What Are You Listening To?

[CRAZY-HORSE]

CRADLE OF FILTH "cruelty and the beast" cd, 1998.

these guys have been championed by SteveO for some time here at MD, thought i'd give them a go and last time i saw Corey i asked about them and he reccomended this one...
not sure exactly why i like this album as its full of those indecipherable growly,evil sounding vocals that Death Metal contains...and also the same angst-ridden,chaotic guitar,bass and drum work of the same genre....
but something about this is different to Death Metal, these are also lush orchestrations,especially in the three short instrumentals, there are almost ethereal female vocals, and the lyrics( yes you need to read the lyric sheet whilst listening to understand what the hell they are so angry about), are quite intelligent and relal very good stories...
i feel there is a very Gothic style to these songs, very dark, brooding subject matter....as i said, i have no idea exactly why i like this album, but i do...and so does Dani, so SteveO, this gets the thumbs up from both of us!!!!

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: bathory aria
best track: cruelty brought three orchids

tracks:

1. once upon atrocity(instr.) **
2. thirteen autumns and a widow **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J86gbk86twU audio(above two tracks)
3. cruelty brought three orchids ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd-9GK2YlVE audio
4. beneath the howling stars **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0lm5T6zCCc audio
5. venus in fear(instr.) **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15hGIudmHV8 audio
6. desire in violent overture **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v448MohFJY audio
7. the twisted nails of faith **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4bZ3i7wUBo audio
8. bathory aria **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ETEGy0EbdM audio
9. portrait of a dead countess(instr.) **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ud8i5CD800 audio
10.lustmord and wargasm **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZGAEyPykj0 audio

3s=1
2s=9
1s=0

rating: 2.1