Thornography
Studio album by Cradle of Filth
Recorded	2006
Genre	Debated
Length	64:46
Label	Roadrunner Records
Producer(s)	Rob Caggiano
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Transform Online link
Cradle of Filth chronology
Nymphetamine (2004)	Thornography (2006)
Alternate Cover
Limited edition "First Day Cover"

Thornography is the latest album from Cradle of Filth released through Roadrunner Records on October 11, 2006 in JAPAN with 13 tracks. It was released in the rest of the world October 16, 2006 with a missing track. The album is produced by ex-Anthrax guitarist Rob Caggiano and mixed by Andy Sneap, and once again features narration by Doug Bradley (as with Midian and Nymphetamine). Image File history File linksMetadata Thornography_cover. ... A Studio Album is an album of regular studio recordings. ... Cradle of Filth is a heavy metal band formed in Suffolk, England in 1991. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Cradle of Filth is a heavy metal band formed in Suffolk, England in 1991. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Roadrunner Records is a major record label that concentrates on metal bands. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Robert Caggiano is a american guitarist best known as the lead guitarist of metal band [Anthrax (band)|Anthrax]]from the years 2001 till 2005 when their Among The Living lineup reuninted. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 3. ... Cradle of Filth is a heavy metal band formed in Suffolk, England in 1991. ... Nymphetamine is the sixth studio album by Cradle of Filth, released on September 28, 2004. ... Image File history File links Firstday2. ... Cradle of Filth is a heavy metal band formed in Suffolk, England in 1991. ... Roadrunner Records is a major record label that concentrates on metal bands. ... Robert Caggiano is a american guitarist best known as the lead guitarist of metal band [Anthrax (band)|Anthrax]]from the years 2001 till 2005 when their Among The Living lineup reuninted. ... Andy Sneap is a British record producer, recording engineer, and mixer. ... Doug Bradley is an actor, born on September 7, 1954 in Liverpool, England. ... Midian is the fourth full-length album by Cradle of Filth, released on Halloween 2000. ... Nymphetamine is the sixth studio album by Cradle of Filth, released on September 28, 2004. ...

Dani Filth explained the album's title thus: "This title represents mankind's obsession with sin and self. The thorn combines images of that which troubled Christ, the crown of thorns, thus intimating man's seeming desire to hurt God and also, of the protecting thorn and the need to enclose a secret place or the soul from attack. An addiction to self-punishment or something equally poisonous. A mania. Twisted desires. Barbed dreams. A fetish. An obsession with cruelty. Savage nature. Paganism over Christianity. The title can also represent a sexual attraction to religious iconography as in the case of the 'possessed' Loudun nuns. I like the title because to me it invokes images of a darker, sexier pre-Raphaelite scene wherein Sleeping Beauty's castle is won and she is awoken by a poisonous kiss. A darker adult faerytale."^[1] Dani Filth is the lyricist, vocalist, artistic director, and founding member of the British symphonic black metal band Cradle of Filth. ... Look up obsession in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Thorn, a sharp structure or growth on plants. ... Christ is the English translation of the Greek word (Christós), which literally means The Anointed One. ... Jesus Carrying the Cross as portrayed by El Greco - Domenikos Theotokopoulos, 1580 In Christianity, the Crown of Thorns, one of the instruments of the Passion, was the woven chaplet of thorn branches worn by Jesus before his crucifixion. ... This article discusses the term God in the context of monotheism and henotheism. ... The soul, acording to many religious and philosophical traditions, is a self-aware ethereal substance particular to a unique living being. ... Addiction is a chronic disorder proposed to be precipitated by a combination of genetic, biological/pharmacological and social factors. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Mania is a severe medical condition characterized by extremely elevated mood, energy, and thought patterns. ... The basic idea of sexual fetishism is sexual arousal and satisfaction through an inanimate object, the fetish. ... Heathen redirects here. ... Christianity is a monotheistic[1] religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament. ... Human sexuality is the expression of sexual feelings. ... Religious is a term with both a technical definition and folk use. ... Iconography usually refers to the design or creation of images and more specifically to the historical study of art which aims at the identification, description and the interpretation of the content of images. ... The Devils Of Loudun (1952) is a novel by Aldous Huxley. ... The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was a group of English painters, poets and critics, founded in 1848 by John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Holman Hunt. ... Sir Edward Burne-Jones painted The Sleeping Beauty. ...

