![]() If I’m honest, I’m not sure that I want to hear about, “The spurting of his seed inside her cave”, on my lunch-break, but if I had this album as a fan, I would most certainly want to be able to make out what was being said/shouted/screamed. The squeeze to get every last drop of volume out of the music often leaves the vocals a bit swamped and indiscernible. Unfortunately, the machine-gun drumming has been compressed into monotony, and it’s hard to feel a real sense of ‘rock’ in the tunes, despite the pretty incredible musicianship. ![]() Overall, Darkly… has a very intense sound – mostly double-kick driven, fast and angry. For example, the voice-overs that say, “All mirrors lead to my palace – my exotic pleasure temple”, and, “I’ll nurture you and hurt you too, fulfil all wishes for my sad Aladdin”, both seem a bit silly really – but this may be because I am not listening to it in the appropriate midnight, candle-lit, blacker-than-black surroundings there’s no wi-fi coverage in my dungeon, don’t you know… The lyrics and subject matter are pretty standard metal fayre, but I find myself unable to get in to them. Cradle of Filth’s 9 th studio offering is a concept album, based around the demoness Lilith, first wife of Adam and subject of various stories and boobs-out painting over the years.
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