U.K.'s extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH have premiered the official video for the song 'Heartbreak And Séance'. The track is the first single off the band's eagerly awaited twelfth album, Cryptoriana - The Seductiveness Of Decay, which will be released on September 22, 2017 via Nuclear Blast.

CRADLE OF FILTH frontman Dani Filth Comments: "Working with such an artistic director as Artūrs Bērziņš was indeed an honor, as the video shoot was very extensively planned, involving a myriad of extras and crew, make-up girls and set builders, a crow, some well-behaved snakes and a considerable amount of snow, candles, water, trees, naked bodies, lamentable mourners, as well as all being submerged in suitably gothic landscapes and vistas. And the fact that we travelled to Riga in Latvia to film it was also very unique and interesting. The video itself is fantastic, drawing from the darkly erotic imagery of the album artwork and bringing it to richly technicoloured classical life. We had such a blast shooting it, as the accompanying photos attest to..."

Cradle Of Filth - Cryptoriana: The Seductiveness Of Decay
	1. Exquisite Torments Await 2. Heartbreak And Seance 3. Achingly Beautiful 4. Wester Vespertine 5. The Seductiveness Of Decay 6. Vengeful Spirit 7. You Will Know The Lion By His Claw 8. Death And The Maiden 9. The Night At Catafalque Manor 10. Alison Hell

You mean to tell me that the dynamite duo of Tibor and Lambert had this prepped for us; then this year is looking like the most competitive its ever been since maybe 2016. So many pro bands putting out new material that it has become extremely difficult to select a top 5 for the year thus far. Cryptworm and Tyrant Goatgaldrakona guys just levitated, leveled and squashed our beloved underground with Rothádas. Explosive and obscene, a death/doom/grind atmospheric ailment eating away the core of the DM spectrum. Five forbidden seances to send you plunging into an abundance of darkness and transgressions unspeakable. Roughly translated to 'He died barren ... to the underworld', Kopár Hant... Az Alvilág Felé summons a boulder of sound upon the listener that becomes ever burdensome to carry as its gravitational force increases with each note played. And as referenced before, the atmosphere, the ambience reeks of an unsettling, omnipresent feeling. Like having to watch behind you back every few seconds, the fear factor is brought to the center stage and emphasized with each song featured on Kopár Hant... Az Alvilág Felé.

The commencing track 'Utolsó Kenet' for a while through its opening riff is redolent of Temple Nightside's 'Exhumation; Miseries Upon Imprecation' and Ritual Necromancy's 'To Raise the Writhing Shadows'; forgive the name dropping but if you're mentioned along them, then that's a praise and nothing else. The there's the way it eases into your memory like a leech to your skin, you won't notice it till long after being drained by the suckling organism. From there the music builds, grows steadily in it's crepuscular crescendo; heavy weighted and tumorous, tendrils infected and truncated by the chopping swings and mammoth voices of Lambert whilst Tabor lays down his exhilarating, mossy yet exquisitely and expertly timed riffing and bass textures that'd make for good segue into 'Koporsószeg' which ups the songwriting. Rich in melody and ambiance, the conjured aura, all but nearly seals you into its catchy rhythmic coffin trance. Paralyzed and suffocated, engulfed and intimidated by its funereal stature and stare, Kopár Hant... Az Alvilág Felé works like a ritual.

Full review can be found here and Me Saco Un Ojo set October 12th as the international release date for ROTHADÁS's long-awaited debut album, Kopár Hant... Az Alvilág Felé, on vinyl LP formats.

ROTHADÁS is:

Tibor Hanyi - Bass, Guitars
Lambert Lédeczy - Drums, Vocals

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