---
title: "Cradle of Filth"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/cradle-of-filth"
genre: "Black Metal"
country: "United Kingdom"
formed: 1991
---

# Cradle of Filth

**Cradle of Filth** is a black metal band, from United Kingdom, active 1991 to present.

Cradle of Filth are an English extreme metal band formed in Suffolk in 1991. The band's musical style evolved originally from black metal to a cleaner and more "produced" amalgam of gothic metal, symphonic metal and other metal genres. Their lyrical themes and imagery are heavily influenced by Gothic literature, poetry, mythology and horror films. The band consists of its founding member, vocalist Dani Filth, drummer Martin "Marthus" Škaroupka, bassist Daniel Firth, and guitarists Donny Burbage and Joff Bailey.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cradle_of_Filth

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Cradle of Filth |
| Genre | Black Metal |
| Parent genre | Black Metal |
| Origin | Ipswich, United Kingdom |
| Formed | 1991 |
| Releases in catalog | 25 |

## Genres

[Black Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/black-metal) · [Symphonic Black Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/symphonic-black) · [Gothic Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/gothic-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Martin “Marthus” Škaroupka](https://themetalnet.com/musician/martin-marthus-skaroupka) | Membranophone | 2006 to present | Current |
| [Dani Filth](https://themetalnet.com/musician/dani-filth) | Lead vocals | 1991 to present | Current |
| [James McIlroy](https://themetalnet.com/musician/james-mcilroy) | Guitar | 2003 to present | Current |
| [Lindsay Schoolcraft](https://themetalnet.com/musician/lindsay-schoolcraft) | Background vocals, Keyboard | 2013 to present | Current |
| [Daniel Firth](https://themetalnet.com/musician/daniel-firth) | Bass guitar | 2012 to present | Current |
| [Donny Burbage](https://themetalnet.com/musician/donny-burbage) | Electric guitar |  | Current |
| [Richard Shaw](https://themetalnet.com/musician/richard-shaw) | Electric guitar | 2014 to present | Current |
| [Nicholas Barker](https://themetalnet.com/musician/nicholas-barker) | Drums (drum set) | 1993 to 1999 | Former |
| [Adrian Erlandsson](https://themetalnet.com/musician/adrian-erlandsson) | Drums (drum set) | 1999 to 2006 | Former |
| [Gian Pyres](https://themetalnet.com/musician/gian-pyres) | Electric guitar | 1996 to 2002 | Former |
| [Sarah Jezebel Deva](https://themetalnet.com/musician/sarah-jezebel-deva) | Background vocals | 1995 to 2011 | Former |
| [Bryan Hipp](https://themetalnet.com/musician/bryan-hipp) | Guitar | 1994 to 1995 | Former |
| [Charles Hedger](https://themetalnet.com/musician/charles-hedger) | Guitar | 2005 to 2009 | Former |
| [William A. “Was” Sarginson](https://themetalnet.com/musician/william-a-was-sarginson) | Membranophone | 1999 to 1999 | Former |
| [Dave Pybus](https://themetalnet.com/musician/dave-pybus) | Bass guitar | 2002 to 2012 | Former |
| [Anabelle Iratni](https://themetalnet.com/musician/anabelle-iratni) | Lead vocals, Lyre, Keyboard | 2019 to 2022 | Former |
| [Ashley Ellyllon](https://themetalnet.com/musician/ashley-ellyllon) | Background vocals, Keyboard | 2009 to 2011 | Former |
| [Jon Kennedy](https://themetalnet.com/musician/jon-kennedy) | Bass guitar | 1994 to 1995 | Former |
| [Les Smith](https://themetalnet.com/musician/les-smith) | Keyboard | 1997 to 1999 | Former |
| [Martin Powell](https://themetalnet.com/musician/martin-powell) | Guitar, Keyboard, Violin | 2000 to 2005 | Former |
| [Zoë Marie Federoff](https://themetalnet.com/musician/zoe-marie-federoff) | Background vocals, Keyboard | until 2025 | Former |
| [Andrea Haugen](https://themetalnet.com/musician/andrea-haugen) | Background vocals | 1993 to 1994 | Former |
| [Benjamin Ryan](https://themetalnet.com/musician/benjamin-ryan) | Keyboard | 1991 to 1995 | Former |
| [Caroline Campbell](https://themetalnet.com/musician/caroline-campbell) | Background vocals, Keyboard | 2011 to 2012 | Former |
| [Carolyn Gretton](https://themetalnet.com/musician/carolyn-gretton) | Background vocals | 2008 to 2008 | Former |
| [Damien Gregori](https://themetalnet.com/musician/damien-gregori) | Keyboard | 1994 to 1997 | Former |