Paul Allender told Terrorizer magazine, "There are quite a few guitar solos on this album. To be honest, I've never really classed myself as a lead player as such, but this is the first time I've sat down and seriously practiced lead work. I've been so involved in actually writing new material and coming up with song structures that I haven't had time to practice all the frilly things that go on top of it. Up 'till now, there hasn't really been much room for guitar solos as such. The riffs we write, they're not riffs that are meant to be soloed on top of. They're melodic within themselves. But I'm a great believer that less is definitely more. I love listening to all the shreddy, widdly stuff, but I have no interest in playing it. This new album is quite guitar-orientated. The last album was, but this is definitely more melodic. Dare I say it, there are quite a lot of typical Maiden-esque harmonies in there." ^[2] Paul Allender is the guitarist of the British heavy metal band Cradle of Filth. ... This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ... Shred guitar refers to a guitar playing style where technical proficiency is used to maximize (and sometimes specifically demonstrate) speed, often in a neoclassical framework. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Iron Maiden are a British heavy metal band from east London. ...

In news posted on the official Cradle of Filth website in mid May 2006, it was revealed that the planned artwork for Thornography had been vetoed by Roadrunner Records. A replacement was soon forthcoming (see box), although numerous CD booklets had already been printed with the original image. Dani Filth stated in an interview with Metal Hammer that the controversy was over the nakedness of the female figure's legs on the original cover: "When we put the original next to the new version, it was so slightly changed... The nymph's skirt was a little longer. It was like a game of spot the difference". Charles Hedger told Gothtronic.com that the new cover "is practically the same... A lot of Americans are really religious and Roadrunner were basically saying that Wal-Mart was not going to take Cradle albums with that on the cover. But Wal-Mart never takes Cradle albums anyhow, so it doesn’t make any difference."^[3] Roadrunner Records is a major record label that concentrates on metal bands. ... Dani Filth is the lyricist, vocalist, artistic director, and founding member of the British symphonic black metal band Cradle of Filth. ... // Magazine History Metalhammer (sometimes MetalHammer) is a monthly heavy metal magazine in the UK, and in Germany, Austria, Poland, Hungary, Switzerland and Serbia And Montenegro by a different publisher. ... Charles Hedger Guitar/Bass player for Cradle of Filth Charles Hedger (b. ... Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ...

Three cover versions were recorded during the album's sessions, namely Samhain's "Hallowe'en 2", Shakespears Sister's "Stay", and Heaven 17's "Temptation". "Hallowe'en 2" (renamed "HW2") was released on the Underworld: Evolution soundtrack, and is the first Cradle track to feature clean vocals by Dani. It is included as a bonus track on the Japanese release of the album. "Temptation" is part of Thornography's finalised track listing, and features vocals by Dirty Harry. Harry also stars in the promo video for the track, which was released a week before the album as a digital single. "Stay" has yet to surface. Press releases by both Liv Kristine^[4] and Cradle themselves^[5] announced that "Stay" would be Kristine's second guest vocal spot with the band (following "Nymphetamine"). In a recent interview^[6] however, Adrian Erlandsson stated that the duet never actually took place, although versions were recorded with both Harry and Sarah Jezebel Deva. In pop music a cover version is a new rendition of a previously recorded song. ... Samhain was a deathrock/Horror punk band formed by Glenn Danzig in 1983 as The Misfits were in major turmoil and close to disbanding. ... Shakespears Sister were a band formed by Irish born former Bananarama singer/songwriter Siobhan Fahey and American musician Marcella Detroit. ... Stay is a 1992 single from the album Hormonally Yours by Irish/US pop duo Shakespears Sister. ... Heaven 17 are an English synthpop band originating in Sheffield in the early 1980s. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Dirty Harry, born Victoria Harrison, is a British rock singer, who is now based in Los Angeles. ... A digital single is a song that has been released to legal digital stores including Apple iTunes and Napster. ... A news release or press release is a written or recorded communication directed at members of the news media for the purpose of announcing something claimed as having news value. ... Liv Kristine Espenæs Krull Liv Kristine Espenæs Krull (born February 14, 1976 in Stavanger, Norway), better known as Liv Kristine, is the former vocalist for the band Theatre of Tragedy and current vocalist for the band Leaves Eyes. ... Adrian Erlandsson is a Swedish heavy metal drummer, who currently plays in Needleye and with his wife in Nemhain. ... Sarah Jezebel Deva ( born February 25 , 1977 in Forest Gate , East London , England) is a backing vocalist in Cradle of Filth. ...

