After more than two decades, Total Fucking Darkness,
the infamous third demo from notorious UK extreme metal magicians, CRADLE OF
FILTH, will be unleashed on gatefold double LP and digipak CD via Mordgrimm
this Spring.
The undertaking was helmed by vocalist Dani Filth, former
guitarist Paul Ryan (currently of The King Is Blind) and Cacophonous Records
founder Frater Nihil, who first signed CRADLE OF FILTH, in an effort to
bring fans old and new a remastered version of the demo along with material
that had been sitting in the vaults for twenty years.
Given new life at Turan Studio in Oxford with the aid of
engineer Tim Turan (who has worked on everything from Emperor to Thin Lizzy), Total
Fucking Darkness commences with "Spattered In Faeces," the only
surviving track from the now mythical Goetia sessions, followed on Side
A and the rest of Side B with the recordings from the Total Fucking Darkness
demo. Side C offers up another previously unreleased hymn with "Devil
Mayfair (Advocatus Diaboli)," recorded in a rehearsal studio on Samhain
1992, followed by three more tracks from the same session, a further hint of
the material that would have featured on the aborted Goetia album. Two
short instrumental movements from former CRADLE OF FILTH keyboardist Ben
Ryan are also included.
Housed in a heavy gatefold sleeve with paintings featuring
the perverse visions of Radio 1 Presenter and occult artist, Daniel Carter, the
legendary recording will be released in an initial mail-order edition of 666
copies, unleashed in an unholy trinity of three two-color, 180-gram vinyl
variants limited to 222 copies each; orange/black, blue/grey and grey/black.
Each copy includes a limited edition booklet with a foreword by Dani Filth and
formerly unseen photos from the band archives. A retail version in blue vinyl
with insert, and a digipak CD, will be available from Amazon and other outlets
on May 5, 2014, with the limited edition version slated for release two weeks
earlier.
Total Fucking Darkness Track Listing:
Side A
1. Spattered In Faeces
2. The Black Goddess Rises
3. As Deep As Any Burial
Side B
1. Unbridled at Dusk
2. The Raping Of Faith
3. Fraternally Yours, 666
Side C
1. Devil Mayfair (Advocatus Diaboli)
2. The Black Goddess Rises
3. Seance And Mandrake (Instrumental)
Side D
1. The Raping Of Faith
2. Unbridled At Dusk
3. Hekate Enthroned (Instrumental)
CRADLE OF FILTH's Total Fucking Darkness will drop
on May 5, 2014 via Mordgrimm. Preorders are currently available at THIS LOCATION.
Source : EarSplit PR
