Coperta albumului "Cruelty And The Beast" votata ca una dintre cele mai bune din metal

de Andreea Gherfi

Coperta albumului


"Cruelty And The Beast" este un album conceptual ce poarta semnatura formatiei Cradle Of Filth. Povestea albumului descrie cu o eleganta atipica povestea celebrei contese Elizabeth Bathory despre care se credea ca omora fete tinere pentru a-si face baie in sangele lor.

Dani Filth a marturisit intr-un interviu acordat pentru Sony Legacy din UK ca artwork-ul albumului a fost votat de nenumarate ori ca unul dintre cele mai bune "of all time" din scena metalului.

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"On this particular album, which concerns itself with the story of Elizabeth Bathory, the 17th century Hungarian noble woman who was purported to have bathed in the blood of her female victims, we turned to a photographer by the name of Stu Williamson to flesh out her story. Stu has a very eclectic style, almost biblical, and I think the work he undertook for this album ranks amongst the band’s best.

Having finished the solo pictures and a full band photoshoot at an old Medieval manor, Stu was left alone with his own devices to encapsulate the essence of the album. And he almost succeeded in his first session with nightclub owner/model Louisa Morando, whom we had chosen for her archetypal vampiric look, having previously danced for us live. When I say ‘almost’ I mean he did a fantastic job with his interpretation, but when I spoke to him on the telephone shortly after the shoot, I asked him how the bloodbath shot had turned out.

Rather embarrassingly he admitted that he had forgotten to photograph said scene (despite it being the most obvious affiliation with Lady Bathory) and so he had to recall Louisa from the train back to London to hastily shoot the image before deadline. Which is pretty strange considering just how iconic that image of her sitting in the bath actually is (it became the album cover after all and was also voted one of the best metal artworks of all time).

True story, even if that of Elizabeth Bathory has been somewhat exaggerated over the centuries…", a marturisit Dani



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