CRADLE OF FILTH

Midian

The fourth album from Suffolk’s finest emerged from the gloom with the tagline, ‘Does the world really need another Cradle Of Filth album? Of course it does. It’s a bad world and needs to be punished.’ They were in punishing and playful form on Midian, with the return of guitarist Paul Allender after a five-year absence, and a loose concept based on Clive Barker’s novel, Cabal. Death Magick boasted narration from horror legend Doug Bradley – aka Pinhead from Hellraiser – while the operatic Her Ghost In The Fog became a mainstay of music TV.

Its demonic brilliance marked Cradle out as a corsepainted national treasure.

LISTEN TO: Her Ghost In The Fog