Cradle of Filth pisses me off. Because they're popular, no. Mostly because of a combination of Dani's high-pitched-cat-in-heat howl, which is terribly grating, and amplified when seen live, and the lack of intricate/hummable melody. Should metal be hummable? I don't know, but I'm hard pressed to find myself ever listening to "Midian" straight through. It's nauseating to the extreme, because they have the musicianship (in my opinion) but they never deliver.
Perhaps Crisis, too. But that was back two years ago when I wasn't quite into the more extreme aspects of metal, and the rhythms felt horribly off-kilter. Perhaps I would dig them more now, though. Anyone care to defend this band, cos I'd really like to feel confident enough to purchase them again sometime.