Oracle of Midian
Oracle of Midian
Biography/ Discography
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These are heady days for those of us who wear our devotion to metal like a badge of honour. The deafening beast of the dark depths has lived to roar and rampage again and the scene has never been in a happier or healthier state. But don't be deceived. Metal never really went away. In fact, its current fortitude stems entirely from the bands that never surrendered those brave, liquor-soaked men whose total disregard for the vagaries of fashion and finance kept them glued to the grindstone through metal's mainstream wilderness years. Now, as seems wholly fitting, the greatest of these are finally reaping their rewards and hitting new creative peaks as they surge unstoppably onwards and upwards. And, as it was in the beginning, so shall it be in 2007....
Just as the gravel-lined, turd-stained streets of urban England gave heavy metal to the world back in the late '60s, so that small country with the big voice continues to be the place where the world's finest dark metal band rest their weary, alcohol-ravaged heads after another sonic killing spree.
Throughout the '90s, Cradle of Filth - led by vocalist, lyricist and crypt-crawling master of ceremonies Dani Filth - beavered tirelessly away, producing a series of peerless extreme metal classics that drew from an endless, dizzying array of inspirations and influences while always maintaining that instantly recognisable heart of filthy darkness. The brutal and brief Vempire mini-album and the lustrous, lascivious Dusk & Her Embrace (both 1996) began to reveal the band's great sonic range. Later taking into account the slithering concept piece Cruelty & The Beast (1998 ) and the Clive Barker-inspired Midian (2000) - not to mention their excursions into the visual realm of film and promo - the Cradle Of Filth sound showed itself to be a many-headed creature. It was one that took delight in confounding both the purists and the critics who continually assailed the band's motives and creativity even as their fan base expanded and their status soared. With a line-up that seemed to be constantly changing - thanks, perhaps, to the cobweb-encrusted revolving door that rumours suggest marked the entrance to the band's rehearsal space during this period - the music was never allowed to stagnate fresh blood and its revitalising effects remained a permanent weapon in the boys' macabre arsenal...
And so to 2007, where Cradle Of Filth find themselves in the enviable position of being in a league and class of their own. Having long since outstripped the achievements of their one-time contemporaries, the band is now firmly entrenched in a rich vein of form. The current line-up of Dani Filth, guitarists Paul Allender and Charles Hedger, bassist Dave Pybus and drummer Martin Skaroupka is the most solid and powerful in the band's career and Thornography is the resounding, conclusive proof. With songs as brutish, bombastic and diverse as "Libertina Grimm," "Tonight In Flames," "Cemetery & Sundown," "I Am The Thorn," "The Byronic Man" (featuring HIM's Ville Valo on guest vocals) and a deranged cover of Heaven 17's '80s pop gem "Temptation," the world's biggest and best extreme metal band have never sounded so exhilarating, so vital, so venomous.
Louder, harder, faster, heavier, darker, catchier - the unstoppable force that is Cradle Of Filth slithers menacingly forward, crushing the opposition and striking warped, blackened glee into the hearts of misanthropes and malevolents the world over.....
The Principle of Evil Made Flesh 1994 1. Darkness Our Bride (Jugular Wedding)
2. The Principle of Evil Made Flesh
3. The Forest Whispers My Name
4. Iscariot
5. The Black Goddess Rises
6. One Final Graven Kiss
7. A Crescendo of Passion Bleeding
8. To Eve the Art of Witchcraft
9. Of Mist and Midnight Skies
10. In Secret Love we Drown
11. A Dream of Wolves in the Snow
12. Summer Dying Fast
Lyrics
V Empire 19961. Ebony Dressed for Sunset
2. The Forest Whispers My Name
3. Queen of Winter, Throned
4. Nocturnal Supremacy
5. She Mourns a Lengthening Shadow
6. The Rape and Ruin or Angels (Hosannas in Extremis)
Lyrics
Dusk and her Embrace 19961. Humana Inspired to Nightmare
2. Heaven Torn Asunder
3. Funeral in Carpathia
4. A Gothic Romance (Red Roses for the Devil's Whore)
5. Malice Through the Looking Glass
6. Dusk and Her Embrace
7. The Graveyard by Moonlight
8. Beauty Slept in Sodom
9. Haunted Shores
*Coffin Box: "Hell Awaits" & "Carmilla's Masque"
*Digipack: "Hell Awaits" & "Nocturnal Supremacy'96"
Lyrics
Cruelty and the Beast 19981. Once Upon Atrocity
