Following their recent single, “To Live Deliciously”, and its exquisitely twisted music video, Grammy Award-nominated extreme metal institution, Cradle Of Filth, are back to give fans more of the sinful sounds they crave with “White Hellebore”, another bewitching new single and music video.
Featured on the band’s upcoming 14th studio album, The Screaming Of The Valkyries (March 21, 2025 / Napalm Records), “White Hellebore” is devilishly direct, juxtaposing traditional heavy metal with blasts of thrashing fury, then spinning back to operatic goth while remaining cohesive. The track’s must-see new music video was directed by Shaun Hodson.
Cradle Of Filth mastermind Dani Filth says about the song and video: “The wintertime flower of the title reminds us scintillatingly of our own mortality, flourishing in seasons of dying light and cold, frozen earth.
“Blossoming in the shadows, this Hellebore’s flowers draw us deeply into the stygian darkness with her.
“In context of this song, the White Hellebore of the title is an alluring woman not too distant in danger from the predatory black widow, fostering both hope and despair; A poison and an elixir, she is stunning to behold but ever deadly to taste.
“This video – reeking of Lovecraftian gothic horror – presents the White Hellebore as a movie starlet who survives the grave through her dalliances with dark occult forces, a necromantic mystic tryst that an overzealous morgue attendant encounters with terrifying results, complimenting the song’s unholy matrimony of melody and mayhem.”
Watch the music video for “White Hellebore”:
Following the release of 2021’s Existence Is Futile (#20 Billboard 200 with Hard Rock Genre), Cradle Of Filth emerge again with a legacy-cementing opus. On The Screaming Of The Valkyries, Dani Filth’s recognizable scream and equally identifiable growl stand mightily alongside twin guitar attacks, symphonic flourishes and explosive rhythm section, implemented by drummer Martin “Marthus” Skaroupka, bassist Daniel Firth, guitarists Marek “Ashok” Smerda and Donny Burbage, and keyboardist/vocalist Zoe Federoff.
After album opener “To Live Deliciously” hits immediately, second track “Demagoguery” blends dark beauty, blast beats and slaytanic groove as only Cradle can combine. Across the album’s blunt and unforgiving yet inviting expanse, Cradle summons the succulent flavors of classic albums like Dusk And Her Embrace and Cruelty And The Beast with the galloping (but no less fierce) thunder of recent entries Hammer Of The Witches and Existence Is Futile. Flashes of early metal influences coalesce with carnivorous glee into unapologetic death ‘n’ roll. “White Hellebore” is Cradle Of Filth at its most devilishly straightforward, juxtaposing traditional heavy metal with blasts of thrashing fury, spinning back to operatic goth without sounding disjointed. Anchored by arguably the most mournful melody in their catalog, “Non Omnis Moriar” (“I shall not wholly die”) could be a cousin to Paradise Lost or Anathema, inverted through Cradle’s thorny prism. “You Are My Nautilus” is the darkest song Iron Maiden never wrote, spinning an epic tale with dueling guitars, while “Ex Sanguine Draculae” conjures Dusk-era atmosphere with imaginative new colors.
Produced, recorded, mixed and mastered by Scott Atkins at Grindstone Studios in Suffolk, England, The Screaming of the Valkyries beckons the brave into a new era of Cradle Of Filth misadventure, celebrating massive melancholic melody, blackened thrash, and apocalyptic existential dread with a grinning smattering of unbridled revelry. The Screaming of the Valkyries is a bloody dark love letter to the longtime legion of Cradle Of Filth faithful and a stunning entryway for fresh lambs to the sonic slaughter.
