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“They wouldn’t bat an eyelid at Wagner, who believed the church was linked to the downfall of civilisation. But metal is ‘wrong’?”: The metal band who made history by playing one of England’s biggest cathedrals – despite accusations of ‘blasphemy’

Symphonic metal band Plague Of Angels became the first metal band to play the 800-year old York Minster

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8 things we learned at Download Festival 2025

From Spiritbox and President to Cradle Of Filth, Anaal Nathrakh and erm, The Vengaboys, these are the bands that ruled and defined Download Festival 2025

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“You’ve gotta be able to learn the songs by ear – especially with Cradle of Filth. The tabs online are terrible”: Cradle Of Filth’s Donny Burbage and Marek ‘Ashok’ Šmerda on their theatrical metal roles – and what modern players miss about Marshalls

The hands that rock the Cradle reveal the guitar tonesbehind their theatrical metal mayhem and find modern guitars are weak and false

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“He mentioned how much he admired Pol Pot and Nicolae Ceaușescu for the way they could control the populace”: Cradle Of Filth’s Dani Filth was pen-pals with Norwegian black metal ringleader Euronymous

Cradle Of Filth’s Dani Filth was pen-pals with Norwegian black metal ringleader Euronymous

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"You might hate us, but at least you've heard of us." How Cradle Of Filth became Britain's most iconic black metal band

Controversial t-shirts, murder confessions, being held at gunpoint at the Vatican - Cradle Of FIlth have plenty of stories from over 30 years on the frontlines of extreme metal

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York Minster hosts controversial metal concert as threatened protests fail to materialise

Cheering crowd at 800-year-old cathedral enjoy Plague of Angels gig, which had been branded an ‘outright insult’

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Cradle Of Filth’s singer claims Ed Sheeran tried to turn a Toys R Us into a live music venue

The plan was unfortunately shot down by Ipswich City Council

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Twiddly Iron Maiden harmonies, thrash riffs, horror, rapping (kind of) and sexy goth allure: The Screaming Of The Valkyries is peak Cradle Of Filth

Fourteen albums in, Cradle Of Filth reconnect with their roots to produce an expansive, era-encompassing epic

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Spotify fights back: Think that artists aren’t getting enough cash? Spotify says there's a good reason for that

After a stream of anti-Spotify sentiment, the supersized streaming service wants to set the record straight

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"It’s gory and romantic and brutal and I think that’s what keeps people coming back again and again." Why metal is obsessed with vampires

A history of metal's fascination with the fanged undead, from Slayer to Cradle Of Filth, Type O Negative and Creeper

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Cradle Of Filth's Dani Filth compares Spotify to "daylight robbery", says he "owes it" to his fellow metal artists to not have an account on the platform

Cradle Of Filth frontman Dani Filth slams Spotify: "I want my bands to be paid because if they’re not paid, they’re not bands anymore"

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The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Dream Theater, Killswitch Engage and Electric Callboy lead a stacked week of brilliant new metal singles. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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"Marriage is f*cking metal." Cradle of Filth members Marek Šmerda and Zoë Federoff married in Arizona

Cradle of Filth guitarist and keyboardist tied the knot in Tucson, Arizona

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“He's playing acoustic guitar, but a lot of it sounds like us. Ed really pushes himself”: Dani Filth on Cradle Of Filth's collaboration with… Ed Sheeran

It’s the most unlikely team up since Judas Priest and SAW

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“I knew The Poison was going to be massive!” Metal Hammer releases exclusive Trivium x Bullet For My Valentine bundle – featuring a t-shirt you can’t get anywhere else!

Get the newest Metal Hammer with an exclusive cover and brand-new t-shirt, just in time for Trivium and Bullet For My Valentine’s mammoth Poisoned Ascendancy world tour

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Dani Filth says Ed Sheeran 'really pushes himself' on collab with heavy metallers Cradle of Filth

Ed Sheeran goes all out with his heavy rock vocals on his Cradle of Filth collaboration, says frontman Dani Filth.

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Dani Filth’s mum wants Cradle Of Filth’s Nymphetamine played at her funeral

“She’ll be dead by then, so we can change the tracklisting”

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High Parasite are fronted by Aaron from My Dying Bride, produced by Greg from Paradise Lost and led by a fella called Tombs. You already know they're your new favourite goth metal band

With some true underground metal royalty in their ranks and a tour with Cradle Of Filth under their belts, High Parasite are the goth metal fix you've been looking for

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“A lot of players don’t bother to learn how to fix their guitars – but it’s a necessary part of technique”: Cradle of Filth’s Donny Burbage hated guitar until he got bored of playing video games – and became a tech’ing shredder

The Ibanez fan, Aether Realm guitarist and former guitar tech explains the importance of mastering vibrato – and avoiding pyro at his very first Cradle of Filth show

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The 13 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Linkin Park, Jinjer and Cradle Of FIlth are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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Cradle Of Filth release new single Malignant Perfection, their “horrific homage to All Hallows Eve”

Before you ask: no, Ed Sheeran isn’t on it

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“I don’t have any qualms about playing it until the day I die.” How Nymphetamine helped Cradle Of Filth become “the Backstreet Boys” of black metal

With help from Leaves Eyes vocalist Liv Kristine and some spiritual interference from Type O Negative, Cradle Of Filth traded black metal for goth on 2004's Nymphetamine

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10 times metal bands worked with really unlikely collaborators

From members of the Monty Python crew to famous evolutionary biologists, here are some of the strangest hook-ups in rock history

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“Men screaming – not singing, screaming!” Watch the chaotic time extreme metal antagonists Cradle Of Filth took a Christian mum on tour

In 1998, Cradle Of Filth let a fan’s concerned mum join them on the road for a TV show. Things got pretty haywire pretty quickly.

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Cradle Of Filth announce extensive UK and Europe 2024 headline tour

Everybody’s favourite gothic black metal villains will be joined by Butcher Babies, High Parasite and Mental Cruelty from October to December

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