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Bringing Back The Shock


Bringing Back The Shock
An Interview with Cradle Of Filth's Paul Allender
by Melanie "Sass" Falina

Extreme metal rockers Cradle of Filth are no strangers - by far - to the things of blood and gore and what goes bump in the night. Even so, with the release of their eighth studio album they've decided to turn the macabre up a notch, and to do so have incorporated the help of a serial killer.

Released late in 2008, Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder, is a concept album based on the life of Gilles de Rais, the 15th century nobleman who fought alongside Joan of Arc before becoming a serial killer whose deviance ranged from kidnapping, rape, and sodomy, to mutilation and torture.

Guitarist Paul Allender - and an integral part of Cradle of Filth's song writing process - sat down with UnRated Magazine to talk about shock-rock, martial arts, and sociopaths before embarking on Filth's European and US tour running through the end of February, then on to Australia in early spring.

Read the interview at UnRatedMagazine.com

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