Cradle of Filth discography

Cradle of Filth was formed in Suffolk, England, in 1991. The band's original members consisted of vocalist Dani Filth, guitarist Paul Ryan, keyboardist Ben Ryan (Paul's brother), bassist John Pritchard and drummer Darren Gardner. With this line-up, Cradle of Filth recorded a demo in 1992, titled Invoking the Unclean. Soon after, they recorded their second demo, Orgiastic Pleasures Foul with new guitarist Robin Eaglestone (aka Robin Graves) and new drummer Was Sarginson. Robin left the band shortly afterwards, but following the departure of John Pritchard, Eaglestone returned to take his place as bassist. Guitarist Paul Allender joined the band at the same time. Following these changes, another demo was recorded, titled Total Fucking Darkness (released commercially in 2014, bolstered with rehearsal sessions and a surviving track from the abandoned Goetia album). Sarginson left the band soon after, paving the way for the entry of drummer Nicholas Barker.

Cradle of Filth discography
Studio albums	12
Live albums	2
Compilation albums	2
Video albums	3
Music videos	21
EPs	4
Singles	19

Cradle of Filth signed with Cacophonous Records in 1994, releasing their debut, The Principle of Evil Made Flesh. A series of differences between band members arose, and there were also problems between the band and the label. Their second work, the EP V Empire or Dark Faerytales in Phallustein, issued in 1996, saw further changes in the line-up. The Ryan brothers and Allender left, and Stuart Anstis (guitarist) and Damien Gregori (keyboardist) joined. While writing material for a new album, the band negotiated their departure from Cacophonous, and in November 1996, signed with European label Music for Nations and guitarist Gian Pyres joined. Later that year, they released Dusk... and Her Embrace, an album that substantially expanded the group's growing cult following.

Their next album was Cruelty and the Beast, released in 1998 featured new keyboardist Les Smith. Next year the group returned with From the Cradle to Enslave, an EP that featured new drummer Adrian Erlandsson (formerly of Sweden's At the Gates and The Haunted), as Barker had departed to join Dimmu Borgir. The band's several lineup changes continued apace as Paul Allender rejoined the group and Martin Powell (ex-Anathema and My Dying Bride) replaced Smith on keyboards for the full-length album Midian, Cradle's last for Music For Nations, which was appropriately released on Halloween 2000. Bitter Suites to Succubi was released on the band's own Abracadaver label in the UK and Spitfire Records in the US in 2001. The group signed to Sony for one album in 2003, adding a choir and orchestra for Damnation and a Day, and moved to Roadrunner Records for 2004's Nymphetamine, 2006's Thornography, and 2008's Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder. 2010's Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa was independently released by Abracadaver through Peaceville. In 2015 the band released Hammer of the Witches. In 2016 the original version of Dusk and Her Embrace (recorded with the line-up of The Principle of Evil Made Flesh but abandoned) was released for the first time.

As of 2009, Cradle of Filth had sold about 800,000 albums in the United States[1][2] and 4 million records worldwide.[3] Metal Hammer magazine called them the most successful British metal band since Iron Maiden.[4]

