Les Smith

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Les 'Lecter' Smith is an English keyboard player. He is currently a member of a British band Anathema, after having played for extreme metal band Cradle of Filth. During his time in Cradle of Filth (1997–1999), his stage persona consisted of wearing a custom Vicar Priest top, black leather pants and goth make-up. He played keyboards in two of Cradle's releases: Cruelty and the Beast and From the Cradle to Enslave. Les Smith was also a member (along with drummer Mike Heaton, guitar Mince, & vocals by Stag & Azzy), of the riotous band The Tourettes, which in turn was a spin off from the highly controversial Batley based thug band "The Healey Beats". Post-Cradle of Filth, he accused only original band member Dani Filth of considering it his own solo project ("Dani and the Filths" he jokes). Les, like many other Cradle' members, is a northern person from England, and has appeared in video and interview on Cradle of Filth's 1999 DVD 'Pandaemonaeon'.

v • d • e Cradle of Filth

Dani Filth \| Paul Allender \| Dave Pybus \| Charles Hedger \| Sarah Jezebel Deva \| Martin Škaroupka \| Rosie Smith

Albums and EPs	The Principle of Evil Made Flesh (1994) \| Vempire 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 & 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 Foul (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 \| Angtoria \| The Blood Divine

v • d • e Anathema

Vincent Cavanagh · Daniel Cavanagh · Jamie Cavanagh · Les Smith · John Douglas · Lee Douglas Darren White · Duncan Patterson · Shaun Taylor-Steels · Martin Powell · Dave Pybus

Albums	Serenades (1993) · The Silent Enigma (1995) · Eternity (1996) · Alternative 4 (1998) · Judgement (1999) · A Fine Day to Exit (2001) · A Natural Disaster (2003) · Horizons (2008)

Demos	An Iliad of Woes (1990) · All Faith Is Lost (1991)

EPs	The Crestfallen (1992) · Pentecost III (1995)

Singles	They Die (1992) · We Are The Bible (1994) · Alternative Future (1998) · Deep (1999) · Make It Right (F.F.S.) (1999) · Pressure (2001) · Everything (2006) · A Simple Mistake (2006) · Angels Walk Among Us (2007)

Compilations	Resonance (2001) · Resonance Vol. 2 (2002) · Hindsight (2008)

DVD	A Vision Of A Dying Embrace (1997/2002) · Were You There? (2004) · A Moment in Time (2006)