The album was leaked to p2p and torrent internet sources a month before its official release date. A peer-to-peer (or P2P) computer network is a network that relies on the computing power and bandwidth of the participants in the network rather than concentrating it in a relatively few servers. ... Look up Torrent in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Reviews

• At first glance, Thornography inspires nothing but snorts of indifference... Startling to relate then, that [it's] the record they should have made years ago. It nails the formula they've been banging away at since 1999's From the Cradle to Enslave EP: sharp, slick, elegant, focused, catchy, accessible heavy gothic metal, with the dark romantic schtick still present, but reined in and more explicitly parodic... Songs like "I Am the Thorn", "Cemetery and Sundown" and "Libertina Grimm" sound perfect and are among the band's finest, though "The Byronic Man" and "The Foetus of a New Day Kicking" may well prove to be irritatingly, rather than artfully catchy... The closing cover of Heaven 17's "Temptation"... doesn't quite ruin the first good album Cradle have made since most of their biggest fans were born, but it has a fucking good go. (Chris Chantler, Terrorizer issue 150, November 2006)
• While Thornography is a perfectly passable metal record, the black magic for which they're usually so dependable is in short supply... That said, the vampiric Iron Maiden-styled heavy metal they do so well is here in spades... It's all splendid, headbanging stuff, touched with dark mysticism, but it just doesn't capture your imagination in the same way previous albums have... The production lacks the epic, inspiring edge that such grandiose music demands... If there was a word to sum Thornography up. it would be "incomplete". For the most part it's a stonking record that'll please anyone with a taste for classic death metal, but where it falls short are on those small but crucial bits that make Cradle of Filth such a distinctive band. (Nick Ruskell, Kerrang! issue 1130, October 21 2006)
• Inevitably the Suffolk-based band's revolving door of musicians has inflicted further casualty [sic] since 2004's well-received and Grammy-nominated Nymphetamine... It's undoubtedly their heaviest and most guitar-dominated record in many years, though the intelligent, symphonic use of keyboards still makes them sound like the soundtrack to some long-lost gothic horror flick... Dani Filth offers his most convincing and varied set of vocals so far, mixing growls with clean sounds... "Temptation" is ridiculous and best avoided... Black metal - if indeed the description still applies to Cradle of Filth - has rarely sounded as accessible or enjoyable as this. (Dave Ling, Metal Hammer issue 159, November 2006)

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Track listing

1. "Under Pregnant Skies She Comes Alive Like Miss Leviathan" – 1:40
2. "Dirge Inferno" – 4:53
3. "Tonight in Flames" – 5:55
4. "Libertina Grimm" – 5:51
5. "The Byronic Man" (featuring guest vocals by HIM's Ville Valo) – 5:03
6. "I Am the Thorn" – 7:06
7. "Cemetery and Sundown" – 5:37
8. "Lovesick for Mina" – 7:00
9. "The Foetus of a New Day Kicking" – 3:43
10. "Rise of the Pentagram" – 7:02
11. "Under Huntress Moon" – 6:58
12. "Temptation" (Heaven 17 cover) (featuring guest vocals by Dirty Harry) – 3:47
13. "Halloween 2" ONLY ON THE JAPAN PRESSING

• Tracks 3 and 10 feature narration by Doug Bradley.

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Singles

• "Temptation"

Temptation is a song by Cradle of Filth. ...

Credits

• Dani Filth - Vocals
• Paul Allender - Guitar
• Charles Hedger - Guitar
• Dave Pybus - Bass
• Adrian Erlandsson - Drums

Dani Filth is the lyricist, vocalist, artistic director, and founding member of the British symphonic black metal band Cradle of Filth. ... Paul Allender is the guitarist of the British heavy metal band Cradle of Filth. ... Charles Hedger Guitar/Bass player for Cradle of Filth Charles Hedger (b. ... Dave Pybus is a British musician. ... Adrian Erlandsson is a Swedish heavy metal drummer, who currently plays in Needleye and with his wife in Nemhain. ...

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