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23.11-06 Razzmatazz 2 Barcelona + Deathstars
Fotos Natalia Moreno - IndyRock
 
 
 
 
Deathstars
30 de marzo 2003, Sala Razzmatazz 2, Barcelona
Produce Cap- Cap
Fotos: MarceRock - Indyrock
 
 
 
Piorno Rock 2003
29 marzo 2003 Pinos Puente, Granada
Fotos: J. E. Gomez © IndyRock
   
Formación:
Dani Filth, voz
Paul Allender, Guitarra
Martín Powell, teclados
Adrian, batería
Dave, bajo
Cradle of Filth nació en el año 1991, después
de que las escenas Death Metal y Doom estuvieran en su apogeo y cuando
habían comenzando su declive. En ellas se inspira este
grupo inglés, pero lo hace de una forma original. La
banda se creo en la ciudad de Suffolk y denominaron a su estilo "black
gothic romantic metal". Este enrevesado título lo utilizan para
describir una música de base metal, vertientes death, black y doom,
sumada a elementos de la ópera y la música instrumental romántica.
Utilizan instrumentos como el contrabajo, los tambores, el teclado
o las guitarras clásicas, junto a los normales en una banda de metal.
guitarras eléctricas, bajo y batería. Además emplean
una singular combinación vocal. alternando las voces guturales y
oscuras, junto a otras muy agudas. Sus canciones están
planteadas como relatos en los que se dan cita ambientes de terror, inspiradas
por películas de ese género, y poesía de corte gótico.
La dualidad amor y odio es frecuente en ellas. Y la estética
de sus discos ha estado pareja a éste planteamiento. atractivo diseños
en los que el terror y lo sangriento se mezclaban con la sensualidad y
el erotismo.
El grupo ha estado marcado por frecuentes cambios de formación,
siendo la actual la compuesta por Dani Filth (voz), Paul Allender (guitarra),
Germs Warfare (guitarrista), Martin Foul (pianista), Herr Publis (bajista),
y Adrián Erlandson (batería).
Tienen una nutrida discografía, que se inició en el año
1994, con "The Principle of Evil Made Flesh", y que logró sus mejores
momentos con discos como "Dusk And Her Embrace" (1996) o "Crulty and the
Beast" (1998), disco basado en la vida y crímenes de Elizabeth Bathory.
Ahora acaba de lanzar un nuevo álbum, "Nymphetamine", un disco
que retoma la línea de sus mejores trabajos, explotando la melodía,
las estructuras dinámicas, el romanticismo y los contrastes sonoros
que han hecho famoso al grupo. En el disco colabora Liv Kristine,
miembro de Leaves' Eyes, que aporta su cristalina voz femenina al tema
"Nymphetamine" y además cuenta con un atractivo y espectacular
libreto, que en esta ocasión parece un homenaje (más duro
y sangriento) a las pinturas de Luis Royo. lo firma el inglés Matt
Lombard y en él se mezcla el terror, la fantasía y el erotismo
del cuerpo femenino.
Cradle of Filth , grupo de culto y referencia para todos los
seguidores del metal, tiene un directo de los más espectaculares,
controvertidos y extravagantes de la historia, Moonspell está considerada
una verdadera deidad del gothic metal y The Haunted ha conseguido,
innovando en el deth metal, que su público les situe entre los preferidos
de este estilo.
Cradle Of Filth Biography
''Touched By Jesus, Fingered By God', a slogan from a T-shirt produced
by Cradle Of Filth's own merchandise enterprise Vampyrotica. Tasteless?
Maybe. Provocative? Certainly. Necessary? Well, that one will always be
debatable. Cradle Of Filth are just doing their job. They are the biggest
black metal band in the world, and are not only performing it, but also
living it to the fullest. From BBC documentaries to features in cult style
magazine The Face, worldwide tours and awards, and even female and male
adoration alike, Cradle Of Filth, love them or hate them, have a business
acumen second to none.
Having completed their fifth album 'Midian', released on Halloween 2000,
the band will return to the live circuit throughout Europe and the UK in
November and December this year. Imagine, if you dare, the scene: the year
is 1645, people lie where they fall. The murderer is hailed a hero, but
many people now believe the infamous Witch-Finder General, Matthew Hopkins,
was born some 200 years too early. For now, a threat from his hometown
is not just spreading it's magic over Suffolk or the country in which he
lived, but throughout the entire world. Cradle Of Filth have unleashed
their sorcery through the release of three full length albums and two EP's,
the latest of which being the earth shattering 'From The Cradle To Enslave
