Cradle of Filth are a Suffolk-based black/ goth/ symphonic metal band, formed in 1991, featuring founder member and front-man, Dani Filth, plus Martin 'Marthus' ?karoupka - drums, Daniel Firth - bass, Lindsay Schoolcraft - keyboards/ vocals, Richard Shaw - guitars and Marek 'Ashok' ?merda - guitars.
They released their debut album, "The Principle of Evil Made Flesh" in 1994, followed by: "Dusk... and Her Embrace" (1996), "Cruelty and the Beast" (1998), "Midian" (2000), "Damnation and a Day" (2003), "Nymphetamine" (2004), "Thornography" (2006), "Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder" (2008), "Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa" (2010), "The Manticore and Other Horrors" (2012), "Hammer of the Witches" (2015), plus 2017's: "Cryptoriana - The Seductiveness of Decay".