CradleOfFilth

'Tis the season of Samhain and our guest lecturer today is Mr. Dani Filth. Not only is he shriek-master general with Britain's extreme metal institution, Cradle of Filth but he's also a bit of a scholar when it comes to history and mythology of all things evil.

On Sept. 25, Eagle Rock Entertainment will be releasing Re-Machined: A Tribute to Deep Purple's Machine Head. The compilation will feature artists such as Iron Maiden, Black Label Society, Chickenfoot, Steve Vai and others, rocking covers of each song on Machine Head, Deep Purple's landmark 1972 album...

Redferns / Getty Images This year's Wacken Open Air was struck by tragedy, Contact Music reports, as a man died of carbon monoxide poisoning at the German heavy metal festival. The victim, whose name has not been released, apparently fell asleep in a canvas tent containing a power generator...

Circa Survive will drop new album Violent Waves on Aug. 28 via a new delivery method that doesn't require the services of a record company. Circa are cutting out the middle man. Or men, since most labels are multi-person operations ...

"I don't know what this means. I don't think it means anything" -- Eddie Vedder, accepting a Grammy for Pearl Jam's 'Spin the Black Circle,' 1996 I tend to take the Pearl Jam Attitude toward the Grammys, but it's still fun to sit back and watch people who know nothing about metal try and hand out awards for "Best Performance" every year...

Just a year after releasing their critically lauded 'Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa' album, British metal heroes Cradle of Filth are back with 'Evermore Darkly...' The CD/DVD package includes new tracks & rarities, with a lengthy on-the-road documentary and ten songs filmed live at this year's Graspop metal meet, as well as the video for 'Lilith Immaculate.' A...

When publishing new stories on Noisecreep, one name that pops up over and over again is Jeremy Saffer. In the last few years he has easily become one the most sought-after photographers in the heavy metal ecosystem...

Cradle of Filth guitarist Paul Allender doesn't rely solely on his band to engage the dark arts. Allender also operates Vomitorium, a graphic design company. Vomitorium is offering its first t-shirt design, dubbed Cthulhu. The unisex design is offered as both a men's tee and a women's tank top here...

Lock Up, the death-grind super group featuring Shane Embury (Napalm Death, Venomous Concept), Nicolas Barker (ex-Cradle of Filth, ex-Dimmu Borgir), Tomas Lindberg (At The Gates, Disfear) and Anton Reisenegger (Criminal, Pentagram), have announced 'Necropolis Transparent' as the title of their upcoming album, due out July 1 in Europe and July 12 in North America...

Old fashioned word of mouth hype is what helped Carnifex become one of the most successful younger death metal bands in the scene today. While many of their peers rely on social networking sites as their most valuable marketing tool, Carnifex have followed the footsteps of their older heroes by forging a fanbase through relentless touring and great material ...