Cradle Of Filth

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Babymetal/Bloodywood/Ghost/Sleep Token/Spiritbox

The best metal albums of 2025 (so far)

By Rich Hobson Published 18 September 25

From Cradle of Filth to Whitechapel, Bloodywood to Spiritbox, these are some of the best metal releases of 2025 so far.

Albums

Cradle Of Filth guitarist fired following vicious statement days after keyboardist wife’s departure

By Matt Mills Published 27 August 25

Marek “Ashok” Šmerda has been let go after strongly criticising the band’s business practices, with singer Dani Filth calling the guitarist’s words defamatory

Bands & Artists

Cradle of Filth keyboard player Zoë Federoff leaves the band mid tour

By Stef Lach Published 24 August 25

Cradle of Filth South American tour rocked by sudden departure of keyboard player Zoë Federoff

Bands & Artists

"I talked one of the guys into doing magic mushrooms and he spent the whole night talking to the wallpaper." Dani Filth shares his life lessons from 30+ years on extreme metal's frontlines

By Matt Mills Published 14 August 25

From tripping on a battlefield to becoming penpals with black metal legend Euronymous, Dani Filth has certainly led an interesting life

Bands & Artists

Cradle Of Filth’s Dani Filth remembers legendary tour with Emperor

By Matt Mills Published 26 July 25

Cradle’s 1993 shows with Emperor have entered black metal folklore – but very few people actually showed up to see them

Bands & Artists

Various bands playing Download festival this year

8 things we learned at Download Festival 2025

By Rich Hobson Published 17 June 25

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

Bands & Artists

Cradle Of Filth posing for a photograph in 1996

The unholy story of Cacophonous Records, the underground 90s label that changed black metal

By Dayal Patterson Published 24 May 25

Cacophonous Records launched Cradle Of Filth and Dimmu Borgir on an unsuspecting world

Bands & Artists

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

By Matt Mills Published 13 May 25

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

Bands & Artists

How Cradle Of Filth became Britain's most iconic black metal band

By Paul Travers Published 5 May 25

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

Biographies