| [Danielle Cneajna Cottington](https://themetalnet.com/musician/danielle-cneajna-cottington) | Background vocals | 1994 to 1998 | Former |
| [Darren Donnarumma](https://themetalnet.com/musician/darren-donnarumma) | Guitar | 1999 to 1999 | Former |
| [Darren Gardner](https://themetalnet.com/musician/darren-gardner) | Drums (drum set) | 1991 to 1992 | Former |
| [Dave Hirschheimer](https://themetalnet.com/musician/dave-hirschheimer) | Membranophone | 1999 to 1999 | Former |
| [Dhiraz Wregmi](https://themetalnet.com/musician/dhiraz-wregmi) | Bass guitar | 2007 to 2007 | Former |
| [Jonathan Pritchard](https://themetalnet.com/musician/jonathan-pritchard) | Electric bass guitar | 1991 to 1992 | Former |
| [Marek Ashok Šmerda](https://themetalnet.com/musician/marek-ashok-smerda) | Guitar | 2014 to 2025 | Former |
| [Mark Newby-Robson](https://themetalnet.com/musician/mark-newby-robson) | Keyboard | 1999 to 2011 | Former |
| [Paul Allender](https://themetalnet.com/musician/paul-allender) | Guitar | 1992 to 2014 | Former |
| [Paul Mcglone](https://themetalnet.com/musician/paul-mcglone) | Guitar | 1996 to 1996 | Former |
| [Paul Ryan](https://themetalnet.com/musician/paul-ryan) | Electric guitar | 1991 to 1995 | Former |
| [Rishi Mehta](https://themetalnet.com/musician/rishi-mehta) | Guitar | 1994 to 1994 | Former |
| [Robin Eaglestone](https://themetalnet.com/musician/robin-eaglestone) | Bass guitar | 1992 to 2002 | Former |
| [Rosie Smith](https://themetalnet.com/musician/rosie-smith) | Background vocals, Keyboard | 2005 to 2009 | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1994 | [The Principle of Evil Made Flesh](https://themetalnet.com/album/55976017-5032-37a5-8532-c33658bb27f7) | Album |
| 1996 | [Dusk and Her Embrace](https://themetalnet.com/album/9e62aa69-ea65-3670-9c79-83ba0e01e783) | Album |
| 1996 | [V Empire or Dark Faerytales in Phallustein](https://themetalnet.com/album/4903ba06-87a3-3ee9-a814-8d22f5ad8fe1) | EP |
| 1998 | [Cruelty and the Beast](https://themetalnet.com/album/ec995561-78c8-3eaa-8c93-66ebda34c8b3) | Album |
| 1999 | [From the Cradle to Enslave E.P.](https://themetalnet.com/album/cab6eb2a-b093-39cf-a6a0-f7461e3f8ff5) | EP |
| 2000 | [Midian](https://themetalnet.com/album/7da3cf80-d3ef-3a4f-9b74-cd9921703f0a) | Album |
| 2001 | [Bitter Suites to Succubi](https://themetalnet.com/album/41916ec2-34c9-348a-9870-87b8092a0bf0) | EP |
| 2003 | [Damnation and a Day](https://themetalnet.com/album/b9e4f848-86dc-370f-8623-042deb88c924) | Album |
| 2004 | [3 Song Sampler](https://themetalnet.com/album/cb8a7fa4-6b97-4601-9f91-0adc4b1dd85a) | EP |
| 2004 | [Nymphetamine](https://themetalnet.com/album/90bd4d03-7623-33d8-bd86-ccdc49bb0fe7) | Album |
| 2004 | [Songs From Nymphetamine](https://themetalnet.com/album/7374e5c2-eb29-376d-a935-6ff3734d4ce5) | EP |
| 2006 | [Thornographic](https://themetalnet.com/album/7e29a25c-23bd-4a92-bc7c-e1e0477dfe47) | EP |
| 2006 | [Thornography](https://themetalnet.com/album/6cdd8b02-0600-3c0b-9b68-ed230871b154) | Album |
| 2008 | [Godspeed on the Devil’s Thunder](https://themetalnet.com/album/219d0ddb-cccb-3ec2-b50b-06223e2fef49) | Album |
| 2010 | [Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa](https://themetalnet.com/album/0b9c3f21-97bc-49f0-9336-ce1ddd664191) | Album |
| 2011 | [Evermore Darkly…](https://themetalnet.com/album/9fcba48e-2b1f-4200-86b2-b86989556643) | EP |
| 2012 | [Midnight in the Labyrinth](https://themetalnet.com/album/6c302247-bb13-48ff-af2f-838e9f0fb5c9) | Album |
| 2012 | [The Manticore and Other Horrors](https://themetalnet.com/album/7511995b-f9a2-4ec3-a06c-401d84994c51) | Album |
| 2015 | [Hammer of the Witches](https://themetalnet.com/album/6cec439d-c9ee-45eb-b443-6982fef5c2f0) | Album |
| 2016 | [Dusk… and Her Embrace: The Original Sin](https://themetalnet.com/album/83aa2d71-d97c-4df8-a82b-3efee233b318) | Album |
| 2017 | [Cryptoriana: The Seductiveness of Decay](https://themetalnet.com/album/d96c4a4c-46d4-49a3-987c-20383d28304b) | Album |
| 2021 | [Existence Is Futile](https://themetalnet.com/album/b4a5fb87-08bf-49b8-b8f1-cdfc495075e0) | Album |
| 2025 | [The Screaming of the Valkyries](https://themetalnet.com/album/d8351ce3-b7a6-447b-82ea-069b3b69db14) | EP |
| 2025 | [The Screaming of the Valkyries](https://themetalnet.com/album/4029ce23-3fa7-4997-a4cf-24d13dde08af) | Album |
| 2025 | [White Hellebore](https://themetalnet.com/album/22fe6292-cd2c-422e-ad71-7155ba9697e3) | EP |

