Midian (album)
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| Studio album by Cradle of Filth | ||
| Released | October 31, 2000 | |
| Recorded | 2000 | |
| Genre | Debated | |
| Length | 58:56 | |
| Label | Music For Nations Koch Records (U.S.) |
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| Producer(s) | John Fryer | |
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| Cradle of Filth chronology | ||
| From the Cradle to Enslave (1999) |
Midian (2000) |
Bitter Suites to Succubi (2001) |
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| Variant leather packaging | ||
Midian is the fourth full-length album by Cradle of Filth, released on Hallowe'en 2000. At the time it was considered their most commercial and accessible album to date. It is a concept album inspired by Clive Barker's novel Cabal and his subsequent film version Nightbreed, and Doug Bradley - who had a small role in the film but is better known as Pinhead from Barker's Hellraiser and its sequels - provides narration on some tracks. While keyboards remain prominent, Midian is more guitar-oriented than its predecessors. The cover art was created by JK Potter.
In the Bible, the Midianites are an Arab tribe descended from Abraham, and Midian itself is where Moses spent his forty-year exile from Egypt. Today, the former territory of Midian is found through small portions of western Saudi Arabia, southern Jordan, southern Israel and the Sinai. The people of Midian are also mentioned extensively in the Quran, where the name appears in Arabic as Madyan.
The song "Cthulhu Dawn" invokes the character from horror writer H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. Many other heavy metal bands - including Metallica, Morbid Angel, and Bal-Sagoth - have namechecked Cthulhu.
"Her Ghost in the Fog" spawned both a video directed by Alex Chandon (which received heavy rotation on MTV2 and other rock channels), and a sequel in Nymphetamine's "Swansong for a Raven".
The opening line of "Lord Abortion" ("care for a little necrophilia?") is a quote from Terry Gilliam's Brazil (voiced by Kim Greist in the film but delivered here by Toni King, Dani Filth's wife).
[edit] Track listing
- "At the Gates of Midian" – 2:21
- "Cthulhu Dawn" – 4:17
- "Saffron's Curse" – 6:32
- "Death Magick for Adepts" – 5:53
- "Lord Abortion" – 6:51
- "Amor e Morte" – 6:44
- "Creatures that Kissed in Cold Mirrors" – 3:00
- "Her Ghost in the Fog" – 6:24
- "Satanic Mantra" – 0:51
- "Tearing the Veil from Grace" – 8:13
- "Tortured Soul Asylum" – 7:46
- "For Those Who Died" (Sabbat cover) (Japanese Bonus Track) – 6:16
All music by Cradle of Filth
All lyrics by Dani
[edit] Credits
- Dani Filth - Vocals
- Paul Allender - Guitar
- Robin Eaglestone - Bass
- Martin Powell - Keyboards
- Gian Pyres - Guitar
- Adrian Erlandsson - Drums
| Cradle of Filth |
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| 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) |
| Related articles |
| Abracadaver | The Blood Divine |