The Screaming Of The Valkyries will be available in the following formats:
– 1-LP Gatefold Black/Red Ink Spot w/ 12” 24 page booklet (Napalm Records mail order only – limited to 500)
– 1-LP Gatefold White/Black Splatter w/12” 24 page booklet (Napalm Records mail order only – limited to 500)
– 1-LP Gatefold Black/Smoke Marbled w/ 12” 24 page booklet (Napalm Records mail order only – limited to 500)
– 1-LP Gatefold Viola Vinyl w/ 4 Page Booklet (GSA retail only – limited to 300)
– 1-LP Gatefold Gold Vinyl w/ 4 Page Booklet (UK retail only – limited to 500)
– 1-LP Gatefold White Vinyl w/ 4 Page Booklet (North American retail only – limited to 600)
– Bundle: 1-CD Digisleeve + Quill + Coasters
– Bundle: 1-LP Gatefold Black Vinyl + Quill + Coasters
– Bundle: 1-CD Digisleeve w/ 4 Page Booklet + T-Shirt
– Bundle: 1-LP Gatefold Black w/ 4 Page Booklet + T-Shirt
– Black LP
– 1-CD Digisleeve
– Digital Album
Pre-order here.
Tracklisting:
“To Live Deliciously”
“Demagoguery”
“The Trinity Of Shadows”
“Non Omnis Moriar”
“White Hellebore”
“You Are My Nautilus”
“Malignant Perfection”
“Ex Sanguine Draculae”
“When Misery Was A Stranger”
“To Live Deliciously” video:
“Malignant Perfection” video:
Cradle Of Filth will co-headline the 2025 edition of the North American Chaos & Carnage tour, featuring fellow co-headliners Dying Fetus, as well as Fleshgod Apocalypse, Ne Obliviscaris, Undeath, Vomit Forth and Corpse Pile. See below for all confirmed performance dates.
April
17 – Berkeley, CA – UC Theatre
19 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern
20 – Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren
22 – Albuquerque, NM – El Rey Theater
24 – Dallas, TX – Granada Theater
26 – San Antonio, TX – Vibes Event Center
27 – Houston, TX – House of Blues
29 – Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl
May
1 – New York, NY – Palladium Times Square
2 – Richmond, VA – The National
3 – Reading, PA – Reverb
4 – Worcester, MA – The Palladium
6 – Montreal, QC, CAN – L’Olympia
7 – Toronto, ON, CAN – Rebel
8 – Pontiac, MI – The Crofoot
9 – Chicago, IL – Radius
10 – Des Moines, IA – Val Air Ballroom
12 – Wichita, KS – TempleLive
14 – Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium
Summoned In Summer tour dates:
June
7 – Ostrava, Czech Republic – Barrack
9 – Kosice, Slovakia – Colosseum*
10 – Budapest, Hungary – Barba Negra*
11 – Salzburg, Austria – Rockhouse*
12 – Stuttgart, Germany – LKA*
July
5 – Leffinge, Belgium – De Zwerver
6 – Norwich, UK – Epic Studios
8 – Margate, UK – Dreamland*
9 – Torquay, UK – The Foundry*
11 – Southampton, UK – 1865*
13 – Maastricht, Netherlands – Muziekgieterij*
15 – Dortmund, Germany – Junkyard*
16 – Bremen, Germany – Modernes*
18 – Aschaffenburg, Germany – Colosaal*
19 – Munich, Germany – Backstage*
21 – Dornbirn, Austria – Conrad Sohm*
23 – Bratislava, Slovakia – MMC*
* Nervosa supports
Festival Dates 2025:
June
6 – Gdańsk, Poland – Mystic Festival
13-15 – Donington, UK – Download Festival
27 – Helsinki, Finland – Tuska Festival
July
4 – Ballenstedt, Germany – Rockhaz Festival
12 – Emmen, Netherlands – Pitfest
20 – Cremona, Italy – Luppolo In Rock Festival
23-27 – Tolmin, Slovenia – Tolminator Metal Fest
Cradle Of Filth is:
Dani Filth – Vocals
Marek Ashok Smerda – Guitars
Martin Marthus Skaroupka – Drums
Daniel Firth – Bass
Donny Burbage – Guitars
Zoe Federoff – Vocals, Keys
(Photo – Jakub Alexandrowicz)
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Featured on the band’s upcoming 14th studio album, The Screaming Of The Valkyries (March 21, 2025 / Napalm Records), “White Hellebore” is devilishly direct, juxtaposing traditional heavy metal with blasts of thrashing fury, then spinning back to operatic goth while remaining cohesive. The track’s must-see new music video was directed by Shaun Hodson.
