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| Studio album by Cradle of Filth | |||||
| Released | October 31, 2000 | ||||
| Recorded | 2000 | ||||
| Genre | Extreme metal | ||||
| Length | 58:58 | ||||
| Label | Music For Nations Koch Records (U. A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Music for Nations was a British Independent record label focusing mainly on rock and metal. Koch Records, the primary subsidiary of Koch Entertainment LP is the largest Independent record label in the United States. S. ) |
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| Producer | John Fryer | ||||
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Midian is the fourth full-length album by Cradle of Filth, released on Hallowe'en 2000. In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing John Fryer may refer to John Fryer (sailor (1753-1817 Sailing Master on the Bounty John Fryer (British Army officer (1838-1917 allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. The Metal Observer is an Online magazine specialising in Heavy metal music. From the Cradle to Enslave is an EP by Cradle of Filth. It contains two original tracks the title track and "Of Dark Blood and Fucking" Cradle of Filth 's Bitter Suites to Succubi is essentially an EP - or "transitional mini album" as Dani Filth would have it - bridging the An album or record album is a collection of related audio or Music tracks distributed to the public Halloween, or Hallowe’en, is a Holiday celebrated on the night of October 31. At the time it was considered their most commercial and accessible album to date. It is a concept album inspired by Clive Barker's novel Cabal and his subsequent film version Nightbreed, and Doug Bradley - who had a small role in the film but is better known as Pinhead from Barker's Hellraiser and its sequels - provides narration on some tracks. In Popular music, a concept album is an Album which is "unified by a theme which can be instrumental compositional narrative or lyrical" Clive Barker (born 5 October 1952) is an English author film director and visual artist For other uses see Cabal (disambiguation. Cabal is a 1988 Novella by British Author Nightbreed is a 1990 Horror film written and directed by Clive Barker, based on his Novella Cabal. Douglas William Bradley (born September 7 1954) is an English Actor. Fictional character biography Pinhead was not always a Cenobite, but was in fact once human Hellraiser is a 1987 British Horror film exploring the themes of Sadomasochism, pain as a source of pleasure and morality under duress and fear While keyboards remain prominent, Midian is more guitar-oriented than its predecessors. The cover art was created by JK Potter.
In the Bible, the Midianites are an Arab tribe descended from Abraham, and Midian itself is where Moses spent his forty-year exile from Egypt. Etymology According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word bible is from Latin biblia, traced from the same word through Medieval Latin and Late Latin The araB gene Promoter is a bacterial promoter activated by e L-arabinose binding Abraham ( Ashkenazi Avrohom or Avruhom; ابراهيم, {{Unicode|Ibrāhīm}}; Ge'ez: Moses ( Latin: Moyses,; Greek: grc Mωυσής in both the Septuagint and the New Testament; Arabic: ar موسىٰ This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. The Midianites take their name, in the Bible, from Midian, a son of Abraham and one of his concubines. Abraham ( Ashkenazi Avrohom or Avruhom; ابراهيم, {{Unicode|Ibrāhīm}}; Ge'ez: Today, the former territory of Midian is found through small portions of western Saudi Arabia, southern Jordan, southern Israel and the Sinai. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA ( المملكة العربية السعودية, al-Mamlaka al-ʻArabiyya as-Suʻūdiyya) or Suudi Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (الأردنّ al-Urdunn) is an Arab country in Southwest Asia spanning the southern For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. The Sinai Peninsula or Sinai ( Coptic: sina; Egyptian Arabic: sina سينا Arabic, sina'a سيناء The people of Midian are also mentioned extensively in the Quran, where the name appears in Arabic as Madyan. The Qur’an ( القرآن, literally "the recitation" also sometimes transliterated as Qur’ān, Koran, Alcoran The Midian of Cabal and Nightbreed is a hidden city offering shelter for monsters away from humanity.
The song "Cthulhu Dawn" invokes the character from horror writer H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. Howard Phillips Lovecraft ( August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American author of horror, fantasy The Cthulhu Mythos is a Shared universe created in the 1920s by American horror writer H Many other heavy metal bands - including Metallica, Morbid Angel, and Bal-Sagoth - have namechecked Cthulhu. Metallica is an American heavy metal band that formed in 1981 in. Morbid Angel is an American Death metal band based in Tampa Florida. Bal-Sagoth are a Symphonic black metal band from Yorkshire, England, formed in 1993 Cthulhu is a giant fictional creature one of the Great Old Ones in H
The opening line of "Lord Abortion" ("care for a little necrophilia, hm?") is a quote from Terry Gilliam's Brazil (voiced by Kim Greist in the film but delivered here by Toni King, Dani Filth's wife). Terrence Vance Gilliam (born 22 November 1940) is an American -born British Writer, Filmmaker, Animator and member Brazil is a 1985 Dystopian Black comedy film directed by Terry Gilliam. Kimberley Bret Greist (born May 12 1958) is an American Actress. Dani Filth (born Daniel Lloyd Davey) is the Lyricist, Vocalist and founding member of the British Extreme metal band Cradle of Filth
The title of the song "Amor E Morte" is Latin for "Love and Death". [1]
"Her Ghost in the Fog" spawned both a video directed by Alex Chandon (which received heavy rotation on MTV2 and other rock channels), and a sequel in Nymphetamine's "Swansong for a Raven". Alex Chandon is a film director writer and digital-artist He was once known primarily for specialising in straight-to-video micro-budget horror films but his latest projects especially MTV2 is a cable network that is widely available in the United States on Digital cable and Satellite television, and is progressively being A sequel is a work in Literature, Film, or other media that portrays events following those of a previous work Nymphetamine is the sixth studio album by Cradle of Filth, released on September 28, 2004.
Track listing
- "At the Gates of Midian" – 2:21
- "Cthulhu Dawn" – 4:17
- "Saffron's Curse" – 6:32
- "Death Magick for Adepts" – 5:53
- "Lord Abortion" – 6:51
- "Amor E Morte" – 6:44
- "Creatures that Kissed in Cold Mirrors" – 3:00
- "Her Ghost in the Fog" – 6:24
- "Satanic Mantra" – 0:51
- "Tearing the Veil from Grace" – 8:13
- "Tortured Soul Asylum" – 7:46
- "For Those Who Died" (Sabbat cover with guest vocals by Martin Walkyier) (Japanese Bonus Track) – 6:16
All music by Cradle of Filth
All lyrics by Dani Filth, except for "For Those Who Died"
Credits
- Dani Filth - Vocals
- Gian Pyres - Guitar
- Robin Eaglestone - Bass
- Martin Powell - Keyboards
- Paul Allender - Guitar
- Adrian Erlandsson - Drums
References
- ^ Urban Dictionary http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=amor+e+morte
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