ebay: cradle of filth

cradle of filth - darkly, darkly, venus aversa
yep, stone me to death but i'm a cof fan, at least their post 2000 stuff up from 'midian'. i love those freaky islander with their bombastic sound scapes and their metal punk attitude! the first song/video i heard/saw of them was 'babalon a.d.' from their scorcher 'damnation and a day'. not long ago i held the cd version of this album in my hands and thought: 'damn! i definitely should have this one on vinyl.' that was the point from where i was looking out for cof vinyl. the first record i could get my hands on through ebay is their latest output 'darkly, darkly, venus aversa'. it's one of their lesser good albums but still a crazy journey through many styles of metal. another thing which sets them apart from other bands in that genre and which makes them unique is the lyrical content. they deal with the mythological character liltih. a kind of female demon who gets reincarnated in the body of a nun after she was exhumed by some isaac. this is how far i got with understanding :-)

there is some more stuff going on which i fail to comprehend and to speculate about would lead too far into irrelevant detail. the record comes as a double vinyl version. record one on opaque blue and record two on opaque dark red.

gatefold sleeve and printed dust sleeves with all lyrics.

their brand new effort 'manticore' will be released on first of november this year i think. i already put my pre-order in. thankfully 'damnation and a day' will be re-issued this month by music on vinyl. i included that on one in my pre-order. so expect more cof stuff soon.
2000 copies made. mine is 1707. peaceville records. 2010.