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Damnation & A Day by: Cradle Of Filth List Price: £8.99 CD-Charts Price: £5.97 You Save: £3.02 (34%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 5099751096320 Format: Explicit Lyrics Label: Epic Manufacturer: Epic Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Epic Release Date: December 13, 2004 Studio: Epic Sales Rank: 33722 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: Damnation and a Day is the one the fans have been waiting for, Cradle of Filth's major label debut, their first album with a budget to match their monolithic musical ambitions. And it's no disappointment as they use their new-found financial muscle to predictably excessive effect. Accompanied by a 40-piece orchestra and 32-voice choir from Budapest (a city tolerably close to Transylvania), they've raised their game, coming on like Venom conducted by Danny Elfman. Over 77 thrill-packed minutes, they combine their usual pulverising riffs, shrieking raps and monstrous chants with grandiose melodic harmonies and portentous talkovers, along with rolling pianos ("Babylon AD"), eastern dirges ("Dobermann Pharoah") and female sweetness ("Mannequin"), plus a wide array of creepy whispers, sighs and screams. Like Black Sabbath in their pomp, they regularly break their fierce assault with short instrumental interludes ("The Mordant Liquor of Tears"), then rev up again with ever more manic intensity. It seems their intention is to deliver a Black Metal alternative to Carmina Burana, and it's to their credit that they come damn close, producing a series of scorching epics that would perfectly soundtrack the extraordinary battle sequences in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy. Only Cradle of Filth could do this. --Dominic Wills Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - BETTER THAN THORNOGRAPHY, WITH FANTASTIC ORCHESTRAL PASSAGES!Whatever your views on this band, I'd urge anyone who is into Symphonic Metal to not miss out on this! I'm no expert on the band; the only other CD I have is Thornography. Of the 2 albums, I MUCH prefer this one (I found Thornography lacking apart from 2 or 3 songs). What elevates this is the major use of the 80 strong Budapest Film Orchestra and Choir - this is the only COF album, that uses a REAL full orchestra, due to Sony Music coughing up the cash to fulfill the band's symphonic ambitions. It's awesome in arrangement, performance & production, REALLY complimenting the music. Seriously dark & demonic, totally at one with the album's 'Paradise Lost' Concept. You tend to get approx. 2 minute, orchestral interludes ... Read More: Rating:  - Worst Cradle of Filth AlbumWell this album has got to be the worst CoF album- mainly because it has not worked out, the songs have not come together. They have used the orchestra wrong, it is worsening the music by making it sound blocked- metal part, orchestra part ect. Not mixing and making it sound beautiful but harsh! Also the singing is worse than all other albums- as he has lost his black metal singing and it now sounds purely 'fake'. The other parts- guitar and drums are good, The only thing is this album is really letting it down is the orchestra as it has been used badely! Rating: - BETTER TO RIEGN IN HELLBriliant cd some of cradles best songs and i can tell you as i have all there cds they have not sold out!there are great chugging guitar riffs and screaming vocals as we have come to expect.Personal i think this and Midian are cradles best cds midian for sheer force and this there must creative attempt and you can hear how it lead on to nyphetamine (my 4th favourite, cruelty and the beast 3rd).The songs havegreat lyrics and the music dosn't sound egyption as someone said, it is a great solid metal cd ( i dont see cof as a black metal band as there realy melodic espicial on this)This cd is great to get people into them though as it is very addictive its always on mp3.To some up great probably better than nyphetamine (which is a bit to light and ... Read More: Rating:  - FILTH indeed...I am a huge Cradle fan but this album dissapointed me. They've tried to do something a lttle bit different here, however some of the tracks simply don't live up to other great album such as the Nymphetamine album. Rating: - They Haven't Sold OutI keep hearing from certain reviews that cradle have sold out on this album. Yes, its different from Midian and Cruelty but in no shape or form have they sold out on this album. Theres stil the satanic and evil lyrics, heavy riffs and amazing drums. Dani's voice is still the same and as long as it stays like that Cradle will never be classed as sell outs. This is the longest album they have made clocking at 75 minutes. There are 5 instrumentals and 12 songs. Song by Song - Promise of fever - excellent start to the album, the first few notes are amazing as are the lyrics - 10/10 Hurt & Virtue - another brilliant heavy track. 9/10 Enemy led the tempest - one of the best on the album. more heavy drums ... Read More: |
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