Dani Filth (the vocalist in Cradle of Filth) is one of my All time favourite lyricists. He Really knows stuff and his choice of wording is Absolute Top notch.

Liv's original band was Theatre of tragedy. In velvet darkness we fear is an amazing album. Sarah Jezebel Diva was Cradle of filths original female singer.

Bonus points for the IT crowd reference 🤘

The female vocals are by Liv Kristine, who has been in various goth metal bands for many years.

the Metal spectrum is so vast that there are Genres and Sub-genres within those Genres. not to make it sound dark and foreboding, but if you dive into that rabbit hole you're not very likely to come back out, just because of the vast variety of it all.

In my opinion Dani Filth is the modern day Shakespeare . I dont think there is anyone one out there that can touch his mastery of the English language . His lyrics draw you in to beautiful and yet horrific vitas in your minds eye with his poetic storytelling whether it be this song (Nymphetamine) or the epic Tearing the Veil from Grace

She's a guest vocalist but they always have a female backing singer Liv Kristine the female singer on this song was the lead singer of Leaves' Eyes and Theatre Of Tragedy and now has a good solo career too those 2 bands are both incredible and some of the best in their genres Leaves' Eyes are symphonic (classical) folk metal and Theatre of Tragedy are gothic metal

A great demonstration on what the band (regardless of who’s in it at the time) is capable of. And also a great demonstration of Dani’s vocal range. He capable of much more than this and I highly recommend listening to all of their albums just so you can get an understanding of how he’s grown.

OMG! You noticed the connection to the IT Crowd too! I love that show. I remember that band name being said, but I thought it was fictional. Love it! Stay awesome!

This is the song that got me into them, you have to listen to the full album version though.

Gothic Metal is definitely a thing, I had some mates who were really into it. Paradise Lost are one band I remember and Type O Negative, although honestly I always thought they had loads of punk influences in there too. The Bloody Kisses album sounded like heavy Husker Du to me.

Cradle Of Filth just keep releasing masterpiece after masterpiece. I found this album in a charity shop and bought it for the hell of it. Didn't give it much thought. It was this song that got my interest and made me spend more time with the whole album. It's a gateway song. Not even close to their best work, but a good siren song to lure the unsuspecting in. I now own everything they have released. In my top ten favourite bands. I listen to so much music that I started needing more complex and challenging music to keep me interested. They provide exactly that. My favourite album Is 'Dusk And Her Embrace'. The two considered their best by consensus are 'Midian' and 'Cruelty and the Beast'. Cruelty has the songs 'Bathory Aria' and 'Cruelty Brought Thee Orchids' which are epic songs with amazing lyrics.

Great reaction again! I was curious how you would like their music (this is one of their softer songs). I’m not a big Cradle of Filth fan but I enjoy their music. The first thing I thought when you mentioned you like the vampire / goth esthetics and sound was ‘oh she needs to check out Type O’Negative!’. Doom-death music from the early 90s all have a strong gothic vibe (Paradise Lost, Cathedral, The Gathering). If you like horror stories you want to try King Diamond (all his albums are musical horror stories).

This was the perfect choice. Amazing vocals. Intense music. Of course, you have to take a dive into Type O Negative. To further the "Goth" experience

CoF does have a full time female singer (Zoe Marie Federoff) Liv was a guest singer on this song. Dani uses every distortion technique he can force through his larynx 😆

Liv Kristine, the female singer, has been in several bands herself. At the time of this songs recording, she was in Leaves Eyes. Elegy is a song I would recommend from them. And you wouldn't be the only soul singer. Noorha from Battle Beast came from jazz and soul before discovering her metal voice while emulating Janis Joplin. For Battle Beast, I'm partial to 'No More Hollywood Endings'

Although not to everyone's liking. I love the complexity of Cradle's music. It is beautiful dark poetry and melodic mayhem. Dani Filth is an unbelievable lyricist and vocalist. Their music helped me through a difficult time in my youth so they will always be a part of me. \m/ 🖤💀🖤\m/

Regarding pitch, Dani Filth actually did have some troubles with his voice a while back (like, 10+ years back, but still, after Nymphetamine, so around or after the time this song was released). But he got a dedicated vocal coach and worked on his technique and nowadays his voice, especially live, isn't exactly what it was on their first albums from around the turn of the millenium, but it's much more sustainable, and still really awesome and unique!