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- [Children of Bodom](https://themetalnet.com/band/children-of-bodom) (listened together)
- [In Flames](https://themetalnet.com/band/in-flames) (listened together)
- [Iron Maiden](https://themetalnet.com/band/iron-maiden) (listened together)
- [Arch Enemy](https://themetalnet.com/band/arch-enemy) (listened together)
- [Rammstein](https://themetalnet.com/band/rammstein) (listened together)
- [System of a Down](https://themetalnet.com/band/system-of-a-down) (listened together)
- [Nightwish](https://themetalnet.com/band/nightwish) (listened together)
- [Slipknot](https://themetalnet.com/band/slipknot) (listened together)
- [Slayer](https://themetalnet.com/band/slayer) (listened together)
- [Amon Amarth](https://themetalnet.com/band/amon-amarth) (listened together)
- [Dark Tranquillity](https://themetalnet.com/band/dark-tranquillity) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Cradle_of_Filth/24
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cradleoffilth
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyAMV63OY0DRbKk6gGv6wJg
- x: https://twitter.com/CradleofFilth
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0NTSMFFapnyZfvmCwzcYPd
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/121
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cradleoffilth/
- bandcamp: https://cradleoffilth.bandcamp.com/
- apple music: https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/3738030
- website: https://www.cradleoffilth.com/

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/cradle-of-filth](https://themetalnet.com/band/cradle-of-filth). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt