Cradle Of Filth – Invoking The Unclean (1992)

November 17, 2023

Shaky beginnings for everyone’s shrieking banshee led symphonic black metal band (yes, I categorised them as such, fucking deal with it). Expect instead of fragile, glittering hymns of erotic vampirism a hammer to the face in the bluntest fuzzy analogue way. If you love tape trading and early death metal demos then you’ll love this, otherwise you probably won’t find any value in this unless you are perhaps a crazed CoF superfan frothing at the mouth over the prospect of unearthing muddy early demos.

Invoking The Unclean however, is a Cradle that is almost unrecognisable. Mad how things change, innit?