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| Godspeed On The Devil's Thunder | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 10 reviews)
Sales Rank: 11767
Category: Music
Artist: Cradle Of Filth
Publisher: Roadrunner Records
Studio: Roadrunner Records
Manufacturer: Roadrunner Records
Label: Roadrunner Records
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 179232
UPC: 016861792329
EAN: 0016861792329
ASIN: B001E18C8G
Release Date: October 28, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | In Grandeur And Frankincense Devilment Stirs | | • | Shat Out Of Hell | | • | The Death Of Love | | • | The 13th Caesar | | • | Tiffauges | | • | Tragic Kingdom | | • | Sweetest Maleficia | | • | Honey And Sulphur | | • | Midnight Shadows Crawl To Darken Counsel With Life | | • | Darkness Incarnate | | • | Ten Leagues Beneath Contempt | | • | Godspeed On The Devil's Thunder | | • | Corpseflower |
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Product Description
After 8 menacing albums, the kings of black metal return with their most dastardly tale yet. Chronicling the story of the world's first serial killer, French nobleman and soldier of Joan of Arc, Gilles De Rais. Like they had done with the story of Elizabeth Bathory, Cradle of Filth weave a tale of murder, the occult, and sinister deed around their trademark metal sound. Fueled by breakneck speed, crushing guitars, and haunting vocals- the band has delivered their hardest most aggressive and chilling piece yet.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 A different perspective January 6, 2009
I am certainly not a COF aficionado by any means, as I don't know much about any of their other albums, their member's, or the group's background. I do know what my preferences are though. Just to put things into perspective, I grew up with groups like The 'Turtles', 'The Hollies', and then 'Cream', 'The Animals' and on up through the 'Stones', 'The Beatles', 'The Who', Jeff Beck, Steve Vai, Yngwie, 'Black Sabbath', 'AC/DC' 'Judas Priest', 'Iron Maiden', and almost everyone else in-between including 'Mahavishnu Orchestra' and 'Dream Theater'(you get the idea). More recently, I've journeyed upward and outward to 'Therion', 'Arcturus' (Side Show and La Masquerade) and in the last couple of months or so I have begun delving into the deeper and heavier bands ie. 'Dimmu Borgir', 'Sigh', 'Septicflesh' and 'Moonspell'. To make a long story a little longer, I consider myself a 57 year old Hard rock/Psychedelic/Metalhead and although I like the heaviness and deep atmospherics of COF, I'm not altogether hip on the thematic/religious lyrics, the (way) overuse of the man shrieking, or the repetitive use of the drum machine to acquire the "speedy" tempo of this album. I do like the female vocs. I bought this album based on the Amazon reviews but believe I could have spent my money better elsewhere. I don't hate the album. I have listened to it and will now file it away in the catacombs. I'm thinking it would be best appreciated by someone very much younger than I, as I suppose my folks thought "Blue Cheer" and "Iron Butterfly" would be back then. Enjoy yourself and happy listening..
don't call it a comeback January 1, 2009
Let me say that Cradle Of Filth do not make BAD albums. Some are good and some are great, but their last release, "Thornography", left a bad taste in a lot of fans' mouths. As with a lot of great bands, they all experience an album that sounds like they're just going through the motions, and "Thornography" sounded like that. But with "Godspeed", COF doesn't leave it in cruise control, they keep the foot on the gas throughout. I hadn't heard brutally fast tracks like this since "Midian". It seems Dani Filth is in his element when he focuses on one subject matter like my favorite COF release, "Cruelty and the Beast" or the underrated "Damnation and a Day". "Godspeed" is a solid chapter in the Book of Cradle.
Really Still Quite Average November 16, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'll grant there is improvement here from past releases. Their oft volleyed compliment that this is the best release from the band since Midian is, even if accurate, compromised. Their releases since that record have been sub-par. More, I wouldn't rate this better than Damnation and a Day. That record didn't set the world on fire but several of its songs are superior.
Godspeed's biggest problem might be argued as its strength. While consistant, there also isn't much to make these songs distinguishable. There isn't any obvious point of entry or a song to first capture your attention. Their aren't any turkeys either. It all just steady, homogenous and boring. At least Damnation had 'Mannequin'. The packaging lists 'Honey & Sulphur' as the lead single and if you are elated with that track you are likely to feel the same about the record at large, because 'Honey & Sulphur' just blends in with nothing about it singular to speak of.
The concept of the album is predictably humorous. One, its revisits past visitations like Cruelty did with Bathory but also two, the story of Gilles de Rais plays like a petition for credibility to those in the significantly more chic and ground-breaking underground French black metal community. Deathspell Omega & Antaeus would have likely been more impressed with a biopic of the Marquee de Sade or George Bataille.
I love my Cradle and I will enjoy this anyway. I love the cheese. I love the Halloween tongue-in-cheek spirit of what they do and how unapologetic they are for wallowing in every metal excess. There has, however, been a lot of amplified talk about this record. It's not bad, but its nothing you haven't heard from these guys better executed elsewhere and nothing new is attempted.
 Way better than Thornography! November 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I liked Thornagraphy as I like All Cradle Of Filth records. However, this album really made me happy....I think this may be one of the top three best COF albums yet. Super fast, ultra gothic, and hard hitting black metal that is 100% adrenaline. Buy this!!!
A return to the old, and quite a return it is! November 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have always been a fan of CoF. While many would argue that the last few albums weren't really 'extreme metal' in any way, the musicianship and quality of writing were impressive. I still listen to those albums (Thornography and Nymphetamine), but nothing quite compares to the sound of Midian and Cruelty. Midian was their last album that retained the brutality of the 'old Cradle'. However, I truly think Damnation and a Day is a hidden gem. Some amazing songs on there.
Godspeed is a mix of Damnation and Midian in many ways. It has the symphonic qualities of Midian and the "punchiness" of Damnation. I would be the first to admit that Gian and Stuart had a LOT to do with the sound and progression of the golden years. Paul has obviously taken on a more bombastic sound (lots of thrashy fillers, major chord progressions, not quite as dark or sinister as the old school albums; Nymphetamine and Thorn. rely on the vocals to be brutal). Paul knows how to write, and I think he believes this is the new CoF - an evolved version of the past. From all the interviews on blabbermouth, it seems like he's excited about playing fast again but in this new direction.
Godspeed has a crushing sound - the guitars are layered well and the drums are awesome. No offense to Adrian, but the new guy shreds. Dani continues to write amazing lyrics. This is a great album - DO YOUR PART AND BUY IT - support these guys - they have spent a considerable amount of time writing such amazing music.
The best track has to be Tragic Kingdom. Listen to it more than once - all the classic elements of CoF are there, but in a totally new setting. The new sound and approach takes a little getting used to, but you soon realize that every song has a lot to offer. CoF did this album for the fans. Now my only question is - what's it going to take to get Gian back on the roster???
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