High drama? Cradle of filth - bathory aria You will not be disappointed Must read the lyrics while listening. Dani is the best lyricist.

So im few seconds into the reaction and your voice almost blew my eardrums and my mind. I bet you could shatter glass effortlessly. So strong!

Ms. Kelly, I just wanted to tell you that I love to listen to you talk, not only because of your accent, but you're vocabulary is quite to par of a lexicon! Thank you.

Every now and then….an artist releases a song which pushes the boundaries of creativity….Bohemian Rhapsody, Paranoid Android, this……absolute treasures!!!!!

Wait until you hear the older stuff where he's so high pitched glass breaks.

"It's all so both beautiful and disgusting" As a huge CoF fan for over 25 years, I think that's the best description of the experience I've ever heard.

I HIGHLY recommend checking out the album 'cruelty and the beast' and reading all the lyrics. It's about the mass murderer countess Elizabeth bathory who was a countess in eastern Europe during medieval times...and did alot of medieval shit to poor girls. It's dark and atmospheric and Elizabeth character has spoken monologues going crazy throughout the songs. Such a cool concept...the music is incredible too. Wild album

If you loved this then try one of their others 'Heartbreak and Seance. Its just as dramatic, you'll absolutely love it! Cradle are one of Englands prized possessions.

This was a brave choice. And you handled it like a pro. I first saw COF at an Ozzfest about 20 years ago and was instantly hooked. Great reaction!

This is my all time favorite song.

Really appreciate your insights given this is your first listen. Great great ears!

I upvoted as soon as I read the "except twilight" part 🤣🤣

LOL. Richmond is great! I laughed creepily when he gave that CD. Cradle of Filth has a lot you can discover, especially if you pay attention to those lyrics.

I like the title. Maybe we should start sending Cardle CDs to all the cloisters.

One of the things I love about metal is that sometimes you can find beauty and harshness blended together. Symphonic metal, symphonic black metal and gothic metal are some of the best places to find that.

Type O Negative for some really gothic metal - and a very deep voice with pitch

There is an interview with Tom Waites that was genuinely an influence for Heath Ledger's Joker.

My first experience with Cradle Of Filth came via a Goth/metal girl I used to hang out with ‘round here. We met before I moved back to the area, then continued once I found a place. One day she brought me some burned CDs, as they were still in use then. Among them was a Cradle Of Filth album, the name of which I never made note of. But I liked the tracks enough to go find my own copies. I came across a double album compilation and bought it. After some time I grew to like the first disc a lot. Because to me each track sounded like its own little horror movie, and I used to be big into those. I also have some background in both metal and Goth, so I suppose all of that set me up nicely to enjoy their brand of Gothic-style extreme metal. Though this tune is more like a radio-friendly version of their songwriting. That said, it’s a great and sensible intro to the band before you might sample some of their more hardcore material. Either way they have lots of strong, heavy compositions to choose from. Other groups I would recommend would be Norway’s Dimmu Borgir, black metal with actual orchestral parts, harsh vocals plus clean singing; and New York’s Type O Negative, heavy Gothic/doom metal with especially low male lead vocals. I would consider these some of the top acts in their different sub-genres.

The LOW parts are achieved with an octave pedal. And hearing someone talk about the nuances of Tom Waits was pretty rad!

firstly I have an advice always react to studio versions of these bands beacause often they chop of the songs to fit tv time. If you like Vampires you should defenitly check out Type O Negative (Black No1), also the studio versiom, their lead vocalist sounds exactly how count dracula would sing. Another great song is Dracula from Iced Earth, its based on the classic novel by Bramm Stoker

For mostly listening casuals metal or rap, id say this is atleast 1 in 100 banger in its own category, freaking lovely song.

Time for some DIMMU BORGIR : GATEWAYS (Live in Norway with full Orchestra and Choir),also a killing Male/Female Duett !

