I stopped listening to CoF after Nymphetamine, but I've always appreciated their commitment to the gothic, sort of Halloween schtick. I listened to them before I even knew what black metal was, so they were definitely a gateway band for me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, IMO they found their sound on From the Cradle to Enslave -> Midian -> Bitter Suites era; tried something different when they got all that Sony money for Damnation; and then reverted back to this sound on every album since then. Like Megadeth or AC/DC, you know what you're going to get.

Good to see they are still out there touring. IIRC, Dani Filth turned 51 in July.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Serious violation of rule 14 and rule 16. This incident will be reported. ;-)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Is this new new?

[–] southsamurai 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yup, or as least afaik it is. I'm not deepinto CoF, so I could have missed it before, but I don't think I did

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I didn't even know they were still making music thats a nice surprise

[–] southsamurai 2 points 3 weeks ago

Me either! Tbh, 2024 has been a good year in metal overall. Judas Priest is another band I didn't expect to see anything from. Dimmu Borgir is supposedly recording actively. Ensiferum dropped a damn good one. Behemoth has one that's supposed to be out soon. On my end of things, I'm happy as a pig in slops!