Cradle Of Filth announce new album ‘Existence Is Futile’
CRADLE OF FILTH have announced a brand new album!
Titled Existence Is Futile, the upcoming album from the English symphonic black metal band is their 13th studio album, the follow up to 2017’s Cryptoriana – The Seductiveness of Decay, and is scheduled for release in October via Nuclear Blast Records.
The album was recorded and pieced together at Grindstone Studios, Suffolk with Scott Atkins (DEVILMENT, BENEDICTION, VADER) during the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020.
“The album is about existentialism, existential dread and fear of the unknown,” front man Dani Filth explains. “The concept wasn’t created by the pandemic. We’d written it long before that began, but the pandemic is the tip of the cotton-bud as far as the way the world is headed, you know? I guess the title, Existence Is Futile, does sound a little morbid. But again, it’s more about recognising that truth and saying that everything is permitted because nothing really matters, which mimics the occultist Aleister Crowley’s maxim. We all know we’re going to die, so we might as well indulge life while we possess it. The final track on the album – Us, Dark, Invincible – really drives that point home. Also, the artwork for this record was created by the Latvian visionary Arthur Berzinsh, who also dressed the last two albums, and that reeks of the exceedingly beautiful yet apocalyptic too.”
Alongside the album announcement, the band have also released the first single alongside an accompanying music video from the album; Crawling King Chaos.
Watch the official music video for Crawling King Chaos here:
You can also view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming new album below:
Track List:
01. The Fate Of The World On Our Shoulders
02. Existential Terror
03. Necromantic Fantasies
04. Crawling King Chaos
05. Here Comes A Candle… (Infernal Lullaby)
06. Black Smoke Curling From The Lips Of War
07. Discourse Between A Man And His Soul
08. The Dying Of The Embers
09. Ashen Mortality
10. How Many Tears To Nurture A Rose?
11. Suffer Our Dominion
12. Us, Dark, Invincible
13. Sisters Of The Mist (Bonus track)
14. Unleash The Hellion (Bonus track)
Existence Is Futile is set for release October 22nd via Nuclear Blast Records. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.
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