This comment was CENSORED by YT(!), so another take... You want to know what genre they are? Nowadays, I would say it is goth metal, but for sure they come from a very own version of black metal. Very well-made extreme metal right from the start. The lyrics of Dani Filth are always extraordinarily well-made, unique. He called the genre "vampire metal" in the beginning, if you want to know what they come from, you might watch one of the probably most notoriously shocking music videos of the 90s in the uncensored version. (The one with the introduction of Dany Filth in the beginning, where he fantasizes about killing the pope and explains that they used nearly 100 gallons of blood for the video and have all the bells and whistles for an offending video, like ... yepp ...): Cradle of Filth: From the Cradle to Enslave kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j9SSgsuErLzGgps.html I guarantee you, after watching this video, you will never see a violin the same way as before. (People who watched it will instantly know what I mean!) Honestly, this is one of the best and most disturbing metal videos of all times, and it instantly made me a fan of them. They deserve a deeper look into their early work. They were always excellent.

Slowly working my way through your awesomeness. With your gothic romance I believe you should continue with "Her Ghost In The Fog". Satisfying storytelling, another fine opera singer and expressive "burping" from Danni to satisfy your hunger 😝

heres my Cof Story. I saw a show 20 years ago called 'Living with the enemy' where they stick opposites together. Anyway some full blown metalheads mum who was like a level 7 vegan christian went on the tour bus with these guys and in the end she was like 'yeah idk about the music but Dani Filth is a very nice guy'. Its true.

Thanks for reminding me about a band I was a big fan of about a 20 years ago =)

I had the pleasure of seeing them live last night! It was 🤘🤘🤘🤘😈😀

I don't remember seeing Lacuna Coil on your list. Cristina Scabia sang in a Megadeth song called A Toute Le Monde.

There are so many cradle of filth songs you really should react to such as bathory aria, her ghost in the fog.. just for examples. Dani Filth is a Lyricist on another level.

My girl just belts out the note..."that's it!" RESPECT.

We all hated peoples as teenagers I feel you and love your accent and somehow it’s trance like to me idk why lol keep up good work!

3:34 I Believe She is a Guest Singer, Her Name is LIV KRISTINE KRULL She was from the Band LEAVE'S EYES.

She really has to check out type o negative. She would flip over he’s voice

Great vocal reaction universal blessing 😊🤘🏼🖤🫂

There's 3 versions of this song. This one is "fix" featuring a well known European opera singer(I forgot her name), the "Sara jezebel Deva fix"(who was theor actual recording/touring back up vocalist at the time, and "overdose". You need to listen to the overdose version.

Who let Richmond out of His room?! Cradle of Filth is unique. Another video that I mussed... Happy Birthday weekend! There are some great Goth metal bands out there. I recommend the song Love You to Death, By Type O Negative. They kind of started it all. Keep up the great work My Fine Scottish Lady! ❤❤❤

Your reaction review is awesome! I could listen to you talk all day. I like that, coming from a very different musical discipline, you can appreciate the wonderful musical quality that COF belches out with poetic harmony. It actually takes a musician to appreciate a band like this. My parents are not musically inclined and broke my COF CD when I was in highschool, which just made me wanna listen to it even more. They have like 3 or so albums that tell an elaborate story about the countess Elizbet Bathory who allegedly bathed in virgin blood and embraces this as truth, although it was a bunch of misogynistic Aristocrats that made false accusations because they didn't like a woman having that much power in Bulgaria, as she came into it due to the death of her husband. You'd love the lyrics from those albums, and the transitions are astounding

the female singer is Liv Kristine, try her exband - "Leaves' eyes - elegy"

Ah, the “beauty and the beast” vocal pairing… if you like the contrast, check out some Draconian, or for some sads, give Hallatar - My Mistake a listen. (Although these are both death doom)

Cradle of Filth RULES! I would NEVER call Cradle of Filth goth. They are more thrashy symphonic metal with a tinge of black metal nowadays. Their earlier stuff were vicious black metal with symphonic elements. Always absolutely AWESOME though!

check out the band HIM if you havent already... any song will do but I personally recommend "When love and death embrace", "Gone with the sin" or "One last Time"... Ville Valo (vocalist) is a brilliant singer with awesome lyrics 😊

I’m not into the vampire movies much but the Underworld series are quite excellent. One of my favorite Spookie / Creepy movies from my youth was Prince of Darkness. Alice Cooper even played a character in it. It’s not action packed, more of a slower and building movie but it’s one of the few I enjoyed.