Cradle Of Filth mastermind Dani Filth says about the song and video: “The wintertime flower of the title reminds us scintillatingly of our own mortality, flourishing in seasons of dying light and cold, frozen earth.
“Blossoming in the shadows, this Hellebore’s flowers draw us deeply into the stygian darkness with her.
“In context of this song, the White Hellebore of the title is an alluring woman not too distant in danger from the predatory black widow, fostering both hope and despair; A poison and an elixir, she is stunning to behold but ever deadly to taste.
“This video – reeking of Lovecraftian gothic horror – presents the White Hellebore as a movie starlet who survives the grave through her dalliances with dark occult forces, a necromantic mystic tryst that an overzealous morgue attendant encounters with terrifying results, complimenting the song’s unholy matrimony of melody and mayhem.”
Watch the music video for “White Hellebore”:
Following the release of 2021’s Existence Is Futile (#20 Billboard 200 with Hard Rock Genre), Cradle Of Filth emerge again with a legacy-cementing opus. On The Screaming Of The Valkyries, Dani Filth’s recognizable scream and equally identifiable growl stand mightily alongside twin guitar attacks, symphonic flourishes and explosive rhythm section, implemented by drummer Martin “Marthus” Skaroupka, bassist Daniel Firth, guitarists Marek “Ashok” Smerda and Donny Burbage, and keyboardist/vocalist Zoe Federoff.
After album opener “To Live Deliciously” hits immediately, second track “Demagoguery” blends dark beauty, blast beats and slaytanic groove as only Cradle can combine. Across the album’s blunt and unforgiving yet inviting expanse, Cradle summons the succulent flavors of classic albums like Dusk And Her Embrace and Cruelty And The Beast with the galloping (but no less fierce) thunder of recent entries Hammer Of The Witches and Existence Is Futile. Flashes of early metal influences coalesce with carnivorous glee into unapologetic death ‘n’ roll. “White Hellebore” is Cradle Of Filth at its most devilishly straightforward, juxtaposing traditional heavy metal with blasts of thrashing fury, spinning back to operatic goth without sounding disjointed. Anchored by arguably the most mournful melody in their catalog, “Non Omnis Moriar” (“I shall not wholly die”) could be a cousin to Paradise Lost or Anathema, inverted through Cradle’s thorny prism. “You Are My Nautilus” is the darkest song Iron Maiden never wrote, spinning an epic tale with dueling guitars, while “Ex Sanguine Draculae” conjures Dusk-era atmosphere with imaginative new colors.
Produced, recorded, mixed and mastered by Scott Atkins at Grindstone Studios in Suffolk, England, The Screaming of the Valkyries beckons the brave into a new era of Cradle Of Filth misadventure, celebrating massive melancholic melody, blackened thrash, and apocalyptic existential dread with a grinning smattering of unbridled revelry. The Screaming of the Valkyries is a bloody dark love letter to the longtime legion of Cradle Of Filth faithful and a stunning entryway for fresh lambs to the sonic slaughter.
The Screaming Of The Valkyries will be available in the following formats:
– 1-LP Gatefold Black/Red Ink Spot w/ 12” 24 page booklet (Napalm Records mail order only – limited to 500)
– 1-LP Gatefold White/Black Splatter w/12” 24 page booklet (Napalm Records mail order only – limited to 500)
– 1-LP Gatefold Black/Smoke Marbled w/ 12” 24 page booklet (Napalm Records mail order only – limited to 500)
– 1-LP Gatefold Viola Vinyl w/ 4 Page Booklet (GSA retail only – limited to 300)
– 1-LP Gatefold Gold Vinyl w/ 4 Page Booklet (UK retail only – limited to 500)
– 1-LP Gatefold White Vinyl w/ 4 Page Booklet (North American retail only – limited to 600)
– Bundle: 1-CD Digisleeve + Quill + Coasters
– Bundle: 1-LP Gatefold Black Vinyl + Quill + Coasters
– Bundle: 1-CD Digisleeve w/ 4 Page Booklet + T-Shirt
– Bundle: 1-LP Gatefold Black w/ 4 Page Booklet + T-Shirt
– Black LP
– 1-CD Digisleeve
– Digital Album
Pre-order here.
Tracklisting:
“To Live Deliciously”
“Demagoguery”
“The Trinity Of Shadows”
“Non Omnis Moriar”
“White Hellebore”
“You Are My Nautilus”
“Malignant Perfection”
“Ex Sanguine Draculae”
“When Misery Was A Stranger”
“To Live Deliciously” video:
“Malignant Perfection” video:
Cradle Of Filth will co-headline the 2025 edition of the North American Chaos & Carnage tour, featuring fellow co-headliners Dying Fetus, as well as Fleshgod Apocalypse, Ne Obliviscaris, Undeath, Vomit Forth and Corpse Pile. See below for all confirmed performance dates.
April
17 – Berkeley, CA – UC Theatre
19 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern
20 – Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren
22 – Albuquerque, NM – El Rey Theater
24 – Dallas, TX – Granada Theater
26 – San Antonio, TX – Vibes Event Center
27 – Houston, TX – House of Blues
29 – Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl
May
1 – New York, NY – Palladium Times Square
2 – Richmond, VA – The National
3 – Reading, PA – Reverb
4 – Worcester, MA – The Palladium
6 – Montreal, QC, CAN – L’Olympia
7 – Toronto, ON, CAN – Rebel
8 – Pontiac, MI – The Crofoot
9 – Chicago, IL – Radius
10 – Des Moines, IA – Val Air Ballroom
12 – Wichita, KS – TempleLive
14 – Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium
Summoned In Summer tour dates:
June
7 – Ostrava, Czech Republic – Barrack
9 – Kosice, Slovakia – Colosseum*
10 – Budapest, Hungary – Barba Negra*
11 – Salzburg, Austria – Rockhouse*
12 – Stuttgart, Germany – LKA*
July
5 – Leffinge, Belgium – De Zwerver
6 – Norwich, UK – Epic Studios
8 – Margate, UK – Dreamland*
9 – Torquay, UK – The Foundry*
11 – Southampton, UK – 1865*
13 – Maastricht, Netherlands – Muziekgieterij*
15 – Dortmund, Germany – Junkyard*
16 – Bremen, Germany – Modernes*
18 – Aschaffenburg, Germany – Colosaal*
19 – Munich, Germany – Backstage*
21 – Dornbirn, Austria – Conrad Sohm*
23 – Bratislava, Slovakia – MMC*
* Nervosa supports
Festival Dates 2025:
June
6 – Gdańsk, Poland – Mystic Festival
13-15 – Donington, UK – Download Festival
27 – Helsinki, Finland – Tuska Festival
July
4 – Ballenstedt, Germany – Rockhaz Festival
12 – Emmen, Netherlands – Pitfest
20 – Cremona, Italy – Luppolo In Rock Festival
23-27 – Tolmin, Slovenia – Tolminator Metal Fest
Cradle Of Filth is:
Dani Filth – Vocals
Marek Ashok Smerda – Guitars
Martin Marthus Skaroupka – Drums
Daniel Firth – Bass
Donny Burbage – Guitars
Zoe Federoff – Vocals, Keys
(Photo – Jakub Alexandrowicz)
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