by vocalist Dani Filth, was formed in Suffolk,
ENGLAND in 1991; the early incarnation comprised guitarist Paul Ryan,
bassist Jon Richard, keyboardist Benjamin Ryan and drummer Darren.
The quintet soon released a demo; after several personnel changes and
two more demos the group scored a deal with Cacophonous Records who released
in mid-1994, their debut full-length album, "The Principle Of Evil
Made Flesh". Shortly afterwards the Ryan brothers quit.
By late 1996 Cradle Of Filth's line-up consisted of Dani Filth, guitarists
Stuart Antsis and Gian Pyres, keyboardist Les Smith, bass player Robin
Eaglestone and drummer Nicholas Barker, they recorded "Dusk... And
Her Embrace".
The follow-up "Cruelty And The Beast", took the band into The
Official U.K. Albums chart for the first time when it peaked at #48 in
the spring of 1998.
During the year 2000 Adrian Erlandsson joined over the drum stool as Barker
left, guitarist Paul Allender replaced Antsis and the group started to
work on "Midian", Martin Powell took the place of Smith on keyboards
in time for the sessions; the record gained critical acclaim in North-Europe
reaching the #11 position in Finland.
A year later, Cradle Of Filth, released on their own imprint label AbraCadaver,
"Bitter Suites To Succubi", an album that incuded re-workings
of early material plus four new songs, it failed to chart in their homeland
but hit #11 on the U.S. Top Independent Albums list.
Their next effort, "Damnation And A Day" the first recorded
with new bassist Dave Pybus, which arrived in March 2003, stormed the
albums charts all over Europe and cracked the American Billboard Top 200.
After switching to Roadrunner Records, the band acquired James Mcilroy
who replaced the departing long-time guitarist Gian Pyresnearly and in
September 2004 the sextet issued "Nymphetamine"; it crashed
into the top 100 in the U.S. and they toured extensively to promote the
release sharing the stage with such acts as Type
O Negative, Soilwork and Mudvayne.
Yet another line-up change occurred; in 2005 Powell announced he would
leave the group, Mcilroy exited the band a short time later while newcomer
Charles Hedger took his spot and a new keyboardist, Rosie Smith, was added
as well. In October 2006 the band put out their eighth full-length studio
album, "Thornography", reaching the #66 position on The Billboard
200, their best chart-placing to date. The disc was also the band's most
commercially successful album making it into the top 40 in Finland, Sweden,
Germany and Australia.
Two years later Cradle Of Filth released a new album called "Godspeed
On The Devil's Thunder", based on the story of the world's first
serial killer, French nobleman and soldier of Joan of Arc, Gilles De Rais.
The album was recorded with Czech drummer Martin Škaroupka, who replaced
Adrian Erlandsson after his departure from the band.
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