What metal has always done better than most other genres of music is it's ability to mix harsh and beautiful. Not all metal does it (grind certainly doesn't!), but when it does it it's often mind blowing. I still think the best example of it is probably Anaal Nathrakh who mix white noise and screaming with absolutely beautiful pathos. I'm pretty much begging you to listen to Obscene As Cancer by Anaal Nathrakh.

Awrite, I know I'm late to the party but I'm delighted to have discovered this channel and that you've discovered CoF. If you're curious about their old school sound, I'd recommend "Cruelty Brought Thee Orchids" or "Bathory Aria". Though, to be honest, I'd absolutely love seeing you react to Rainer Landfermann ("Langsam, hinter's Licht"), especially if you’re up for something a bit unsettling and a bit of an assault on the senses. And I’d provide you with translations of the lyrics! That said, when you mentioned wanting to be able to do extreme metal vocals I immediately imagined you adding them to "I Never" or "Break of the Dawn" and I cannot decide if that would be hilarious or atrocious.

I didn't hear about Cradle of Filth until 2015.. the first bands I heard that I considered goth were, Xandria songs like Forevermore, Ravenheart,, eversleeping, more bands like Epica, Sirenia, Within Temptation, Lacuna coil, Theatre of Tragedy.

Don't worry, they're from the UK, so, some good hearted banter is cool.

You need to start a metal band! Imagine the power you wield being recognized ❤

FOREST WHISPERS MY NAME CRADLE OF FILTH

Well goth isn't really metal. It's a sub genre of punk with the theme of dark poetry. I mean Edgar Allen poe is arguibly the father of Gothic literature. The goth style started in around the late 70s and early 80s along Souxie and the banshees and of course The Cure who invented the "Goth look". It was never really metal but just a dark version of punk.

Uhm, Queen of the Damned, huh? Aaliyah''s vampire pub scene is one of my favorite movie scenes of all times. Excellent soundtrack by Jonathan Davis (Korn).

Everyone does that song to me best from cradle to enslave

this song is the masterpiece

More black metal than goth .... And Dani is a stunningly good lyricist . And as per my comment under the GLS vid , Dimmu Borgir live forces of the northern light will be a good place to go. And the actor who played Raymond is a CoF fan btw .

I've adored cradle of filth 4 yrs but you need to watch I am not a vampire .revamped By falling in reverse. Video is a masterpiece work of art. It's about addiction You won't be disappointed.

I know you are just starting your metal vocals journey, but when you get a bit more used to the growls, please check out Will Ramos from the band Lorna Shore. There is a video from last year, where he visits the University of Utah Center of Vocology - they stuck a camera down his throat and see what's happening when he uses different vocal techniques.(it's gross, but fascinating) ..but yeah, listen to their songs first. I recommend To the Hellfire.

Welcome to the extreme metal scene. I personally love symphonic metal.

Holy crap you should do some backup vocals for CoF. You would do amazing in Her Ghost in the Fog by them!! Jezebella Diva is one of the best

Nice reaction and vocals

Hey! Just found your channel and I LOVE you lol. If you're interested in finding out about the "spectrum of metal" and how goths relate to it/other genres, please get in touch! I used to be the goth kid in school and through my early/mid 20s. I live just outside of Edinburgh and would love to chat and listen to you SING! Damn, you've got an AMAZING voice!!

I've seen both CoF and Tori Amos live 4 times, and I like what that says about me!

Honestly, if you have a soft spot for cheesy horror, you should just do yourself a favor and listen to more Cradle just for the sake of it, reaction video or not. They channel the whole Hammer film horror and cheesy 80s horror so well. Not their biggest fan by far, but I do appreciate them for how they unapologetically have so much fun with that stuff and make some pretty amazing music. Also, Dani is a fantastic vocalist and writes pretty awesome lyrics. "Cruelty and the Beast" is probably the album I'd go with.

