Nymphetamine - Cradle Of Filth

Being in a band, and as a general music fan, I seem to like most genre's - Rap, Rock, Metal, Easy Listening... it all does it for me. But before I get into this review, I have to admit that i'm generally not a fan of 'black metal' - a genre that Cradle of Filth neatly fits into. (Actually, Cradle has a slightly cleaner and easier listening sound than black-metal, so lets just say 'Extreme-Rock'). Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with this style of music, it's just that I find the whole ethos of hardcore vampyric rock quite amusing. In fact, I don't know how seriously Cradle of Filth take themselves, as when I went to see them in Portsmouth a few ...  Read the complete review

In my opinion, this is one of Cradle of Filth's greatest works. Some people dismiss it as failing to recapture old Cradle, but in my opinion, I though it showed the band had taken a new step forward and I thoroughly enjoyed this album. The opening track, Gilded C**t , with awesome drumming. Nemesis and Gabrielle are also really good tracks, and both Nymphetamine (Overdose) and (Fix) are realy good and provide a slow, melodic, epic and dark love song to the album to give it real depth. Most of the other songs are very good, Mother of Abominations and Filthy Little Secret being my favourites. The special edition, which has covers such as Mr Crowley by Ozzy Osbourne and ...  Read the complete review

Billed as a return to form after the orchestral 'Damnation and a Day' went a little too far, 'Nymphetamine' fails to recapture the glory of Cradle of Filth's early career in any way, resulting in another generic mainstream metal release from Roadrunner Records. It's clear that the band went for a more stripped and simplistic sound here, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but sadly their creative abilities aren't enough to keep it from sounding bland and mostly tedious, its greatest crime being a complete lack of the atmosphere that the band used to create so well. Some of the songs are catchy, such as the chorus of 'Gilded C**t' and the title song itself, ...  Read the complete review

Some people look down on nymphetamine but i think it is a good release from Cradle of filth. It has some amazing songs on it such as "Gilded C**t" and "Nymphetamine (Overdose)". It is not your typical black metal release but i think it has a different feel to it that is a refreshing break from some of the other black metal albums around at the time. The songs are still loud and layered with lead vocalist, Dani Filth's, stunning vocals. The song "Absinthe with faust" is the most played song in my itunes and starts with a great piano piece before kicking in to a slow guitar riff. The song has a very saddening mood to it which soon kicks in to ...  Read the complete review

Well...I got this cd last year and I love it!!!Everything is just great in his album:guitars, bass, drums and vocals - Dani Filth is one of the greatest metal singers in existence!! Musically "Nymphetamine" is very good. You would think that with all of the songs being so long that they would have boring repetitive parts, but strangely enough, they don’t. Most songs have a ton of variety to them even though they stay within the same sound for the most part. With a diverse mix of brutal melody, unrelenting and piercing nailbomb vocals, Nymphetamine not only proves Cradle of Filths worthiness of metal royalty, but forever cements them like a ...  Read the complete review