Midnight in the Labyrinth

Midnight in the Labyrinth

Album de Cradle of Filth

Sortie	21 avril 2012
Enregistré	Monkey Puzzle House Studio, Woolpit, Suffolk, Royaume-Uni
Genre	Black metal
Label	Peaceville Records

Albums de Cradle of Filth

Evermore Darkly
(2011) The Manticore and Other Horrors
(2012)

Midnight in the Labyrinth est un album du groupe de metal extrême Cradle of Filth édité le 21 avril 2012. Il se présente sous la forme d'un double opus constitué de titres extraits de leurs quatre premiers albums avec sur un premier disque des versions purement orchestrales et sur un second, ces mêmes versions agrémentées de quelques lignes de chant, réinterprétées par Dani Filth et Sarah Jezebel Deva.

Production et enregistrement

Selon le leader Dani Filth, cet album réinvente certains titres issus des quatre premiers opus du groupe en version purement orchestrale avec des cœurs, des cuivres et des parties narratives". Filth a écrit sur le site internet du groupe :

« All songs will be fully orchestrated akin to a horror movie soundtrack (think Danny Elfman, John Williams, Christopher Young, etc.) and [the record is] comprised solely of tracks from our first four releases - 1994's The Principle of Evil Made Flesh; the 1996 EP V Empire; 1996's Dusk... and Her Embrace and 1998's Cruelty and the Beast - [with] "Funeral in Carpathia" being my favorite conversion thus far. »

Le guitariste Paul Allender déclare :

« One thing I want to do the next time we gig, is play some of these old songs live but have the whole new orchestrations on backing track. Martin [Skaroupka] plays to a click track anyhow, and we've really got clicks set up for everything... Everyone seems to have decided they want to go with it. »

Sarah Jezebel Deva a annoncé via son profil Facebook qu'elle rejoignait Cradle of Filth pour cet enregistrement :

« In 2008, I parted ways with Cradle of Filth to pursue a life in Australia... and to go it alone as a solo musician. I know a lot of fans were disappointed with the departure and, until now, whenever a fan asks [if I'll ever work with Cradle of Filth again], the answer has been no! Well, last week, [Dani] Filth sent me an email, and after many chats I have decided to take him up on his offer to participate on the new orchestral album Midnight in the Labyrinth. I hope this will make some of you happy... »

Liste des titres

Disque un: (avec narration)
No	Titre	Original release	Durée
1.	A Gothic Romance (Red Roses for the Devil's Whore)	Dusk... and Her Embrace	8:39
2.	The Forest Whispers My Name	The Principle of Evil Made Flesh	5:42
3.	The Twisted Nails of Faith	Cruelty and the Beast	7:08
4.	The Rape and Ruin of Angels (Hosannas in Extremis)	V Empire	8:20
5.	Funeral in Carpathia	Dusk... and Her Embrace	8:52
6.	Summer Dying Fast	The Principle of Evil Made Flesh	5:21
7.	Thirteen Autumns and a Widow	Cruelty and the Beast	7:15
8.	Dusk and Her Embrace	Dusk... and Her Embrace	6:32
9.	Cruelty Brought Thee Orchids	Cruelty and the Beast	7:47
10.	Goetia (Invoking the Unclean)		13:06

Disque deux: Orchestrale
No	Titre	Durée
1.	The Rape and Ruin of Angels (Hosannas in Extremis)	8:16
2.	Dusk and Her Embrace	6:29
3.	Summer Dying Fast	5:21
4.	The Twisted Nails of Faith	7:06
5.	Funeral in Carpathia	8:38
6.	The Forest Whispers My Name	5:33
7.	Cruelty Brought Thee Orchids	7:25
8.	A Gothic Romance (Red Roses for the Devil's Whore)	8:36
9.	Thirteen Autumns and a Widow	7:13

Crédits

• Mark Newby-Robson - Orchestration
• Dani Filth - narration
• Sarah Jezebel Deva - narration
• Kit Woolven - Mixage

Liens externes

• « CoF Orchestral Album »^{(Archive.org • Wikiwix • Archive.is • Google • Que faire ?)}