2. Thirteen Autumns and a Widow
3. Cruelty Brought Thee Orchids
4. Beneath the Howling Stars
5. Venus in Fear
6. Desire in Violent Overture
7. The Twisted Nails of Faith
8. Bathory Aria: Benighted like Usher, A Murder of Ravens
in Fugue, Eyes that Witnessed Madness
9. Portrait of the Dead Countess
10. Lustmord and Wargasm
Lyrics
From the Cradle to Enslave 19991. From the Cradle to Enslave
2. Of Dark Blood and ********
3. Death Comes Ripping
4. Sleepless
5. Pervert's Church (From the Cradle to Deprave)
6. Funeral in Carpathia (Be Quick or Be Dead version)
Lyrics
Midian 20001. At The Gates Of Midian
2. Cthulhu Dawn
3. Saffron's Curse
4. Death Magick for Adepts
5. Lord Abortion
6. Amor E Morte
7. Creatures That Kissed in Cold Mirrors
8. Her Ghost in The Fog
9. Satanic Mantra
10 .Tearing The Veil From Grace
11. Tortured Soul Asylum
Lyrics
Bitter Suits To Succubi 20011. Sin Deep My Wicked Angel
2. All Hope In Eclipse
3. Born In A Burial Gown
4. Summer Dying Fast
5. No Time To Cry ( Sisters of Mercy cover)
6. The Principle Of Evil Made Flesh
7. Suicide and Other Comforts
8. Dinner at Deviant's Palace
9. The Black Goddess Rises II
10. Scorched Earth Erotica
Lyrics
Lovecrafts & Witch Hearts 2002Disc ONE
1. Creatures That Kissed In Cold Mirrors
2. Dusk and her Embrace
3. Beneath The Howling Stars
4. Her Ghost In The Fog
5. Funeral In Carpathia(Be Quick Or Be Dead Mix)
6. The Twisted Nails Of Faith
7. From The Cradle To Enslave
8. Saffrons Curse
9. Malice Through The Looking Glass
10. Cruelty Brought Thee Orchids
11. Lord Abortion
Disc TWO
1. Once Upon Atrocity
2. Thirteen Autumns And A Widow - Red October mix
3. For Those Who Died Return To The Sabbat Mix *
4. Sodomy And Lust *
5. Twisting Further Nails **
6. Amor E Morte - Lycanthroy mix
7. Carmillas Masque
8. Lustmord And Wargasm-The Relicking Of Cadaverous Wounds
9. Dawn Of Eternity *
10. Of Dark Blood And ******** To The Bone mix
11. Dance Macabre **
12. Hell Awaits *
13. Hallowed Be Thy Name *
Lyrics
Live Bait for the Dead 2002Disc ONE
1. Intro - The Ceremony Opens
2. Lord Abortion
3. Ebony Dressed For Sunset
4. The Forest Whispers My Name
5. Cthulhu Dawn
6. Dusk And Her Embrace
7. The Prinicple Of Evil Made Flesh
8. Cruelty Brought Thee Orchids
9. Her Ghost In The Fog
10. Summer Dying Fast
11. Interlude - Creatures That Kissed In Cold Mirros
12. From The Cradle To Enslave
13. Queen Of Winter Throned
Disc TWO
1. Born In A Burial Gown - The Polished Coffin Mix
2. No Time To Cry - Sisters Of No Mercy Mix
3. Funeral In Carpathia - Soundcheck Recording
4. Deleted Scenes Of A Snuff Princess
5. Scorched Earth Erotica - Original Demo Version
6. Nocturnal Supremacy - Soundcheck Recording
7. From The Cradle To Enslave - Under Martian Rule Mix
8. The Fire Still Burns
Lyrics
Damnation and a Day 20031. A Bruise Upon The Silent Moon
2. The Promise Of Fever
3. Hurt And Virtue
4. An Enemy Led The Tempest
5. Damned In Any Language ( A Plague On Words)
6. Better To Reign In Hell
7. Serpent Tongue
8. Carrion
9. The Mordant Liquor Of Tears
10. Presents From The Poison-Hearted
11. Doberman Pharaoh
12. Babalon AD (So Glad For The Madness)
13. A Scarlet Witch Lit The Season
14. Mannequin
15. Thank God For The Suffering
16. The Smoke Of Her Burning
17. End Of Daze
Lyrics
Nymphetamine 20041. Satyriasis
2. Gilded c**t
3. Nemesis
4. Gabrielle
5. Absinthe with Faust
6. Nymphetamine (Overdose)
7. Painting Flowers White Never Suited My Palette
8. Medusa and Hemlock
9. Coffin Fodder
10. English Fire
11. Filthy Little Secret
12. Swansong For A Raven
13. Mother of Abominations
14. Nymphetamine (fix)
Lyrics
Thornography 20061. Under Pregnant Skies She Comes Alive Like Miss Laviathan
2. Dirge Inferno
3. Tonight In Flames
4. Libertina Grimm
5. The Byronic Man
6. I Am The Thorn
7. Cemertery 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
Lyrics
Oracle of Midian
Dani Filth
Vocals
July 25, 1973
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Paul Allender
Guitar
November 17, 1970
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Charles Hedger
Guitar
September 18, 1980
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Dave Pybus
Bass
June 4, 1970
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Sarah Jezebel Deva
Backing Vocals
February 25, 1977
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Martin Skaroupka
Drums
Unknown Birthday
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Rosie Smith
Keyboard
No Birthday, but she is 24
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Spiffy. I like the format, and the photographs especially. The links are quite helpful as well. Nice job. Seriously nice.
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