From the Cradle to Enslave

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From the Cradle to Enslave
From the Cradle to Enslave cover
EP by Cradle of Filth
Released 1999
Recorded 1999
Genre Crossover
Length 32:01
Label Music For Nations
Metal Blade Records (USA)
Producer(s) Mike Exeter & Dan Sprigg
Professional reviews
Cradle of Filth chronology
Cruelty and the Beast
(1998)
From the Cradle to Enslave
(1999)
Midian
(2000)


From the Cradle to Enslave is an EP by Cradle of Filth. It could even be considered a single, since it only contains two original tracks; the title track and the b-side "Of Dark Blood and Fucking". The rest of the disc is bolstered with two cover versions, a re-recording of a Dusk and Her Embrace track, and a dance remix.

From the Cradle to Enslave was the first of Cradle of Filth's singles to have an accompanying video. The video was directed by Alex Chandon, who also made the Filth-related film Cradle of Fear. It featured explicit images of nudity and gore and was released in two versions; edited and unedited. Both versions can be found on the PanDaemonAeon DVD.

This was the first official Cradle release to attract the Parental Advisory warning. It is not popular among Cradle of Filth's fans, but the title track is one of the band's most widely recognised and remains an almost permanent fixture on its live setlists. Dani Filth revealed his antipathy towards it in Kerrang! issue 1130: "We have to play it at every gig... I'd like to erase it, so I wouldn't have to play it again. After a while you just want to play something different. There's something about the hook that just strikes a chord of fear down my spine."

[edit] Track listing

  1. "From the Cradle to Enslave" – 6:37
  2. "Of Dark Blood and Fucking" – 6:02
  3. "Death Comes Ripping" (Misfits Cover) – 1:57
  4. "Sleepless" (Anathema Cover) – 4:19
  5. "Pervert's Church (From the Cradle to Deprave)" (Remix of FTCTE only on European release) – 4:58
  6. "Funeral in Carpathia (Be Quick or Be Dead Version)" – 8:08

The American release features "Dawn of Eternity" instead of "Pervert's Church".

[edit] Credits

Cradle of Filth
Dani Filth | Paul Allender | Dave Pybus | Charles Hedger | Sarah Jezebel Deva
Official discography
Albums and EPs: The Principle of Evil Made Flesh (1994) | V Empire (or Dark Faerytales in Phallustein) (1996) | Dusk and Her Embrace (1997) | Cruelty and the Beast (1998) | From the Cradle to Enslave (1999) | Midian (2000) | Bitter Suites to Succubi (2001) | Lovecraft and Witch Hearts (2002) | Live Bait for the Dead (2002) | Damnation and a Day (2003) | Nymphetamine (2004) | Thornography (2006)
Demos: A Pungent And Sexual Miasma (1992) | Invoking the Unclean (1992) | Orgiastic Pleasures (1992) | The Black Goddess Rises (1992) | Goetia (1992) | Total Fucking Darkness (1993)
DVDs: PanDaemonAeon (1999) | Heavy, Left-Handed and Candid (2002) | Babalon AD (So Glad For The Madness) (2003) | Mannequin (2003) | Peace Through Superior Firepower (2005)
Singles: Temptation (2006)
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