@Kangaroo: (or @Marcel, I guess): Agreed on the first part, not on the second part. Lovedrive is way behind Taken by Force, but also beyond the other '70s output.
Might be as atrocious, but unlike talking about the #1 news topic in the world currently, making fun of other users is actually against the site rules.
01. The Fate Of The World On Our Shoulders 02. Existential Terror 03. Necromantic Fantasies 04. Crawling King Chaos 05. Here Comes A Candle... (Infernal Lullaby) 06. Black Smoke Curling From The Lips Of War 07. Discourse Between A Man And His Soul 08. The Dying Of The Embers 09. Ashen Mortality 10. How Many Tears To Nurture A Rose? 11. Suffer Our Dominion 12. Us, Dark, Invincible 13. Sisters Of The Mist [bonus] 14. Unleash The Hellion [bonus]
After a couple of spins i think it has a few great tracks and also a fair share of forgettable ones. The album basically goes through their whole discography. There's stuff that reminds me of Dusk and Vempire (Existential Terror), there's stuff from Midian (Crawling King Chaos). And there's lot of Damnation/Godspeed/Nymphetamine in there too (Necromantic Fantasies/How Many Tears...).
Cradle of Filth has been an good streak with Hammer, Cryptoriana and now Existence. Respectable album. Best tracks: Existential Terror, Crawling King Chaos and Suffer Our Dominion. Us, Dark, Invincible closes the album nicely.
Does kids still talk about Cob? Does kids still listens this band? Well if you listen as I did new albums, this is OK, not good as first few but decent album, classical Dani screamo vocals, mixed up master degree lyrics, melodies, keyboards , Gothic touch and images, artwork. Only problem is length of this album , I think 50 minutes is OK and best if you have many albums to listen per day, but then again if you listen few, lenght does not matter.
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I stand whit Ukraine and Israel. They have right to defend own citizens.
Stormtroopers of Death - ''Speak English or Die''
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I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
I happened to never have thoroughly discovered CoF. The first listen of this makes me wanna do it at last. I don't know how good this is exactly, but it's fucking fun.
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So imminently visible - this cloaked innocent guilt
Sentenced to a lifetime, a second of structured chaos
Trampled by the ferocious, raging crowds of solitude
I'm the soil beneath me soaking up the sustenance of my own death.
[Meshuggah]
Not very memorable, rinse and repeated COF for the last 15 years, has a few decent moments in it but definitely doesn't do justice of the early works they have output.
This is what happens when the only consistent member is the lead singer and you constantly change guitarists and keyboardists there is no consistency with this band anymore besides the recycled material they output.
I happened to never have thoroughly discovered CoF. The first listen of this makes me wanna do it at last. I don't know how good this is exactly, but it's fucking fun.
That's what Hammer of the Witches did for me. I never disliked them, but could never really get into them either, despite all the intrigue. Witches completely gripped me (my favorite album of theirs) and has turned me into a fan of virtually their entire discography.
The lead single sounds great and I'm in love with the artwork.
Seems like I'm in a minority here but I think the artwork is tacky/atrocious/disgusting/stupid...
I mean, the entire band's image/lyrics is kind of tacky and cringey - especially whenever you have songs about climate change on an album all about nihilism (nonetheless from a band that expels a ton of C02 flying and driving around the entire world to tour). But if you can manage to put that all aside, the music is still pretty killer.
I happened to never have thoroughly discovered CoF. The first listen of this makes me wanna do it at last. I don't know how good this is exactly, but it's fucking fun.
That's what Hammer of the Witches did for me. I never disliked them, but could never really get into them either, despite all the intrigue. Witches completely gripped me (my favorite album of theirs) and has turned me into a fan of virtually their entire discography.
I'll make sure to check out "Hammer..." then, thanks. \m/
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So imminently visible - this cloaked innocent guilt
Sentenced to a lifetime, a second of structured chaos
Trampled by the ferocious, raging crowds of solitude
I'm the soil beneath me soaking up the sustenance of my own death.
[Meshuggah]
I happened to never have thoroughly discovered CoF. The first listen of this makes me wanna do it at last. I don't know how good this is exactly, but it's fucking fun.
That's what Hammer of the Witches did for me. I never disliked them, but could never really get into them either, despite all the intrigue. Witches completely gripped me (my favorite album of theirs) and has turned me into a fan of virtually their entire discography.
I'll make sure to check out "Hammer..." then, thanks. \m/
Specifically "Deflowering the Maidenhead..." was the track that made me think "Okay, I need to check these guys out in more detail."
That's what Hammer of the Witches did for me. I never disliked them, but could never really get into them either, despite all the intrigue. Witches completely gripped me (my favorite album of theirs) and has turned me into a fan of virtually their entire discography.
I'll make sure to check out "Hammer..." then, thanks. \m
I suggest you listen to the following releases first:
• V Empire, or Dark Faerytales in Phallustein
• Dusk and Her Embrace
• Cruelty and the Beast
• From the Cradle to Enslave
• Midian
These are the best releases they've had (imho), everything after was barely rememberable, pretty much 'meh' with now and and then a good song.
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"The best violence against one is the violence no one ever forgets.."
I suggest you listen to the following releases first:
• V Empire, or Dark Faerytales in Phallustein
• Dusk and Her Embrace
• Cruelty and the Beast
• From the Cradle to Enslave
• Midian
These are the best releases they've had (imho), everything after was barely rememberable, pretty much 'meh' with now and and then a good song.
Thanks, will do
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So imminently visible - this cloaked innocent guilt
Sentenced to a lifetime, a second of structured chaos
Trampled by the ferocious, raging crowds of solitude
I'm the soil beneath me soaking up the sustenance of my own death.
[Meshuggah]
That's what Hammer of the Witches did for me. I never disliked them, but could never really get into them either, despite all the intrigue. Witches completely gripped me (my favorite album of theirs) and has turned me into a fan of virtually their entire discography.
I'll make sure to check out "Hammer..." then, thanks. \m
I suggest you listen to the following releases first:
• V Empire, or Dark Faerytales in Phallustein
• Dusk and Her Embrace
• Cruelty and the Beast
• From the Cradle to Enslave
• Midian
These are the best releases they've had (imho), everything after was barely rememberable, pretty much 'meh' with now and and then a good song.
If he enjoys the new album so much, I'd say it's far more likely he enjoys Hammer and Cryptoriana, as they much more closely resemble this. That's not to say he wouldn't enjoy both eras, of course.
If he enjoys the new album so much, I'd say it's far more likely he enjoys Hammer and Cryptoriana, as they much more closely resemble this. That's not to say he wouldn't enjoy both eras, of course.
I agree. The last three albums are quite similar-sounding.
6th album by score here, slightly behind 2015 and 2017, but I would put it in 4th place. 2015 is good, but I think this one is better.
Vocals seem fine to me, early albums are just incomprehensible shrieking, middle albums lost shrieking alltogether, and 2015, 2017 and 2021 albums are just fine.
CoF seems to be in a high creativity point as this is the third album with very solid material released consecutively. Dany's vocals remain surprisingly good, although they've deteriorated over the years, but musically speaking the band just nails it. Unfortunately they do not seem to be able to break the ace and release a magnum opus.