Album

Hammer Of The Witches

Cradle Of Filth

2015 · Rock

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Hammer Of The Witches by Cradle Of Filth

Hammer Of The Witches is a Metal album by Cradle Of Filth, originally released in 2015. On Gatefold: 27 pressings tracked, owned by 4 collectors.

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Hammer of the Witches is the eleventh studio album by the English black metal/gothic metal band Cradle of Filth. It was released on July 10, 2015 and is their first release under record label Nuclear Blast. Hammer of the Witches features the band's new line-up following the departure of Paul Allender and James McIlroy, which includes new guitarists Marek 'Ashok' Šmerda and Richard Shaw and new keyboardist and female vocalist Lindsay Schoolcraft.

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Tracklist

  1. 1Walpurgis Eve1:29
  2. 2Yours Immortally...6:00
  3. 3Enshrined in Crematoria5:46
  4. 4Deflowering the Maidenhead, Displeasuring the Goddess6:59
  5. 5Blackest Magick in Practice6:50
  6. 6The Monstrous Sabbat (Summoning the Coven)1:51
  7. 7Hammer of the Witches6:28
  8. 8Right Wing of the Garden Triptych5:54
  9. 9The Vampyre at My Side5:45
  10. 10Onward Christian Soldiers6:59
  11. 11Blooding the Hounds of Hell2:10
  12. 12King of the Woods6:17
  13. 13Misericord6:19

Sound DNA

  • Metal
  • Black Metal
  • dense
  • menacing
  • theatrical

Album notes

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Vocalist Dani Filth stated: "The artwork for Hammer of the Witches was created by Latvian artist Arthur Berzinsh and is a lavish walk-through of the lyricism, drawing on rich renaissance themes and displaying them in beautiful-yet-unsettling scenarios. Half of the detailed pieces are totally original for the release, others are Berzinsh classics cunningly tailored to the themes of the album, which are themes rife with heady witchcraft, be it persecution, retribution or unfettered spiritual liberation. The female form is rampant throughout the artwork, unashamedly displayed in its classical rendition of beauty... and horror."
First press vinyls
100 clear (opens in a new tab) Nuclear Blast exclusive.
100 blue (opens in a new tab) EMP exclusive.
200 gold (opens in a new tab) Nuclear Blast exclusive.
300 green (opens in a new tab) Nuclear Blast exclusive.
300 magenta (opens in a new tab)
picture disc (opens in a new tab) pre-orders included exclusive poster.
black (opens in a new tab)
2025 reissues, limited to 500 copies, individually numbered:
001-040: liquid filled (opens in a new tab), exclusive to the Church Of Vinyl shop.
041-110: splatter (opens in a new tab), exclusive to the Church Of Vinyl shop.
111-305: green (opens in a new tab)
306-500: blue (opens in a new tab)

Credits

The people behind it.

Performers

  • Alexey AslamasVIOLIN
  • AshokGUITAR
  • Dalibor ŠtruncCIMBALOM, DULCIMER DULCIMER
  • Dani FilthLYRICS BY, VOCALS VOCALS
  • Daniel FirthBASS
  • Lindsay SchoolcraftHARP HARP, VOCALS VOCALS
  • Marek ŠmerdaGUITAR
  • MarthusDRUMS, KEYBOARDS, ORCHESTRATED BY
  • Martin ŠkaroupkaDRUMS DRUMS, KEYBOARDS, ORCHESTRATED BY DRUMS, KEYBOARDS, ORCHESTRATED BY, SCORE, ARRANGED BY
  • Miloš MakovskýCONDUCTOR
  • Richard ShawGUITAR

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