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions											Sales
		UK [5][6]	AUS [7]	AUT [8]	BEL [9]	FIN [10]	FRA [11]	GER [12]	NLD [13]	SWE [14]	SWI [15]	US [16]
The Principle of Evil Made Flesh	Released: 24 February 1994 Label: Cacophonous Format: CD, LP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Dusk and Her Embrace	Released: 18 August 1996 Label: Music for Nations Format: CD, LP	107	—	—	—	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	WW: 400,000+[17]
Cruelty and the Beast	Released: 27 April 1998 Label: Music for Nations Format: CD, LP	48	—	24	—	13	34	47	37	—	—	—	US: 108,119+[18] WW: 600,000+[19][20]
Midian	Released: 30 October 2000 Label: Music for Nations Format: CD, LP	63	—	—	47	11	50	30	41	57	—	—	US: 71,971+[18] WW: 450,000+[17][21]
Damnation and a Day	Released: 10 March 2003 Label: Sony Format: CD, LP	44	47	43	37	10	37	15	51	30	81	140	US: 100,000+[22] WW: 500,000+[23]
Nymphetamine	Released: 28 September 2004 Label: Roadrunner Format: CD, LP	92	53[24]	56	59	32	44	25	29	23	64	89	US: 150,000+[22] WW: 700,000+[25]
Thornography	Released: 17 October 2006 Label: Roadrunner Format: CD, LP	46	35	20	58	16	48	27	48	37	71	66	US: 55,000+[26]
Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder	Released: 28 October 2008 Label: Roadrunner Format: CD, LP	73	46	53	50	24	64	37	53	49	56	48	US: 11,000 (1st week)[27]
Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa	Released: 1 November 2010 Label: Peaceville Format: CD, LP	95	89[28]	50	64	18	55	43	83	—	61	99	US: 5,800 (1st week)[29]
The Manticore and Other Horrors	Released: 29 October 2012 Label: Peaceville Format: CD, LP	106	—	63[30]	92	24[30]	94[30]	56	—	—	—	96	US: 4,500 (1st week)[31]
Hammer of the Witches	Released: 10 July 2015 Label: Nuclear Blast Format: CD, LP	44	28	57	28	5[32]	—	23	38	—	46	196	US: 3,575 (1st week)[33]
Cryptoriana – The Seductiveness of Decay	Released: 22 September 2017 Label: Nuclear Blast Format: CD, LP	50	53 [34]	20	35	8 [35]	110 [36]	15	—	—	24	—	US: 4,000 (1st week)[37]
Existence is Futile	Released: 2021[38] Label: Nuclear Blast Format: CD, LP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Live albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		UK [6]	FRA [11]
Live Bait for the Dead	Released: 19 August 2002 Label: Abracadaver Format: CD	175	134
Live at Dynamo Open Air 1997	Released: 31 May 2019 Label: Fret Format: CD	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		UK [5][6]	GER [12]
Lovecraft & Witch Hearts	Released: 13 May 2002 Label: Music for Nations Format: CD	96	95
Midnight in the Labyrinth	Released: 21 April 2012 Label: Peaceville Format: CD	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Extended plays

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		UK [6]	AUT [8]	FIN [10]	FRA [11]	GER [12]	NLD [13]
V Empire or Dark Faerytales in Phallustein	Released: 22 April 1996 Label: Cacophonous Format: CD, LP	—	—	—	—	—	—
From the Cradle to Enslave	Released: 2 November 1999 Label: Music for Nations Format: CD, LP	84	—	—	—	—	—
Bitter Suites to Succubi	Released: 18 June 2001 Label: Abracadaver Format: CD, LP	63	36	17	89	45	73
Evermore Darkly	Released: 17 October 2011 Label: Peaceville Format: CD	—	—	—	177	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Demos

Title	Album details
Invoking the Unclean	Released: 20 January 1992 Label: Self-released Formats: CS
Orgiastic Pleasures Foul	Released: February 1992 Label: Self-released Formats: CS
Total Fucking Darkness	Released: 1992, 19 May 2014 (rerelease) Label: Tombstone Records, Mordgrimm (rerelease) Formats: CS, CD, LP
Dusk and Her Embrace: The Original Sin	Released: 8 July 2016 Label: Cacophonous Format: CD

Singles

Year	Title	UK [6]	FRA [11]	Album
1998	"Twisted Nails of Faith"[39]	—	—	Cruelty and the Beast
2000	"Her Ghost in the Fog / Dance Macabre"	—	—	Midian
2001	"No Time to Cry"	—	—	Bitter Suites to Succubi
2003	"Babalon A.D. (So Glad for the Madness)"	35	—	Damnation and a Day
	"Mannequin"	—	—
2004	"Nymphetamine"	—	—	Nymphetamine
2005	"Devil Woman"	—	—
2006	"Temptation / Dirge Inferno"	—	—	Thornography
2007	"The Foetus of a New Day Kicking"	—	—
2008	"Tragic Kingdom"	—	—	Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder
	"Honey and Sulphur"	—	98
2009	"The Death of Love"	—	—
2010	"Forgive Me Father (I Have Sinned)"	—	—	Darkly, Darkly Venus Aversa
2011	"Lilith Immaculate"	—	—
2012	"Frost on Her Pillow"	—	—	The Manticore and Other Horrors
2013	"For Your Vulgar Delectation"	—	—
2015	"Right Wing of the Garden Triptych"	—	—	Hammer of the Witches
	"Blackest Magick in Practice"	—	—
2017	"Heartbreak and Seance"	—	—	Cryptoriana - The Seductiveness of Decay
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Covers

Cradle of Filth are well known for their extensive list of covers (usually included on the special editions).

