CRADLE OF FILTH — Damnation and a Day (review)

CRADLE OF FILTH — Damnation and a Day album cover Album · 2003 · Gothic Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
5/5 ·
aiylyn
Dark perfection,

This album is quite good, especially in light of the band's recent work. Dani Filth explores his ridiculously wide vocal range through this masterpiece as usual, and spends a little more time in the low end of things. The artwork is all well-done and the sound production is second to none. What really grabbed my ears was the vast improvement in Adrian Erlandsson's drumming work -- he really pulls out all the stops on this album, with some of the tightest fills and one of the steadiest blast beats I've ever heard. This puts him in the same league with Nick Barker in my opinion. The songs are all pleasantly varied so that they don't blend together, and of course there are the classic interludes we've all come to expect between each portion of the album. This is the best work the band has produced since Dusk and Her Embrace, and it might even be better. If you liked this band before, you'll love them even more after this. If you didn't like them before, you owe it to yourself to give this album a good listen.
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