E.P.'
It all began (no doubt beneath a full moon on a stormy, windy night)
in 1991, the first of an unholy trinity of demos was complete. The young
lads knew they had started something dark; something evil; something out
of this world. They didn't disappoint with the release of their debut album
'The Principle of Evil Made Flesh' in 1994 on the label Cacophonous. The
full length CD was a menagerie of gothic keyboards, metal riffing and Vampyric
imagery. In other words the ultimate hammer horror soundtrack. Drawing
from an incredibly infinite list of influences, including the likes of
Bathory, Celtic Frost and Diamanda Galas, and also the literary genius
of Lord Byron, Sheridan LeFanu, Friedrich Nietzsche, Bram Stoker and Charles
Baudelaire, Cradle Of Filth have produced albums of ever increasing quality.
Soaring, sonic masterpieces that envelop you and take you away into the
darkest depths of the collective Cradle mind. A dreamlike place full of
legend, myths and Vampyres.
Unfortunately, trouble brewed in and around the Cradle of Filth estate
resulting in members moving on, and their next release, 'Vempire', would
be their last for Cacophonous. Raging, bloody, business battles aside,
the music on 'Vempire' was what everyone expected. A natural progression
had taken place, yet none of the ability to produce beautiful gothic epics
had left. But, to be fair, everyone was waiting with bated breath for the
new full length, on a new label, with newly acquired members. 'Dusk And
Her Embrace', their third CD, had breakthrough album written all over it,
the one that would start Cradle Of Filth on their controversial, provocative,
premeditated ascension. Music For Nations signed Cradle Of Filth immediately,
showing off their new signing at London venue The Astoria, where the band
played a blood curdling set of savage heaviness. The start of a successful
relationship had begun and the music on the aforementioned 'Dusk and her
Embrace' was again unique to Cradle Of Filth. However, at the same time
it was different ...very different. There was better production, better
artwork, a wider range of formats, and most importantly, better songs.
Material that the band deemed 'too good for Cacophonous' was included on
the album and the result was simply breathtaking. With a guest appearance
by 'Mr Black Metal' himself, Cronos from the influential 80's band Venom,
this was believed to be their best ever work, but the best was yet to come.
After several successful tours around the world, Cradle of Filth returned
home and began to think about their next album, the second for Music For
Nations. 'Cruelty And The Beast' was finished in 1998. This was their most
musically mature album, with amazing artwork and another special guest
appearance, this time from Mrs Hammer Horror, Ingrid Pitt. Hugely successful
tours followed in the US, Russia and Japan. Cradle of Filth became a phenomenon.
A regular fixture in the music press, whilst still maintaining a hardcore
following is one side of their success, but it is mainly due to the total
devotion and energy they have for producing music which the band believe
in. Never threatening to disown their roots for success, their music is
becoming harsher and the promotion more provocative. Their last release
was no exception, containing two highly charged original songs, two covers,
a live recording and an experimental dance/black metal track. Under the
title of 'From The Cradle To The Enslave', the E.P. made a considerable
dent in the rock charts, together with the simultaneously released long-form
video, 'PanDaemonAeon', which was swiftly banned from daytime MTV. The
massive company's decision only served to further prove the truly deserved
reputation Cradle have built up over the years, of being the most controversial
band in the world. T-shirt designs, which include the infamous line 'JESUS
IS A C**T'' do anything BUT dampen the ever flowing flame of controversy.
The future is all that COF have left to conquer, for the past 10 years
have spawned the new metal princes. There has been nothing but success
for the new sorcerers of Suffolk; it's almost as if the witches of 250
years ago, slaughtered by Witch Finder General Matthew Hopkins, have been
reincarnated into not just a band but an entity.
That entity is Cradle of Filth....
http://www.cradleoffilth.com/
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