Nymphetamine

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Nymphetamine
Nymphetamine cover
Studio album by Cradle of Filth
Released September 28, 2004
Recorded 2004
Genre Debated
Length 75:47
Label Roadrunner Records
Producer(s) Rob Caggiano
Professional reviews
Cradle of Filth chronology
Damnation and a Day (2003) Nymphetamine (2004) Thornography (2006)


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Special Edition cover
Special Edition cover

Nymphetamine is the sixth studio album by Cradle of Filth, released on September 28, 2004, and features the debut of guitarist James Mcilroy, under the pseudonym "Germs Warfare".

Dani Filth explained the title track as referring to "a drug-like addiction to the woman in question, with her insidious vampyre qualities literally bringing her lover back from the brink of the spiritual grave, only to bury him further on the strength of a whim. This is very Edgar Allan Poe in style and leaves one thinking that, despite the character's inner agonies, he is really a welcome submissive who readily enjoys the terrible highs and lows of his relationship with this alluring and filthy, depreciative succubus."[1] It was nominated for a 2005 Grammy award in the Best Metal Performance category [2], and appears on the album twice; in a three-part, nine minute version - "Nymphetamine (Overdose)" - and again in a shortened five minute version - "Nymphetamine Fix" - as a bonus track. A video was released for the "Fix" version, and this track also appears on the soundtrack for the film Resident Evil: Apocalypse (without its suffix).

"Coffin Fodder" is mentioned in episode four of the UK comedy The IT Crowd. "Swansong for a Raven" is a sequel to the Midian song "Her Ghost in the Fog".

The album features guest appearances by Leaves' Eyes vocalist Liv Kristine, and Doug Bradley, who starred as the cenobite Pinhead in the Hellraiser series and also collaborated on Midian. It was re-released as a special edition in 2005, with an extra disc featuring two new songs, an alternate version of the title track, and three cover versions.

[edit] Special edition (2005)

CD 1

  1. "Satyriasis" – 1:42
  2. "Gilded Cunt" – 4:08
  3. "Nemesis" – 7:18
  4. "Gabrielle" – 5:27
  5. "Absinthe With Faust" – 5:14
  6. "Nymphetamine (Overdose)" – 9:14
  7. "Painting Flowers White Never Suited My Palette" – 1:57
  8. "Medusa and Hemlock" – 4:44
  9. "Coffin Fodder" – 5:17
  10. "English Fire" – 4:45
  11. "Filthy Little Secret" – 6:16
  12. "Swansong for a Raven" – 7:09
  13. "Mother of Abominations" – 7:33
  14. "Nymphetamine Fix" – 5:04

CD 2

  1. "Devil Woman" (Cliff Richard cover) – 3:38
  2. "Soft White Throat" – 5:40
  3. "Bestial Lust (Bitch)" (Bathory cover) – 2:55
  4. "Prey" – 4:57
  5. "Nymphetamine (Jezebel Deva Fix)" – 5:03
  6. "Mr. Crowley" (Ozzy Osbourne cover) – 5:41


"Devil Woman" features King Diamond on backing vocals.


[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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