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17, or the number of tracks on Cradle of Filth’s 2003 album Damnation and a Day. Good album. Appropriate band for Halloween. Time for everyone to break out their Cradle shirts for the season.
Enjoy the video for Babylon A.D. on this lovely Wednesday:
There are lots of albums that signify “jumping the gun” on Halloween to me. Most are black metal albums I listened to in college or goth metal albums I listened to in high school, but some are plain embarrassing and I have no excuse. To show you that I really am getting ready for Autumn 2 days into September, here is a sampling of my recent (the last two days) “Fall has just begun” playlist:
"A Charlie Brown Christmas" was me jumping the gun on Christmas.
Awful, I know. And they would all hate each other. Paul Banks would literally kill himself if trapped in a room with Dani Filth.
But I’ve also been playing the hell out of Initium!
No, silly goose. Not in stores. It’s available in this infernal system of tubes called The Internet. I’m aware that almost everyone on the planet thinks Cradle of Filth are goofballs, and while I generally agree, I’ve still got a soft spot for them in my groin. They always put on a great show, they release albums faster (sometimes too fast) than any other metal band I know, and they’re truly into all the ridiculous shit they espouse.
The new album is called Godspeed on the Devil’s Thunder, and it has the most juvenile cover art I’ve seen since the decoration of my 8th grade spanish notebook. I’ve chosen to post the limited edition cover above to spare your eyes. I will say that from what I’ve heard it’s their best since Damnation and a Day.
If you do go find it on the webnets, do what you can to support them when they tour. The new album comes out in stores on October 25th. Crank it.
You get Elizabeth Bathory-inspired episodes of Scare Tactics.
In related news, Scare Tactics is still on TV. Neat!