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Dusk and Her Embrace in Bloomington, MN
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Cradle of Filth
may be one of the only recognizable underground
metal
acts to an average person. Although mom and dad might not know who they are, the band enjoyed a streak of notoriety through the late '90s into the turn of the century that would be hard for a music fan to miss. Their theatrical approach to the
black metal
genre was nothing new, but they turned it up a notch by cutting out much of the humor and bad special effects that groups like
Mercyful Fate
depended on and replaced them with a creepier, nastier stage show. But unlike so many of the bands in this genre, they had the music to back it up, and
Dusk and Her Embrace
may be their finest moment. What they did more than any other group is take the extreme playing style of the Norwegian
scene and apply a
Sisters of Mercy
style of melody to the singing. A hundred different
bands tried to use goth flourishes in their music, but
realized that you could make goth conform to
heavy metal
, not the other way around. This results in some creepy material; just listen to
"Heaven Torn Asunder"
or
"Malice Through the Looking Glass"
to hear some of the most important
ever made. What is even weirder is how catchy this music is. They really do a good job of incorporating memorable vocal lines and melodies into one of the least accessible genres of the 20th century. The keyboard intros and flourishes may be a little much for some listeners, but in the field of gothic European
, would you really expect anything less? With catchy songs, a brutal delivery, and a great gimmick, this is as good as underground
gets. Along with
Emperor
,
Faxed Head
, and a few other pioneers, this band really helped the
genre to reappear after the
death metal
craze of the early '90s, but more than any other group, they also helped to put a twisted, ugly face on the genre for all to see. ~ Bradley Torreano
may be one of the only recognizable underground
metal
acts to an average person. Although mom and dad might not know who they are, the band enjoyed a streak of notoriety through the late '90s into the turn of the century that would be hard for a music fan to miss. Their theatrical approach to the
black metal
genre was nothing new, but they turned it up a notch by cutting out much of the humor and bad special effects that groups like
Mercyful Fate
depended on and replaced them with a creepier, nastier stage show. But unlike so many of the bands in this genre, they had the music to back it up, and
Dusk and Her Embrace
may be their finest moment. What they did more than any other group is take the extreme playing style of the Norwegian
scene and apply a
Sisters of Mercy
style of melody to the singing. A hundred different
bands tried to use goth flourishes in their music, but
realized that you could make goth conform to
heavy metal
, not the other way around. This results in some creepy material; just listen to
"Heaven Torn Asunder"
or
"Malice Through the Looking Glass"
to hear some of the most important
ever made. What is even weirder is how catchy this music is. They really do a good job of incorporating memorable vocal lines and melodies into one of the least accessible genres of the 20th century. The keyboard intros and flourishes may be a little much for some listeners, but in the field of gothic European
, would you really expect anything less? With catchy songs, a brutal delivery, and a great gimmick, this is as good as underground
gets. Along with
Emperor
,
Faxed Head
, and a few other pioneers, this band really helped the
genre to reappear after the
death metal
craze of the early '90s, but more than any other group, they also helped to put a twisted, ugly face on the genre for all to see. ~ Bradley Torreano
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