Cradle of Fear

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 25, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Silva America
• ASIN: B000087DRU
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #523,397 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Fallout /The Beast Within [D.O.P.E. Remix/The Bea]

2. Breakbeat Hallowe'en

3. Plastic Surgery

4. Time Space Continuum

5. Disconnected/Resurrected

6. It Doesn't Matter

7. Dance Macabre [Saffron's Curse Remix]

8. Psychout [O.S.T. Mix]

9. Journey to the Unknown

10. Blueprint/Rip the Face Off

11. Lord Abortion

12. Shoes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Cradle of Techno more like it., April 12, 2003

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Daniel J. Hamlow (Narita, Japan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cradle of Fear (Audio CD)

With a movie featuring Dani Filth, the throat of Cradle Of Filth, and a serial killer resembling Rob Zombie, one would expect a metal soundtrack. Right? Wrong. Most of the songs here are industrial techno and one would be hard pressed to tell one from the other. It's good as background music or as something with BPMs fitting for a long nighttime car drive. However, if one sees grim visions or becomes demonized as a result, don't be surprised.

There are bits of dialogue linking one song with another, and in Intense's "Time Space Continuum," there's a [bit] of dialogue unflattering describing Dr. Rotting, a character from the movie and the modus operandi of Kemper, the serial killer/hypnotist/cannibal.

However, the [sounds] of death, bestial roars, and splattering liquid that begin with the eerie techno of "Fallout/The Beast Within" should alert the listener what he or she is in for.

However, there are some highlights. "Plastic Surgery" by Jezebel, has fuzz guitar accompanying the industrial techno resulting in a NIN sound. The vocalist sounds like an [inexpensive]knockoff of L7's lead singer.

"Disconnected/Resurrected" and "Blueprint/Rip The Face Off" by Lungworm has some distorted vocals and heavy beats mixed in. The Dark Poets' grim "It Doesn't Matter" begins with dialogue between Nick and Thomas, with Nick shooting Thomas after telling him he wants his leg. They also do the pounding "Breakbeat Hallowe'en," one of the more upbeat tracks here.

Cradle Of Filth's techno "Dance Macabre", originally on their Lovecraft and Witch Hearts greatest hits, has some elements of the Midian album song "Saffron's Curse" and movie dialogue mixed in. The ominous phrase, "You never believed in evil!" repeated throughout. In fact, COF provide the only metal song here, "Lord Abortion," taken from their Midian album, but there is some dialogue mixed in at the beginning of the song.

"Shoes" by D.O.P.E. is the minimalist track of beats that closes the movie, if I recall collectly. However, it ends with some screams and monstrous roars.

Not a bad gothic industrial collection. Anyone who hasn't seen this movie first will get a clear picture via this soundtrack. Those of us who have seen it, myself included, have sunken deep into that paradise of depravity.