Year	Title	Album	Original artist(s)
1996	"Hell Awaits"	Dusk... and Her Embrace	Slayer
1998	"Sodomy and Lust"	Cruelty and the Beast	Sodom
1998	"Black Metal"		Venom
1998	"Hallowed Be Thy Name"		Iron Maiden
1999	"Sleepless"	From the Cradle to Enslave	Anathema
1999	"Death Comes Ripping"		Misfits
1999	"Dawn of Eternity"		Massacre
2000	"For Those Who Died"	Midian	Sabbat
2001	"The Fire Still Burns"	Twisted Forever	Twisted Sister
2001	"No Time to Cry"	Bitter Suites to Succubi	The Sisters of Mercy
2004	"Devil Woman"	Nymphetamine	Cliff Richard
2004	"Mr. Crowley"		Ozzy Osbourne
2004	"Bestial Lust"		Bathory
2006	"Temptation"	Thornography	Heaven 17
2006	"Stay"		Shakespears Sister
2006	"Halloween II"	Thornography Underworld: Evolution	Samhain
2008	"Into the Crypt of Rays"	Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder	Celtic Frost
2017	"Alison Hell"	Cryptoriana – The Seductiveness of Decay	Annihilator

Videos

Video albums

Title	Video details	Peak chart positions	Sales	Certifications
		SWE [40]
PanDaemonAeon	Released: 5 October 1999 Label: Music for Nations Format: VHS, DVD	—
Heavy, Left-Handed and Candid	Released: 25 November 2001 Label: Abracadaver Format: VHS, DVD	16	WW: 100,000+[41]
Peace Through Superior Firepower	Released: 22 November 2005 Label: Roadrunner Format: DVD	12	US: 2,000 (1st week)[42]	CAN: Gold[43]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Music videos

Year	Title	Director
1999	"From the Cradle to Enslave"	Alex Chandon[44]
2000	"Her Ghost in the Fog"
2001	"Born in a Burial Gown"
	"No Time to Cry"
	"Scorched Earth Erotica"
2003	"Babalon A.D. (So Glad for the Madness)"	W.I.Z.[45]
	"Mannequin"	Thomas Mignone[46]
	"The Promise of Fever"	Paul Allender[47]
2004	"Nymphetamine"	Dani Jacobs[48]
2006	"Temptation"	Adam Mason[49]
2007	"Tonight in Flames"	Paul Allender[50]
	"The Foetus of a New Day Kicking"	Lee Lennox[51]
2008	"Honey and Sulphur"	Michael Maxxis[52]
2009	"The Death of Love"	Will Wright[53]
2010	"Forgive Me Father (I Have Sinned)"	Dani Jacobs[54]
2011	"Lilith Immaculate"	Ross Bolidai[55]
2012	"Frost On Her Pillow"	Stuart Birchall[56]
2013	"For Your Vulgar Delectation"	Ross Bolidai [57]
2015	"Right Wing of the Garden Triptych"	Sam Scott-Hunter
	"Blackest Magick In Practice"
2016	"Sleepless"	Joe Latham
2017	"Heartbreak And Seance"	Arthur Berzinsh
	"You Will Know The Lion By His Claw" (Lyric Video)	—
	"Achingly Beautiful" (Lyric Video)	—

See also

• Cradle of Fear
• From the Cradle to the Grave
• The Gospel of Filth
• Dominator

Footnotes

1. ^ Re-released in 2007 by Peaceville Records, with the new title of Eleven Burial Masses. The CD & DVD package consists of the entire first disc of Live Bait for the Dead, plus the DVD Heavy, Left-Handed and Candid without its original bonus features.

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External links

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