The Principle Of Evil Made Flesh - Cradle Of Filth

Despite being popularly (and erroneously) labelled as a black metal band, Cradle of Filth's debut album is the only pat of their discography that really deserves such categorisation, but even at this early point the band introduces the gothic elements that would subsequently take hold. This isn't a black metal album in the tradition of Mayhem, Emperor, Darkthrone and the other evil Norwegian acts of the early nineties, but it adopts enough of their traditions - cackled vocals, tremolo-picking guitar riffs and blast beats from the drum kit - that it's clearly an attempt to provide an English alternative, one that was evidently successful given the band's ...  Read the complete review

Cradle of filth have been around for almost a decade now and have quite a bit to show for it, but personally i think that "The Principle of Evil Made Flesh" album is the best on of them all. a 13 track album that gives the listener 52 minutes of pure nail biting Black metal at its finest, this is also their first studio album and was released in 1994 via Cacophonous records. since this alum they have had several different line ups and only two remain from the "The Principle of Evil Made Flesh" Dani filth provides some unique vocals to the band, Paul allender gives some amazing riffing on guitars. A lot of the lyrics involve vampires, ...  Read the complete review