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Factory Sealed CRADLE OF FILTH – CD -2001 – COF001CD – EAN 802644200125 – BLACK METAL Amazon.co.uk Throughout years spent touting their peculiar and purposefully offensive brand of gothic sex-metal, Cradle of Filth have remorselessly closed in on million-selling status, and now approach their first major label release. In the meantime, there isBitter Suites to Succubi, intended as a stop-gap and, presumably, as an accompaniment to Alex Chandon’s soon-to-be-released movieCradle of Fear, featuring the band themselves. The album includes six new tracks, plus a cover of the ‘s classic “No Time to Cry”, and three tracks taken from COF’s aggressive but scrappyThe Principle of Evil Made Flesh album, here (thankfully) re-recorded. The formula remains fairly stable throughout–a doomy classical opening is suddenly overwhelmed by an insanely fast riff and drums that have you thinking several helicopters are landing close by. As ever, Dani Filth’s vocal rises from a bowel-deep grunt to a piercing shriek, the two voices often tracked to howl out in ear-splitting tandem. The album will win few new converts, and will surely have Sisters fans grinding their teeth in annoyance at a risibly weak “No Time to Cry”. But Cradle of Filth’s legions of followers will appreciate this fresh dose of unpleasantness, and look forward to the band’s first big-budget production. Hopefully, that will be genuinely monstrous.–Dominic Wills