Cheers from NY! I highly recommend Ghost in the Fog as next COF song. I love your voice and accent. You could read a chemistry book to me and would love it!

the female is this video is the singer from Leaves' Eyes

Based on your curiosity about goth-metal and your teenage love of cheesy horror/vampire stuff (which I completely share), I definitely think you should give a listen to the band Type O Negative. Their singer, Peter Steele (RIP) was a truly unique voice in the metal world, and their music was a great combination of gothic romance, heavy metal, and dark comedy. I'd suggest the song "Love You To Death" as a good place to start.

You should check out their new song She is a Fire. It's mind blowing how high his screams can get.

I would consider this song popish by COF standards. I recommend songs like Cruelty brought thee orchids, beneath the howling stars, Funeral in Carpathia, Dusk and her embrace. Dani’s lyrics are always top and music heavily layered with so much going on but all good👌🏼

You should react to Kong Diamond!!! a really difficult vocals 🤘🤘🤘

oh boi how i can´t wait for the collaboration between Dani and Ed Sheeran i mean c´mon , this will be killer

You should try The Death of Love by Cradle of Filth, or Cruelty Brought The Orchids. Those are just 2 of my favorites from COF.

Type o negative is goth she needs

So to answer your question about the relation between goths and metalheads. Keep in mind I'm talking about the waaaay-back days, so like the 80s, when I was in high school. (I'm old.) And I can only speak to the US. I'd say in the beginning we were natural enemies. I was the goth kid listening to mostly British post-punk stuff, and I hated any metal I heard. I wanted my melancholy melodies, minor keys, and sad poetic lyrics. Then again, the metal I was exposed to was pretty universally bad: mostly hair metal. I didn't start giving metal a chance until the end of my college days when my friends played the Black album, and I made a deep dive into Metallica's back catalog and became a big fan. But that was it for me--until Tool. Basically, up until recently, I liked a lot of hard-edged alternative that verged onto metal (like Disturbed), but few actual metal bands besides Tool and Metallica. Then I married a metalhead. And I was STILL resistant. Then I discovered Nightwish. I think the bottom line is that the crossover is MUCH bigger between the goths and metalheads nowadays, partly because there are now a LOT of bands that fall somewhere between. And both my husband and I were a little "too cool for school" back in the day and so resisted music that was different than what we liked. But he's helping me learn to like Black Sabbath and Judas Priest and a few other bands. And he's getting into Tool. You learn to like more stuff as you get older. So a marriage that was a divided house can stand. As long as you give the other's music a chance.

Hey, Ms. Kelly. I've been watching your reactions and interpretations of metal artists and enjoying it immensely. I was wondering if you might bless us with your thoughts on older singers like Vera Lynn, Alice Faye, or Annette Hanshaw? Maybe Judy Garland? (Garland could really belt it out if she wanted) Thanks. Loving your work.

should definitely check out king diamond and his band mercyful fate (two seperate projects) some serious talented vocals there

If you want to check out some extreme brutal vocals check out "Destructo" by "Hunt the dinosaur"

Lorna shore- to the hellfire to dive deep deep deep into metal. It will change your life

I seen Dani in person man is he ever short.

I’d recommend trying out “archives of an enchanted philosophy” by “Bishop Of Hexen” it’s a concept album based on story the band made up, and lyrically each song continues the previous, overall it was masterfully written and it is also surprisingly lesser known, it’s from the late 90’s so I presume they were overshadowed by the likes of great bands like cradle of filth and dimmu borgir, anyway, If you do check ‘em out hope you enjoy

They have some concept albums. Their best album imo is cruelty and the beast.

Love your reactions, informative and funny! Check out King Diamond’s “Halloween”(live) or “Sleepless Nights”.

Cradle of Filths album Cruelty and the Beast needs a listen to all the way through!! It’s an amazing concept album and every song compliments the next. Please give it listen to❤️❤️🤘🤘

Thank you for your analysis. Nymphetamine is a good song, but Born in a burial gown or Her ghost in the fog might show more is vocal range is you are interested to dig more in it.

People who react to this song, do not react to the real cradle of filth. I see most react to this song, and i don't get why. This is very far from there best songs they have made. I usual think it's a song for those who don't really want to get into cradle of filth. Cruelty and the beast is there best album, together with dusk and her embrace. Listen to songs from those to really hear what Danny can do. And his writing on these albums is so much better.