Originally posted by Psychonaut
Man, is this a Dani Filth bashing thread or what? Cradle is the reason most of these bands are around. I think Dani's a genious. The later albums have shown some stagnation but there no denying the impact they have had on the scene. Is everyone just bashing them because they are popular now? I guess it's not cool unless you are True Cvlt 666 anymore. Dani's lyrics are unparalleled and his attention to detail is extraordinary. I STILL like Cradle as I have for the last 6 years and until they put out a product that actually IS shit, I will continue to listen to them. Like I said, were it not for them, I wouldn't be listening to half the stuff I have today. And those of you who DO bash should, at the very least, get a clue as to who is in the band before running at the mouth, er keyboard.
I'm done, just had to defend 'em.
Oh shit, please spare us all of this drivel!
Cradle of Filth is the reason most of what bands are around? Last I recalled I probably know alot more metal than you and I still know not
1 band who claimed CoF as an influence.
And what impact? In 1994 they came out, BM (the genre they claim to be a part of, but any idiot with intellect knows it's obviously Gothic Metal) was already on it's way up, Emperor, Mayhem, Burzum, Impaled Nazarene and many more all were already playing.
And Dani's lyrics are unparalled? Please, just because he writes in pompous English and writes about the same stuff many bands write about doesn't make him anymore of an intellectual, as a matter of fact he's not even that good of a debater, his Ego get's in the way. (Refer to Grimoire 'zine's interview for this one, Bill Zebub owns him royally).
By the way, just because they got you into many of the bands you listen to now is probably why you have such a biased opinion on them. I'm not going by any trends, I just happen to think their melodies really suck, his screachy vocals are horrible, the subjects he bases his lyrics on are unoriginal and/or just plain crappy, (The movie Midian was based on was complete garbage, appeals to loser egotiscal goths who think everything that happens is because of them, in a negative way.) and the long dragged out songs that repeat the same melody over and over are just plain redundant, and nonetheless suck.
So please, before you preaching some band to me saying "you don't know them" or telling the entire forum how "influential" they are please learn your facts, m'kay?
/rant