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On ‎7‎/‎1‎/‎2017 at 3:07 PM, FatherAlabaster said:

Eternity and Alternative 4 both made their way out of my collection and back to the counter of the local record store. I don't remember if I got cash or trade for them... Either way I haven't listened to those albums in so long I can barely recall them. I'm certainly willing to revisit them, but based on my dim memories, it's likely a lost cause.

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18 minutes ago, FatherAlabaster said:

Cradle Of Filth - Midian

Ah, it's been so long since I listened to that album. I've seen them live once when they were on tour with Gorgoroth. Dani really disappointed me with his vocal performance, he was far away from his brilliance on the albums. I guess all these years just drained the power from his voice.

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13 minutes ago, SenedeSwaere said:

Ah, it's been so long since I listened to that album. I've seen them live once when they were on tour with Gorgoroth. Dani really disappointed me with his vocal performance, he was far away from his brilliance on the albums. I guess all these years just drained the power from his voice.

It's my son's favorite album and he begged for it. I'm happy to oblige him, though - they used to be a favorite band, and I've been enjoying their first four albums a lot again over the past couple of years. I only saw them once, I guess about 15 years ago, and they weren't really that good - they had lots of sound issues and Dani didn't deliver with his vocals. I think his kind of ambition is better suited to the studio.

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3 minutes ago, FatherAlabaster said:

It's my son's favorite album and he begged for it. I'm happy to oblige him, though - they used to be a favorite band, and I've been enjoying their first four albums a lot again over the past couple of years. I only saw them once, I guess about 15 years ago, and they weren't really that good - they had lots of sound issues and Dani didn't deliver with his vocals. I think his kind of ambition is better suited to the studio.

They were one of my first extreme metal bands and I really liked them for many years. I still like the old albums, I just don't listen to them very often anymore. Some bands are really better in the studio and disappoint on stage – or the other way round. I guess especially Dani is much of a perfectionist in the studio and that you can't really copy everything at a live gig. A shame, because they have some damn good songs.

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3 minutes ago, SenedeSwaere said:

They were one of my first extreme metal bands and I really liked them for many years. I still like the old albums, I just don't listen to them very often anymore. Some bands are really better in the studio and disappoint on stage – or the other way round. I guess especially Dani is much of a perfectionist in the studio and that you can't really copy everything at a live gig. A shame, because they have some damn good songs.

I think it would always be a pretty big ask to reproduce that range of vocals live on stage. I still think he does a decent enough job on stage vocals wise. I'm less keen on his leprechaun-like bouncing up and down that he does all the time. 

Cradle of Filth are one of those bands that I've loved and liked on record, and they remain one of my favourite bands (especially with the excellent 'Hammer of the Witches' being a huge return to form) but I have always struggled with the image. They just take it too far and end up looking like they're at the Chelmsford goth night with two pound shots and a 'best dressed' competition. 

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4 minutes ago, natassja7 said:

I love early Cradle of Filth. Dusk and Cruelty are regularly played here...but yeh I don't like their recent 'look' it's too OTT in my opinion.

It's no secret that I'm a closet goth, but I draw the line at black lipstick and platform boots (unless you're in KISS). True gothicism lies in the dark beauty in our hearts, not by superficialities. As Hamlet says, "I have that within which passeth show, these but the trappings and suits of woe" or whatever it is...

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27 minutes ago, natassja7 said:

I love early Cradle of Filth. Dusk and Cruelty are regularly played here...but yeh I don't like their recent 'look' it's too OTT in my opinion.

I had a couple of cradle of filth cds I lost them I use listen to them  a lot when they added a symphony to there music that was awesome  i just lost touch of them 

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