Closely following their recent sold-out Australian headline tour, extreme metal legends Cradle Of Filth preview their upcoming By Order Of The Dragon UK/European tour in the most grandiose macabre style - with a brand-new, entrancing single!
"Malignant Perfection" arrives just in time for the Halloween season, haunting with eerie keys, vampiric atmosphere, intricate riffs and revered frontman Dani Filth's iconic soaring vocals. The track is accompanied by a deliciously dark video, which promises to be only the first of several upcoming visual delights brought to you by Cradle Of Filth as they creep closer to the release of its 14th full-length and Napalm Records studio debut.
Dani Filth divulges on the track and video: "Our new single and video, 'Malignant Perfection', is our horrific homage to All Hallows Eve, as embodied by the female deification of evil. It is a perfect musical accompaniment to the spirit of the witching season; invoking dark, Autumnal splendour and celebrating the time when the thin line between life and death is at its most tenuous and the denizens of the otherworld seek to break the veil into ours. The video, directed by the imitable Vicente Cordero and featuring the creative masterstrokes of one Missy Munster, is a playground of seductive darkness rife with malicious monsters and cryptid creations, all vying voraciously for the viewer's eternal soul. This comes at a perfect juncture for the Halloween period and our 'By Order Of The Dragon' UK/European Autumn tour. It also arrives on the back of a sensational collaboration with massive fashion label Vetement and also Blackcraft Clothing, and in the fiery wake of a successful sold-out Australian tour".
Cradle Of Filth will kick off its By Order Of The Dragon UK/European tour on 27 October in Bristol! The tour will visit several areas in the UK and Ireland before venturing to Europe on 11 November. The UK leg of the tour features support from Butcher Babies, High Parasite and Black Satellite, with Mental Cruelty taking over for High Parasite on the European leg. See below for all dates! Link
Cradle Of Filth - By Order Of The Dragon UK tour dates:
27.10.2024 - Bristol / 02 Academy
28.10.2024 - Bournemouth / 02 Academy
29.10.2024 - Birmingham / 02 Institute
31.10.2024 - London / 02 Forum Kentish Town
01.11.2024 - Swansea / Patti Pavilion
02.11.2024 - Manchester / Damnation Festival
03.11.2024 - Nottingham / Rock City
05.11.2024 - Belfast / Limelight
06.11.2024 - Dublin / Academy
07.11.2024 - Glasgow / SWG3
08.11.2024 - Newcastle / NX
Cradle Of Filth - By Order Of The Dragon EU tour dates:
11.11.2024 GER - Cologne / Kantine
13.11.2024 GER - Hamburg / 02 Markthalle
14.11.2024 DNK - Aarhus / Voxhall
15.11.2024 SWE - Stockholm / Fryshuset Klubbe
16.11.2024 SWE - Gothenburg / Brewhouse
18.11.2024 CZE - Prague / Lucerna Music Bar
19.11.2024 SVN - Ljubljana / Kino Siska
20.11.2024 ITA - Milan / Live Club
22.11.2024 ESP - Barcelona / Salamandra
23.11.2024 ESP - Madrid / BUT
24.11.2024 PRT - Lisbon / LAV Lisboa ao vivo
26.11.2024 ESP - Bilbao / Santana 27
28.11.2024 FRA - Lyon / La Rayonne
29.11.2024 CH - Pratteln / Z7
30.11.2024 FRA - Vaureal / Le Forum
02.12.2024 LUX - Luxembourg / Rockhal
03.12.2024 GER - Karlsruhe / Substage
04.12.2024 GER - Berlin / SO36
05.12.2024 NLD - Amsterdam / Melkweg
07.12.2024 BEL - Leige / OM
08.12.2024 NLD - Tilburg / 013
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