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bonusвІ version of the title track tacked on at the end.ВP Although Cradle Of Filth may never again match such past glories as V Empire or DuskвІVAnd Her Embrace, Nymphetamine proves that even rotting corpses can age gracefully.

Clocking in at over 75 minutes, this record could definitely stand to cast aside some of its chaff, starting with the ludicrous вІ

English Fire,вІ and the requisite Gothic instrumentals.

Absinthe with Faust,вІ the downright annoying вІ

Filthy Little Secret.вІВP Despite the gratifying amount of NWOBHM-style galloping and dual-guitar heroics present, Nymphetamine sometimes displays a bit too much of CradleвІ s penchant for neoclassicism, especially on вІ

Her Ghost in the FogвІ from Midian record), and the vitriolic вІ

Swansong for a RavenвІ (a sequel, of sorts, to вІ

NemesisвІ is another early highlight, combining a slower, pummeling chorus with lightning fast sections that allow for some nimble dual-guitar interplay.

Gilded CuntвІ goes straight for the jugular, sporting a lockstep groove and some powerful, sprightly riffing.ВP This track, a compact, whirlwind thrasher is precisely what Cradle Of Filth needed to knock them off their collective duff.ВP вІ

Still, this is probably CradleвІ s freshest batch of songs since Cruelty and the Beast, and itвІ s a ghoulishly satisfying return to form, especially after last yearвІ s hopelessly muddled and overwrought Damnation and a Day.ВP Album opener вІ

Mother of Abominations,вІ and Dani FilthвІ s trademark caterwauling, thereвІ s nothing even remotely black about the bandвІ s first album for Roadrunner.ВP In other words, this ainвІ t no Sardonic Wrath.ВP Nevertheless, Cradle Of Filth has long been one of heavy metalвІ s guiltiest of pleasures, a fact that Nymphetamine continues to solidify.ВP Overproduced?ВP Yes.ВP Self-indulgent?ВP Yes.ВP More melodic and poppy than fuck?ВP Yes.

To avoid an unnecessary argument, let us be clear on one thing: Cradle Of Filth was never a band for the black metal purists.ВP In fact, apart from the briefest of flirtation with blastbeats on вІ

So, like, I guess 'fire' is the main thing they want to communicate

Cradle Of Filth, Nymphetamine (2004)

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Time again to turn the withering eye of self-criticism on my former follies.ВP Namely, throwing out into the universe a handful of album reviews I wrote some seven years ago, having apparently done nothing else with them since.ВP They have been neither shined nor polished, and their daft insights grow dafter each minute they exist.ВP This is how writing happens, and I am making it happen in reverse.

From the Dusty Vaults, Vol. 2: Cradle Of Filth

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